What a roller coaster!!!!!! I was patient enough and didn't call my agency until 4:00.... (for me this is quite the feat) they still hadn't received the package..... I went home and called again at 5:45 and Bob said he was headed to the DHL depot to see if anything was there, so I still held on to some hope. It is now 9:43 p.m. with no call so I am guessing that nothing was there and I don't want to keep bugging them.
These up's and downs are really starting to wear me out and I know I am totally to blame for getting myself all worked up and excited "knowing" today is the day then really really really disappointed when it isn't.
I really need to get off the roller coaster right now can someone please push the breaks and stop it for me.... please.
So we will see what tomorrow brings!
Monday, July 04, 2011
Friday, July 01, 2011
Monday Monday
Well..... I had a very long day yesterday filled with hope and excitement that today may be the day that we get to see our daughters face. I couldn't take it anymore so around 6p.m. I called our awesome agency and he let me know that Monday will be the day... dang long weekend, why do we need to celebrate Canada day anyways! so today I started the day out great, I got to sleep in (after I got up at 5am to let the beast out) I am thinking that we are going to go on a picnic and then come back and do some housework. I really want this weekend to fly by!!!!!!!!! So that's it on the news front.. Monday Monday Monday!!!!! Yippie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
UUMMMMM almost here?
Yep... after almost 6 (long) years it looks like that yes indeed it may be our month to receive a referral! Which means that we will have information on our baby in about 2-3 weeks!!!!! To say that I am excited is an understatement. My sleep is almost non existent, but that is o.k. because I am working off of sheer happiness or ubber excitement. One would think that we would be ready by now.... you know... prepared.... Alas our baby's room is a holding tank for various non baby items. I hope this will be rectified this weekend and prep for some serious painting! The excitement sure is building up in the L home!
In other news, life at the L ranch is great! We (I) am working hard with the newest addition to our family on his agility. We should be ready for trials hopefully in October... We shall see how much gets put on the back burner when baby arrives. My plan is NOT to put his agility on the back burner because he really enjoys doing it and I enjoy working with him! By the way, if you are wondering, "him" is Rocky and he was our last foster that we decided to make him a L. He is a little nutty but we love him anyways.
This was taken a couple days after we got him. Cutie!
The newest member of the L family.. Don't let the innocent look fool you.
J and I have been having a bit of fun since we last updated. We have taken a couple of trips, the last one being Las Vegas/Grand Canyon and Zion. Wonky weather as it was snowing in the dessert, but a lot of fun!
O.k. back to the baby room! I keep saying baby because after all this time we still need to pick a name! I think that will happen once we see her/his face! Yyyyaaaaa.
Be back soon with more updates!
In other news, life at the L ranch is great! We (I) am working hard with the newest addition to our family on his agility. We should be ready for trials hopefully in October... We shall see how much gets put on the back burner when baby arrives. My plan is NOT to put his agility on the back burner because he really enjoys doing it and I enjoy working with him! By the way, if you are wondering, "him" is Rocky and he was our last foster that we decided to make him a L. He is a little nutty but we love him anyways.
This was taken a couple days after we got him. Cutie!
The newest member of the L family.. Don't let the innocent look fool you.
J and I have been having a bit of fun since we last updated. We have taken a couple of trips, the last one being Las Vegas/Grand Canyon and Zion. Wonky weather as it was snowing in the dessert, but a lot of fun!
O.k. back to the baby room! I keep saying baby because after all this time we still need to pick a name! I think that will happen once we see her/his face! Yyyyaaaaa.
Be back soon with more updates!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Catch up part deux
Like I said, probably won't be a daily update blog but I will keep it going.
Just thought that I would share what J and I did for Valentines day.... I was humming and hawing about what we were going to do. I have been wanting to go for a long weekend trip to either Washington DC or Boston for a while now... (these are cities where we can get a direct flight from where we live) So when I checked out the flight status, it was a lot on the expensive side. So what to do now... I let J know that it was his turn to plan the day this time (I planned our anniversary night, and we went to taco bell and Cirque de Soleil). I get an email at work from J and in the subject line it says "Happy Valentines day" and then I open it up and it is an itinerary for Chateau Montabello, which is a fairmont resort about an hour away from us. I saw what days he booked us in for, we were arriving Friday and leaving Sat. O.k. so next thing to do is book half a day off work on Friday so we can make the most of it. When I called J with squeals of delight that we were going, I asked him if he got half a day off as well. There was a slight pause on the phone. Ohhhh I thought V day was on Sunday.. I chuckled and thought... only J... So off we went we arrived, got checked in, we went and toured the place a bit as this was our first time there. The place is huge! Went to the activity centre to plan what we were going to do while we were there. The activities they have there are incredible. You know we are in Canada when they have a curling rink. They had two outdoor skating rinks, you could cross country ski, you could rent a snowmobile, the list was endless. We then grabbed our bathing suits and went down to the pool. We had our dinner pool side and just basically relaxed! It was really nice. We then went to our room and crashed and I won't even tell you the time because it is embarrassing how early it was. The next morning we woke up had a beautiful buffet breakfast, back to our room, grabbed some hats and mitts and went out to the dog sled area. I actually went dogsledding!!!!!!!!! The person who took us was very french (Chateau Montabello is actually in Quebec) but he had explained to us the different Huskies and that the Alaskan huskies eat three time more than the Siberian huskies. He also let us know that normally they have 8-12 dogs pulling the sled but that day was really "fast" so we only had 6 dogs. Holy cow, if this was 6 dogs pulling our sled I couldn't imagine 8 or even 12 dogs pulling. It was tres fast and bumpy too. Then we went for a walk on the grounds and headed back to our room and packed to go home and retrieve our dogs from our friends who watched them for us. Thanks again S & B.
