50 pictures with 50 captions are traveling their way through the US postal service as we speak along with about 4,000 words about us which means we are done. We have absolutely nothing left that we can do. All we need is our final clearances, and we will be active.
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So I am still in D.C. compliments of Delta, but here are my favorites:
Actor: Don’t really know…George Clooney
Actress: Sandra Bullock
Animal: Yellow labs
Author: Amy Tan
Beverage/Drink: Coke Zero
Book: The Bonesetters Daughter by Amy Tan
Candy Bar: Three Musketeers
Cartoon: The Smurfs
Childhood Memory: When my grandmother would let me “experiment” while she cooked. I got to put a little bit of everything in my mixing bowl.
Childhood Toy: Rainbow Bright Doll
Children’s Book: Goodnight Moon
Classic Movie: Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Color: Purple
Day of Week: Tuesday (my mom was always off on Tuesdays growing up and is still my favorite day)
Dessert: Chocolate
Disney Movie: Beauty and the Beast
Dream Car: umm…a red SUV
Dream Job: Working from home both being a mom and working
Dream Vacation: Cruise around the Mediterranean
Family Activity: Baking cookies
Fast Food Place: Taco Bueno
Flower/Plant: Hydrangea
Food: Mac and Cheese
Form of Exercise: Aerobics
Fruit: Cherries
Game: Phase 10
Hero: My Mom and Dad
Hobby: Cooking/Photography
Holiday: Christmas
Holiday Song: Joy to the World
Holiday Tradition: Opening our stocking on Christmas morning
Ice Cream: Cookies and Cream
Junk Food: Chips and salsa
Leisure Activity: Reading
Magazine: Southern Living
Memory with child: When my nephew opened his cowboy hat and lasso from me and going outside to play with it right away.
Memory with spouse: Walking the beach in St. Marteen
Movie: The Holiday
Movie Munchie: Popcorn with a coke
Movie Quote: “My Mama always said, ‘Life was like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get.'”
Movie Type: Chick Flick
Musical Group:
Musical Nursery Rhyme:
Olympic Event: swimming
Perfume/Cologne: Issey Miyake
Play: Oklahoma
Poet: Robert Frost
Quality about Spouse: His care and concern for other people.
Quote: Keep calm and carry on
Restaurant: Bordinos
Sandwich: Ham and Cheese
Scripture: Deuteronomy 30: 19-20
Shopping Store: Target
Show Tune Song: Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis
Sports Star: Peyton Manning
Sport to Play: umm…bowling
Sport to Watch: Football
Sports Team: OU Sooners
Subject in School: Reading
Thing to Cook: Any dessert
Time of Day: Early evening
Tradition: Family vacations
TV Show: Bones
TV Character: Temperance “Bones” Brennan
Type of Music: Soundtracks
Vacation Spot: St. Marteen
Vegetable: Broccoli
Video Game: Mario Brothers Yep, we have to answer all of those. Can you believe it? Leave your answer to one or ten of them while I am on a business trip to D.C. for a couple of days and I’ll post mine when I get back.
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Do you know all of your favorites….we are working on our family profiles and the list of favorite things is a little over the top. So what is/are your favorite(s)…
Actor
Actress
Animal
Author
Beverage/Drink
Book
Candy Bar
Cartoon
Childhood Memory
Childhood Toy
Children’s Book
Classic Movie
Color
Day of Week
Dessert
Disney Movie
Dream Car
Dream Job
Dream Vacation
Family Activity
Fast Food Place
Flower/Plant
Food
Form of Exercise
Fruit
Game
Hero
Hobby
Holiday
Holiday Song
Holiday Tradition
Ice Cream
Junk Food
Leisure Activity
Magazine
Memory with child
Memory with spouse
Movie
Movie Munchie
Movie Quote
Movie Type
Musical Group
Musical
Nursery Rhyme
Olympic Event
Perfume/Cologne
Play
Poet
Quality about Spouse
Quote
Resturant
Sandwich
Scripture
Shopping Store
Show Tune
Song
Sports Star
Sport to Play
Sport to Watch
Sports Team
Subject in School
Thing to Cook
Time of Day
Tradition
TV Show
TV Character
Type of Music
Vacation Spot
Vegetable
Video Game
Yep, we have to answer all of those. Can you believe it? Leave your answer to one or ten of them while I am on a business trip to D.C. for a couple of days and I’ll post mine when I get back.
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Our official status with our adoption agency is now pending which might not seem like much, but…
It means that all we are waiting on is our FBI clearances and sending them our final pictures/profile information. It means that we have turned in every piece of documentation, passed the home inspection and cleared the interviews. It means my to do list is almost back to normal. It means we have come along way in just a single month. It means we are getting closer to hearing the word “approved.”
The sun is shining. I can wear flip-flops. We are pending. It’s a good day!
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Social Worker: “So Bob what was Kate wearing on your first date?”
Bob: “I have absolutely no idea.”
And so we started our first of two home study interviews. Topics went from the first time we met to what we ate for dinner. Tess was on excellent puppy behavior and snored through most of the interview.
After all of my work cleaning and organizing, I have to laugh because she spent only 10 minutes walking through our house. She did check to be sure we had running water but didn’t even read through my carefully designed emergency contact list.
One down…one to go.
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We spent a long weekend in Palm Beach, FL with my grandmother. We had a wonderful time walking the beach, eating seafood and relaxing.
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For work I have been creating a “get to know you” activity for a seminar we have developed. I thought I would share my answers with you.
What is your favorite book? Why? The Bonesetters Daughter by Amy Tan. After my summer in China, I love anything set there and I love her writing style.
What is your favorite candy bar? Why? Three Muskateers….chocolate need I say more?
What is your favorite cookie? Why? Chocolate Chip (my grandmother’s recipe). It’s a classic and the first cookie I learned to bake.
What is your favorite sport? Why? Football…I am married to Bob.
What place would you like to visit? NYC, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Canada, Alaska…
When you have an hour of free time, what do you like to do? I enjoy cooking, photography and reading
What is your motto in life? Joy!
What super-power would you most like to have, and why? Flying…I am not a good car rider and think of all the places you could go.
Your challenge: Pick your favorite question and leave me a comment with your answer.
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Every document has been found, every release signed and every form is completed for our home study. {INSERT CELEBRATION HERE}
We are ready for the safety walk through which includes 5 fire alarms, 3 fire escape routes, 2 fire extinguishers and 1 emergency contact list.
We can also easily pass the requirements of electricity, running water, heating, air conditioning, a working telephone, a working bathroom…yep we have got all those covered. We also have no livestock living in our backyard, and we have been preparing Tess to be on her best puppy manners.
A few more drawers to organized, and I’ll call us ready.
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It’s a good day. It’s Friday and Bob comes home today! I always get excited for him to come home from a business trip. He might wish he could stay away after he sees my To Do list of things I want to do before our home visits on March 2 and 4. In reality, most of the list has more to do with the fact that we don’t have a foot of snow or sub-zero temperatures so I am way more motivated.
The first item on our list involves hanging some new pictures in our kitchen. I am so excited because I took them at last year’s farmers market and had them turned into posters. I can’t believe I am actually putting my own artwork on the walls.
I was really hoping the nice weather would stick around so I could complete a side table I am refinishing, but no such luck. I’ll have to entertain myself with a trip to grocery store and more cleaning.
Happy weekend!!
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cookies and sandcastles 