Other than that not much else is happening... My SIL, hubby and baby are moving in with us for a month. They sold their place and the closing of the new place is a month apart. It will be fun having the baby around. It will start preparing us for when we have our own.
As always I will leave you with a couple of pictures.
This is a church that is on the property at Chateau Montabello
This is pretty self explanatory, these are the pups that pulled my sled. Poor pups
Just thought that I would share what J and I did for Valentines day.... I was humming and hawing about what we were going to do. I have been wanting to go for a long weekend trip to either Washington DC or Boston for a while now... (these are cities where we can get a direct flight from where we live) So when I checked out the flight status, it was a lot on the expensive side. So what to do now... I let J know that it was his turn to plan the day this time (I planned our anniversary night, and we went to taco bell and Cirque de Soleil). I get an email at work from J and in the subject line it says "Happy Valentines day" and then I open it up and it is an itinerary for Chateau Montabello, which is a fairmont resort about an hour away from us. I saw what days he booked us in for, we were arriving Friday and leaving Sat. O.k. so next thing to do is book half a day off work on Friday so we can make the most of it. When I called J with squeals of delight that we were going, I asked him if he got half a day off as well. There was a slight pause on the phone. Ohhhh I thought V day was on Sunday.. I chuckled and thought... only J... So off we went we arrived, got checked in, we went and toured the place a bit as this was our first time there. The place is huge! Went to the activity centre to plan what we were going to do while we were there. The activities they have there are incredible. You know we are in Canada when they have a curling rink. They had two outdoor skating rinks, you could cross country ski, you could rent a snowmobile, the list was endless. We then grabbed our bathing suits and went down to the pool. We had our dinner pool side and just basically relaxed! It was really nice. We then went to our room and crashed and I won't even tell you the time because it is embarrassing how early it was. The next morning we woke up had a beautiful buffet breakfast, back to our room, grabbed some hats and mitts and went out to the dog sled area. I actually went dogsledding!!!!!!!!! The person who took us was very french (Chateau Montabello is actually in Quebec) but he had explained to us the different Huskies and that the Alaskan huskies eat three time more than the Siberian huskies. He also let us know that normally they have 8-12 dogs pulling the sled but that day was really "fast" so we only had 6 dogs. Holy cow, if this was 6 dogs pulling our sled I couldn't imagine 8 or even 12 dogs pulling. It was tres fast and bumpy too. Then we went for a walk on the grounds and headed back to our room and packed to go home and retrieve our dogs from our friends who watched them for us. Thanks again S & B.
Other than that not much else is happening... My SIL, hubby and baby are moving in with us for a month. They sold their place and the closing of the new place is a month apart. It will be fun having the baby around. It will start preparing us for when we have our own.
As always I will leave you with a couple of pictures.
This is a church that is on the property at Chateau Montabello
This is pretty self explanatory, these are the pups that pulled my sled. Poor pups
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Catch Up
What truly surprises me is that I am still getting hits on my blog and I haven't posted for well over a year. Seeing that made me ponder and think and think. I have decided to start blogging again! It may not be every day, but as I am hoping that we are getting closer to our little girl (probably another year and a half, unless something drastic happens) I thought that it would be good to start back up. Whoever, and whatever may come and peek into our mundane life if they so choose. Saying that I am going to play catch up on what we have been up to. I will do it in bullet style just for giggles.
- I have finally gotten a Mon-Fri full time position at a real estate firm. Anyone need a good real estate lawyer, I can hook you up.
- J and I have started fostering Australian Shepherd puppies/dogs. We needed something to do during the wait. It also gives Maple some company. Anyone need or want a really cute puppy, I can hook you up.
- We have moved into the city. Much closer to work and don't have to deal with the 40 minute drive back and forth. Now it is a 7 minute car ride and during the summer J drives his bike to work. If you need a great mover, I can hook you up.
- We went to St. Marrten for a holiday in December. Man that was an adventure, we had an amazing time. The weather was wonderful, the drinks were great! Getting there was fun... We took off on time, about an half hour into the flight the captain gets on the intercom, and says "folks we got to turn around and go back to where we started. The only problem with that is that we were heading for the States and had to go back to Canada. We sat on the plane for 2 hours while they figured out what to do with us! Supposedly it was a customs thing. We think they were really trying to fix the plane so they wouldn't have to re-route everyone. So instead of staying over in Philly we had to stay over in Toronto and fly to Philly the next morning. Surprisingly enough we got to St. Marrten only 2 hours after we were scheduled to arrive. The rest of the trip went off without a hitch. If you want a great place to go for a trip, I can hook you up.
- My Sister in Law (J's sister) and her hubby had a baby in August! Sorry can't hook you up with the baby!
So that's a start! I leave you with some pictures of our foster fur babies.
Keirra (we are fostering her right now, she is soooo sweet)
Jipsy, now known as Apollo (He was our first)
This is Amstel, she is known as Autumn now (she is so sweet and is growing like a weed.)
- I have finally gotten a Mon-Fri full time position at a real estate firm. Anyone need a good real estate lawyer, I can hook you up.
- J and I have started fostering Australian Shepherd puppies/dogs. We needed something to do during the wait. It also gives Maple some company. Anyone need or want a really cute puppy, I can hook you up.
- We have moved into the city. Much closer to work and don't have to deal with the 40 minute drive back and forth. Now it is a 7 minute car ride and during the summer J drives his bike to work. If you need a great mover, I can hook you up.
- We went to St. Marrten for a holiday in December. Man that was an adventure, we had an amazing time. The weather was wonderful, the drinks were great! Getting there was fun... We took off on time, about an half hour into the flight the captain gets on the intercom, and says "folks we got to turn around and go back to where we started. The only problem with that is that we were heading for the States and had to go back to Canada. We sat on the plane for 2 hours while they figured out what to do with us! Supposedly it was a customs thing. We think they were really trying to fix the plane so they wouldn't have to re-route everyone. So instead of staying over in Philly we had to stay over in Toronto and fly to Philly the next morning. Surprisingly enough we got to St. Marrten only 2 hours after we were scheduled to arrive. The rest of the trip went off without a hitch. If you want a great place to go for a trip, I can hook you up.
- My Sister in Law (J's sister) and her hubby had a baby in August! Sorry can't hook you up with the baby!
So that's a start! I leave you with some pictures of our foster fur babies.
Keirra (we are fostering her right now, she is soooo sweet)
Jipsy, now known as Apollo (He was our first)
This is Amstel, she is known as Autumn now (she is so sweet and is growing like a weed.)
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Girls night out!
Last Tuesday I had the awesome pleasure of meeting hooligans Janet T. and Juliette. Aside from nearly axing Janet and going the wrong way down a one way street, I thought she was going to call me the hooligan! Let me tell ya, I was off to a really great first impression!!!!!
We went downtown and met up with Juliette at a Zak's. It is kind of a retro 60's kinda burger joint restaurant. We shot the shit, and generally convinced Janet that Ontario is not evil!! I am truly amazed at the awesome people we have met though our adoption journey it is incredible! I feel really blessed by this. I was really down about the wait times and how they are increasing, but then I go out to dinner with these two incredible people and realize that I am not alone. O.k. sappy time over.
The nights are getting chillier, and the leaves are changing. I love this time of year! I just love all the fall colours and soon we will be raking the leaves from the front yard. Yesterday we had our first fire of the season. There is nothin like cuddling in front of the fire place watching ahem, uummm, football?????
Family friend Maureen is down from out east! We got to visit yesterday and I made a nice dinner of roast chicken and all the trimmins. I also got my behind kicked in crib and then later on, euchre. I guess my lady luck is running out.
Now that I have my camera back, as promised here is a picture of the onsie that Juliette got us back in Aug. Sorry no picture of the wine as we already drank it. Along with the onsie, at our recent meeting, I was spoiled and Baby L's referral picture will look great in this princess frame, and the love bug onesie will not get dirty with the ladybug and butterfly bib she will be sporting. Joël and I can jazz up our dinner table with this cool Chinese outfit wine cover. Too cool for words, thank you very much Juliette. You do spoil Baby L.
I should get ready for bed, this week will seem long as last week was a short week due to Canadian Thanksgiving.
Here is a picture of the onesie, click on the image and you can see it better, it is a picture of a ladybug and it says love bug. I also love the colour of the outfit.
This is the frame, and the ladybug bib and wine bottle cover. Tres cool!
Last but not least, here is a nice picture of Juliette and Janet.
We went downtown and met up with Juliette at a Zak's. It is kind of a retro 60's kinda burger joint restaurant. We shot the shit, and generally convinced Janet that Ontario is not evil!! I am truly amazed at the awesome people we have met though our adoption journey it is incredible! I feel really blessed by this. I was really down about the wait times and how they are increasing, but then I go out to dinner with these two incredible people and realize that I am not alone. O.k. sappy time over.
The nights are getting chillier, and the leaves are changing. I love this time of year! I just love all the fall colours and soon we will be raking the leaves from the front yard. Yesterday we had our first fire of the season. There is nothin like cuddling in front of the fire place watching ahem, uummm, football?????
Family friend Maureen is down from out east! We got to visit yesterday and I made a nice dinner of roast chicken and all the trimmins. I also got my behind kicked in crib and then later on, euchre. I guess my lady luck is running out.
Now that I have my camera back, as promised here is a picture of the onsie that Juliette got us back in Aug. Sorry no picture of the wine as we already drank it. Along with the onsie, at our recent meeting, I was spoiled and Baby L's referral picture will look great in this princess frame, and the love bug onesie will not get dirty with the ladybug and butterfly bib she will be sporting. Joël and I can jazz up our dinner table with this cool Chinese outfit wine cover. Too cool for words, thank you very much Juliette. You do spoil Baby L.
I should get ready for bed, this week will seem long as last week was a short week due to Canadian Thanksgiving.
Here is a picture of the onesie, click on the image and you can see it better, it is a picture of a ladybug and it says love bug. I also love the colour of the outfit.
This is the frame, and the ladybug bib and wine bottle cover. Tres cool!
Last but not least, here is a nice picture of Juliette and Janet.
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Here We Go Again
In bullet points again, just cause there is a lot to catch up on.
- I actually have 3 days off work in a row. This weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving weekend and was scheduled to work Monday, but a kind co-worker asked if I wanted her to take my shift. She does get a day off in lue of working Monday, but heck I have done my share of long weekends this summer. So happy Thanksgiving my Canadian friends.
- It is 12:30 on a beautiful Sunday afternoon and I am still in my P.J's. After this post I will go get dressed and take Mapes out on this beautiful fall day! I just wanted to have a day of doin nothin! Although tonight we are going to my parents for dinner.
- Tomorrow is going to be a bake feast. I am making some pies, preparing meals for the freezer for the week and I am also going to clean house! How very terribly exciting.
- Last weekend my Mother put on her own 60th birthday party for herself. She also turned it into a fund raiser for Breast Cancer awareness! When she was diagnosed almost 2 years ago, she was given a 10% chance to make it as it had spread to her lymph nodes. The woman went though Chemo and radiation without hardly a complaint! Knock on wood she is in remission and all the tests have came back clear. The doctors are amazed, we are amazed. She truly is my hero! As my husband says, your Mom is not going to die from Cancer, she is going to die from a heart attack that she will give herself for putting on events like these. He was referring to her getting down on the floor with all the kids and having a jump frog race with them. Oh Boy! Since it is October, which is Breast Cancer month, all you ladies out there don't forget to take care of the girls!
- Hubby and I just celebrated our 2 wedding anniversary. It was really nice, I got flowers delivered to my work. He picked me up the night of our anniversary. The next day we went to our favorite Italian restaurant that we go to on our anniversary. We reflected upon the year and how far we have come. Our relationship grows more and more as every day passes.
- Ick, I don't even want to post this but I think I should. CCAA (China Center for Adoption affairs) has done it again!!! They referred a whopping 5 days of LID's this month (cue the dripping sarcasm music here). So the cut off day is November 30th. Buh Bye November!! Don't let me kick you in the a** on your way out! It took CCAA 6 months to get through November 2005. I can not wait to get at least into the year 2006. I am not sure how long December 2005 is going to take but pleasssseeeee CCAA don't let it be another 6 months! I don't know how long my heart can take it!
- Last but not least, bloggy buddy Janet is in "Evil" Ontario. I am hoping that after this trip she won't think of Ontario as evil anymore. Another bloggy buddy Juliette, Alex & Maëlle, Janet and crew with Joël and I will be going out on Tuesday evening. Stay tuned for some pictures soon!
O.k. I leave you now with some pictures of the party from last weekend. My sister made the cake and the cookies, each cookie had a different word. For a bonus I will throw one cute picture of my cousins baby.
This is Mom on the ground with the kids doing the leap frog game!
This is a sample of the cookies my sister made. They were yummy too!
This is the birthday cake. Don't know if Mom wants everyone to know her age, but there ya have it!!
My Brother in laws and me!
Mom with my niece. Sorry it is crooked, don't know how to fix, can anyone help me figure it out?
This is my cousins little girl, she is too cute!
- I actually have 3 days off work in a row. This weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving weekend and was scheduled to work Monday, but a kind co-worker asked if I wanted her to take my shift. She does get a day off in lue of working Monday, but heck I have done my share of long weekends this summer. So happy Thanksgiving my Canadian friends.
- It is 12:30 on a beautiful Sunday afternoon and I am still in my P.J's. After this post I will go get dressed and take Mapes out on this beautiful fall day! I just wanted to have a day of doin nothin! Although tonight we are going to my parents for dinner.
- Tomorrow is going to be a bake feast. I am making some pies, preparing meals for the freezer for the week and I am also going to clean house! How very terribly exciting.
- Last weekend my Mother put on her own 60th birthday party for herself. She also turned it into a fund raiser for Breast Cancer awareness! When she was diagnosed almost 2 years ago, she was given a 10% chance to make it as it had spread to her lymph nodes. The woman went though Chemo and radiation without hardly a complaint! Knock on wood she is in remission and all the tests have came back clear. The doctors are amazed, we are amazed. She truly is my hero! As my husband says, your Mom is not going to die from Cancer, she is going to die from a heart attack that she will give herself for putting on events like these. He was referring to her getting down on the floor with all the kids and having a jump frog race with them. Oh Boy! Since it is October, which is Breast Cancer month, all you ladies out there don't forget to take care of the girls!
- Hubby and I just celebrated our 2 wedding anniversary. It was really nice, I got flowers delivered to my work. He picked me up the night of our anniversary. The next day we went to our favorite Italian restaurant that we go to on our anniversary. We reflected upon the year and how far we have come. Our relationship grows more and more as every day passes.
- Ick, I don't even want to post this but I think I should. CCAA (China Center for Adoption affairs) has done it again!!! They referred a whopping 5 days of LID's this month (cue the dripping sarcasm music here). So the cut off day is November 30th. Buh Bye November!! Don't let me kick you in the a** on your way out! It took CCAA 6 months to get through November 2005. I can not wait to get at least into the year 2006. I am not sure how long December 2005 is going to take but pleasssseeeee CCAA don't let it be another 6 months! I don't know how long my heart can take it!
- Last but not least, bloggy buddy Janet is in "Evil" Ontario. I am hoping that after this trip she won't think of Ontario as evil anymore. Another bloggy buddy Juliette, Alex & Maëlle, Janet and crew with Joël and I will be going out on Tuesday evening. Stay tuned for some pictures soon!
O.k. I leave you now with some pictures of the party from last weekend. My sister made the cake and the cookies, each cookie had a different word. For a bonus I will throw one cute picture of my cousins baby.
This is Mom on the ground with the kids doing the leap frog game!
This is a sample of the cookies my sister made. They were yummy too!
This is the birthday cake. Don't know if Mom wants everyone to know her age, but there ya have it!!
My Brother in laws and me!
Mom with my niece. Sorry it is crooked, don't know how to fix, can anyone help me figure it out?
This is my cousins little girl, she is too cute!
Saturday, September 15, 2007
One milestone passed!!!
This actually was posted about a week ago but I have only gotten to post it now. It is extremely exciting to see that we are out of review. Now we just have to wait some more still. I am getting good at waiting, (not really but I am trying)
Tonight we are having Woman over and she is bringing her beau! This will be the first time we have met him since they started seeing each other. Joël kept bugging Woman that there is no man, that he is a figment of her imagination. Tonight we get the proof in flesh and blood. It should be a fun night.
Things at the law office are going well. The first day there I felt completely out of my comfort zone, and felt like I didn't know what I was doing. Two weeks later I feel a heck of a lot more confident, it is great!
I still haven't gotten the camera back yet, so no pics today. Must make arrangements to do that soon!
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Catching Up
What has been happening in the L household lately???? I am going to bullet point since it is going to be easier that way.
- I got another job, this time it is working in a law firm, it is a one lawyer firm, and her practice is in Family Law. It is a lot of hard work, and there needs to be a lot of organizing done. I will have that office whipped into shape in no time! Since it is only a part time job (for now) I am still with RE/M*X. But I have weekends off now Wooohoo!!!!
- Recently I went flying in a little 4 seater plane. Our good friend B is working on getting his pilots license. I got to listen to B calling to the tower requesting permission to take off and land. Thank goodness he didn't do any tricks while we were up there. I guess part of his training is engine stalling, and other fun stuff, I am just really, really, really glad his instructor who went up with us didn't make him do anything to outrageous.
- CCAA news - not really good news. They only got through 4 LID days this month. So the cut off now is November 25, 2005. We are almost through Nov/05 which was a HUGE month of LID's to get through. To put it into perspective, It took CCAA 6 months possibly 7 to get through November 05. Yep, pretty bad! The only other huge month that stands in our way is March 06. Doesn't look quite as big as Nov, but still will take some time to get through. I am just hoping that they will get 05 done before the New year. We will see.
- Other friends of ours just had a baby girl a couple of days ago. This would be Joël's best friend and his wife. This is their second girl. Congrats to them!
- Now the really exciting part! Janet and crew are coming to wonderful Ontario. Janet's sister is getting married so the whole dang crew is coming for a visit! Little does Janet know what she is getting herself into! SSHHHHHH no one tell her. (Insert evil laugh here) I just can't wait to meet them. Should be a lot of fun!
I am going to leave you with a couple pics of my flying adventure.
- I got another job, this time it is working in a law firm, it is a one lawyer firm, and her practice is in Family Law. It is a lot of hard work, and there needs to be a lot of organizing done. I will have that office whipped into shape in no time! Since it is only a part time job (for now) I am still with RE/M*X. But I have weekends off now Wooohoo!!!!
- Recently I went flying in a little 4 seater plane. Our good friend B is working on getting his pilots license. I got to listen to B calling to the tower requesting permission to take off and land. Thank goodness he didn't do any tricks while we were up there. I guess part of his training is engine stalling, and other fun stuff, I am just really, really, really glad his instructor who went up with us didn't make him do anything to outrageous.
- CCAA news - not really good news. They only got through 4 LID days this month. So the cut off now is November 25, 2005. We are almost through Nov/05 which was a HUGE month of LID's to get through. To put it into perspective, It took CCAA 6 months possibly 7 to get through November 05. Yep, pretty bad! The only other huge month that stands in our way is March 06. Doesn't look quite as big as Nov, but still will take some time to get through. I am just hoping that they will get 05 done before the New year. We will see.
- Other friends of ours just had a baby girl a couple of days ago. This would be Joël's best friend and his wife. This is their second girl. Congrats to them!
- Now the really exciting part! Janet and crew are coming to wonderful Ontario. Janet's sister is getting married so the whole dang crew is coming for a visit! Little does Janet know what she is getting herself into! SSHHHHHH no one tell her. (Insert evil laugh here) I just can't wait to meet them. Should be a lot of fun!
I am going to leave you with a couple pics of my flying adventure.
Monday, August 27, 2007
Oh the guilt of it all!!!
This is going to be a quick post as it is way over due. Life has taken over and I have not had a second to sit down and blog.
Aug 17th weekend we went camping. We met up with Bloggy buds Juliette, Alex and Maëlle. What fun, we had campfire burgers, and introduced Juliette to smores. Now she can really say she is Canadian. We had a nice time at the campfire. The next day we went for a canoe ride which was fun. The people who rented a canoe before us actually tipped the boat and they waded back to shore. Unfortunately Juliette forgot her camera in the canoe when we left :-( Maëlle is such a cutie and has an infectious giggle.
Here is my guilty part of the title. Juliette brought a wonderful present for Baby L and us. She got Baby L a BEAUTIFUL red long sleeve onsie, that has "love bug" on it with a lady bug! It is toooo adorable. For the grown ups there was a bottle of French wine from "Saint Emillion" which so happens to be the restaurant that we ate at in Paris. How cool is that. Thank you Juliette/Alex/Maëlle for the awesome present.
Oh ya haven't gotten to the guilty part yet. I really wanted to take pictures and post them but someone (no names, but his name may start with a J) had forgotten our camera at his buddy S's house the week before, who lives 7 hours away, and we probably won't get it back for a while. Once we do, I will be sure to post pics.
This weekend we went to my Outlaws/In laws for Ma's 65th birthday. They live in northern Quebec. Let's just say I added to my repertoire of French words this weekend. Ma Tante demander quand moi apprends francais. (I know that phrase is probably not grammatically correct but I hope it is close.) I keep saying "Je ne c'est pas". Honestly though I do know though that the more I am around them the more I learn. My in laws are so patient with me. O.k. enough about that. When coming back I stopped in at my sisters house and I picked up two blonde cuties that are staying with me tonight and we have big plans to go to cosmic adventures tomorrow. They don't start school till next week and their other brother has an appointment tomorrow so I took the two older ones.
O.k I am off to bed. Once again Merci mes ami Juliette, Alex et Maëlle pour le beau cadeaux.
Aug 17th weekend we went camping. We met up with Bloggy buds Juliette, Alex and Maëlle. What fun, we had campfire burgers, and introduced Juliette to smores. Now she can really say she is Canadian. We had a nice time at the campfire. The next day we went for a canoe ride which was fun. The people who rented a canoe before us actually tipped the boat and they waded back to shore. Unfortunately Juliette forgot her camera in the canoe when we left :-( Maëlle is such a cutie and has an infectious giggle.
Here is my guilty part of the title. Juliette brought a wonderful present for Baby L and us. She got Baby L a BEAUTIFUL red long sleeve onsie, that has "love bug" on it with a lady bug! It is toooo adorable. For the grown ups there was a bottle of French wine from "Saint Emillion" which so happens to be the restaurant that we ate at in Paris. How cool is that. Thank you Juliette/Alex/Maëlle for the awesome present.
Oh ya haven't gotten to the guilty part yet. I really wanted to take pictures and post them but someone (no names, but his name may start with a J) had forgotten our camera at his buddy S's house the week before, who lives 7 hours away, and we probably won't get it back for a while. Once we do, I will be sure to post pics.
This weekend we went to my Outlaws/In laws for Ma's 65th birthday. They live in northern Quebec. Let's just say I added to my repertoire of French words this weekend. Ma Tante demander quand moi apprends francais. (I know that phrase is probably not grammatically correct but I hope it is close.) I keep saying "Je ne c'est pas". Honestly though I do know though that the more I am around them the more I learn. My in laws are so patient with me. O.k. enough about that. When coming back I stopped in at my sisters house and I picked up two blonde cuties that are staying with me tonight and we have big plans to go to cosmic adventures tomorrow. They don't start school till next week and their other brother has an appointment tomorrow so I took the two older ones.
O.k I am off to bed. Once again Merci mes ami Juliette, Alex et Maëlle pour le beau cadeaux.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Bonne fete avec moi (is that proper french??)
Yep, today is my birthday. What am I going to do to celebrate this momentous occasion? I am going grocery shopping, and maybe taking the dog out for her walk before I head to work. We celebrated last weekend when friends of ours came over for a bbq and they brought a dairy queen ice cream cake. Yummmmy! Hubby did make me breakfast, and Maple did demand to have cuddles and a belly rub this morning while I slept in a bit :-)
We are preparing to go camping this weekend where we are meeting up with blogger pal Juliette and Alex and Maëlle. It is going to be a blast! I just hope the weather holds out. If it is anything like it has been for the last couple days it is going to be spectacular.
This post is going to be short and sweet as I am still in my PJ'S and it is 11pm.
Till next time.
OOHHH one last thing, we know we are in the review room, Bob (one of the people who work at our agency) called and let us know that we have been questioned. I guess the nurse while taking down my height put me down as 5'7. The case worker in China looked at Joël and my picture and said noticed something was amiss. Also on Joël's medical our doc put down that he has "Gilbert's" but his liver enzymes are normal. So we had to get our Social worker to write up a paragraph about the height issue (I am actually 4'9) and our doctor to write something up about Gilberts. The doctor gave me a lot of grief. Let's just say once we are through with the adoption we will be looking for a new family doctor. When I called her she informed me that "I caught her on her last afternoon before a month vacation" and she wouldn't have time to do it before then. I was devastated as that would most likely bump us back even further. Anyways I guess I got through to her because her secretary called the next morning and the doctor had dropped the letter off to us.
Our wonderful social worker had it to us within an hour of asking for it.
Sorry no pics today.
We are preparing to go camping this weekend where we are meeting up with blogger pal Juliette and Alex and Maëlle. It is going to be a blast! I just hope the weather holds out. If it is anything like it has been for the last couple days it is going to be spectacular.
This post is going to be short and sweet as I am still in my PJ'S and it is 11pm.
Till next time.
OOHHH one last thing, we know we are in the review room, Bob (one of the people who work at our agency) called and let us know that we have been questioned. I guess the nurse while taking down my height put me down as 5'7. The case worker in China looked at Joël and my picture and said noticed something was amiss. Also on Joël's medical our doc put down that he has "Gilbert's" but his liver enzymes are normal. So we had to get our Social worker to write up a paragraph about the height issue (I am actually 4'9) and our doctor to write something up about Gilberts. The doctor gave me a lot of grief. Let's just say once we are through with the adoption we will be looking for a new family doctor. When I called her she informed me that "I caught her on her last afternoon before a month vacation" and she wouldn't have time to do it before then. I was devastated as that would most likely bump us back even further. Anyways I guess I got through to her because her secretary called the next morning and the doctor had dropped the letter off to us.
Our wonderful social worker had it to us within an hour of asking for it.
Sorry no pics today.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
The Outlaws are coming
The outlaws are coming to visit. Why is it when every time that they come to visit I go in panic mode? The house has to be immaculate, everything has to be just perfect. I love my inlaws, they are amazing people and I love spending time with them, but something happens to me when I get the phone call to say that they are coming to visit. My palms get all sweaty, my heart starts racing. O.k i am exaggerating just a little bit, it is really not that bad! At least I hope it isn't.
It is my sister in laws birthday today and they are coming down to surprise visit her. No she doesn't read this blog so I am safe to say that.
Anyway that is my news of the day. I am working 7 days straight this week, so have pity on me. I actually just had an interview at an actual law office, it went well, I should hear something by Friday or Monday. Keeping my fingers crossed.
On another note, we are reaping the benifits of Joël's hard work in the garden. The tomatoes are ready, the carrots are ready, we have been eating the peas and lettuce, the potatoes have been dug up. The corn is almost ready. Yummy Yummy Yummy.
Here is a pic of my Ma and Pa. Yes he has his eyes closed but I just like this picture.
Saturday, August 04, 2007
Pass On The Peace Do
Blogger Rosie is trying to start a cyber peace movement. She is asking all of her bloggy friends to post the dove and encourage their friends to pass it on ...
Please pass the Dove of Peace on and put it on your blog..then ask those who view your blog to put it on their blog and see how far the PEACE will go.Worth a try. Just maybe, just maybe people might listen and the world may think about peace for at least one moment .
"It started small and grew so tall and spread its wings to capture all"
Send Peace .Love the world.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Whoa Nelly!
The first sentence is pretty important to us. This means that the CCAA is looking at our dossier as we speak. The hours of our homestudy, the finger prints, the pictures, the medical exams, basically our lives are being looked at right now with a critical eye. Now lets hope we get through this hurdle and move on to the next part of the waiting which will be that we will be in the matching room.
Finally some excitement!
Thursday, July 26, 2007
How many Pips are you behind?
When we go camping we have an all out backgammon war. It is not often that I do not win at backgammon. On this particular day, I was really really really winning, so much that I was on fire baby!
The other game that we play is two man euchre, this is J's game and he usually wins at this. If I start loosing too much at euchre I most times suggest to go for a hike or the other option which is playing backgammon.
So without further ado, I give you this video of my hubby concentrating really hard, while the lucky lady is giggling away!
Please let me know if you are able to see the video or not. Thanks
The other game that we play is two man euchre, this is J's game and he usually wins at this. If I start loosing too much at euchre I most times suggest to go for a hike or the other option which is playing backgammon.
So without further ado, I give you this video of my hubby concentrating really hard, while the lucky lady is giggling away!
Please let me know if you are able to see the video or not. Thanks
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
One Year!!! Woohoo!!! we made it this far baby
I know I am late with this, but officially we have been logged in with the CCAA for a whole year! How to commemorate this momentous occasion? Here is a list of things that have happened over the past year.
- Celebrated our one year anniversary (soon to be two)
- celebrated two of my cousins weddings (one last summer and one this summer)
- the birth of my niece Sadie
- all of my nieces and nephews, sisters, brother inlaws birthdays
- my mother underwent chemo and radiation for breast cancer treatment.(So far A o.k.)
- Halloween
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas
- Easter
- Canada Day
- Any other holiday that I am missing
- Joël's birthday
- My Birthday
- My graduation from College receiving my law clerk diploma
- Our trip to Paris
- The Senators ALMOST winning the Stanley cup
- The many trees have been chopped and stacked in our garage
- Countless camping trips
- A million doggie walks (or Maple wishes)
- "The case"
- The 2 day LID month
- Getting a part time job and trying to find full time
- Waiting and waiting and waiting for CCAA to speed up
- All the happiness and stress can bring in one year
I am sure that I have missed a lot of things but this is a start. Happy one year LID to us. I also want to thank our friends, and family for being such a rock of support. Yes it is a longer wait than we anticipated, but we will get there. Now come on CCAA giddie up.
This picture is of us in Paris our last night there. I was having a little fun with the camera
Monday, July 02, 2007
Our favorite past time.
For a while now I have been saying that I will post about our favorite thing that we love to do together. What could that be? Could it be taking moonlit walks on the beach, or could it be possible that our favorite thing is impromptu trips to Paris or even maybe it could be a nice evening out to a nice restaurant over a nice bottle of wine. Nope our favorite thing to do is getting eaten alive by the mosquitoes and other such friendly bugs and sleeping on the hard ground in a tent.
For me it is not about the bugs or the hard floor, but about the campfire, cooking over the fire making our hamburgers or smores, sitting there as the sun goes down and just spending quality time with hubby. yes I am such a sap. As I am just thinking about this now, when we were getting our reference letters for our home study for the the adoption, every single person who wrote a letter mentioned our love of camping.
As for our darling Maple, you just have to say the word and she is at the door looking at us and saying, come on already lets go! You said we were going camping like two seconds ago, whats the hold up?
From top to bottom, Joël dawning his lovely gun boots and heading out to enjoy the river. Throwing Mapes her stick which for some reason keeps coming back. The third pic is of my Dad and Joël. I just like the way it turned out. (As always you can click on the picture to make it bigger.)
Thursday, June 28, 2007
A Meme!
I've been tagged by Janet, I think I should start these Meme's so peeps who peek in can find out a little bit more about me. I also needed something to blog about.
My roommate and I once: Ummm never had a roommate unless you count rooming with my sisters when we were growing up, and then I would have to say that we fought over clothes.
Never in my life have I: Actually completed a crossword puzzle. I have also never done drugs.
High school was : The best years of my life. I loved high school.
When I'm nervous : I can hardly speak, my voice cracks and I do not breath properly.
My hair : Blondish brown, needs a serious cut.
When I was 5 : I remember the hour long ride to Sick Kids with my father to get tubes put in my ears. I remember this because it was the only time that I was allowed up in the front seat in the car (this is 30 years ago peeps, we didn't have the regulations that we have now with car seats :-).
When I turn my head left : I can see my office closet and a table.
I should be : Applying for a job instead of blogging, but blogging is so much more fun.
By this time next year : We will hopefully a lot closer to being on our way to China!
My favorite aunt is : Aunty ........., I will leave it up to my Aunts to fill in the blank.
I have a hard time understanding : Sarcasim.
You know I like you if : I invite you over for a s'getti dinner.
My ideal breakfast is : Pancakes and sausage!
If you visit my home town : You will notice there is no night life.
If you spend the night at my house : You get to sleep with the dog. We would stay up though and chat while the dog warms up your bed teehee.
My favorite blonde is : My sister, niece and nephews!
My favorite brunette is : My husband, my nephews and nieces, and soonish to be baby.
The animal I would like to see flying besides birds : A horse, don't ask me why, I think it may go back to the days when I watched Hercules in cartoon on Sat. mornings.
I shouldn't have been : so grumpy (story not inserted here for good reason).
Last night I: Made an awesome dinner for my deserving hubby after me working 6 days in a row and not being able to be home for supper and he had to fend for himself.
A better name for me would be : Forgetful, I am constantly forgetting my purse or my keys at other peoples houses.
I've been told I look like : My Mother (which I agree I do).
If I could have any car, it would be: I want my old 89 Toyota Tercel back! I loved that thing.
Well there you have it folks, my first Meme, I tag anyone who comes across this blog and wants to do it.
Monday, June 18, 2007
We're Back
What an amazing trip we had We crammed in everything that we could possibly want to see and then some. My feet need to recover from all the walking we did. It was truly a dream trip and I even learned some more french. For some reason I can understand the Parisian French more than the Quebec french. There was a bakery right near our hotel so it was croissants and pastries for breakfasts which were out of this world. I will do a big post about our trip when I get a moment. I just wanted to get a couple pictures up for you all to see.
Us at the famous Eiffel tower. At the Louvre. This is the site of Nepoleans tomb.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
See Ya when we get back
well this is it. We are outta here. Now all I have to throw my english out the plane window and start speaking french. The thing is, my husband who's first language is french won't even speak it while we are in Paris.
Our bags are packed and we're ready to go. I am sure I will have lots of pictures when I get back. I can just smell the fresh baguette and croissants now for breakfast tomorrow morning already.
Our bags are packed and we're ready to go. I am sure I will have lots of pictures when I get back. I can just smell the fresh baguette and croissants now for breakfast tomorrow morning already.
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