The little girl that months ago, we got her file to review.. while she has been matched, Praise God! I feel sad that she isn't mine, but I know now that God wanted us to say no, so she would go to "her perfect family". I do believe with all my heart that God has a little one picked for us and will guide her file into our agencies hands. At the perfect time.
I also got a little video clip from the little girl that we sponsored through ZKO before she got adopted. It is true, the reward of seeing this little girl happy, is way more than any amount of money. I just keep thinking... a soul is worth more than all the money in the world.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Friday, January 18, 2013
Refreshed
so, I'm on my round two of the yucks. I had the flu two weeks ago and then followed by a terrible cold, felt ok for 2 days and now it's back. Even when to the doc to see if I have the fungus of the mongus. Nope, no flu or strep throat, just round two of a cold.
I feel blah
blah
blah.
I just wonder from one side of the house to the other. I have work, lots of stuff to do, but...
So I read my friends blog on healthy eating and now I feel blah "and" fat.
So now I feel like eating something bad for me. Since I have all the time of the world (at least I'm acting like it), I get my pomegranate out. (I have to google the word pomegranate of course, because I can't spell). What a pain, to break apart, but...
This fruit is amazing. So sweet and refreshing. I know it's high sugar, but tell myself that it's "natural" sugar.
You should sooo try one.
On another note, we met with some new friends last weekend. They are in the process of paperwork for adopting from China. It was so refreshing to have someone that "understands" the mountains of adopting. We need more friends that "get it".
You should adopt too :)
We have book club next week, and I'm trying hard to get my book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" finished. What a tearjerker.
You should read this too.
I feel blah
blah
blah.
I just wonder from one side of the house to the other. I have work, lots of stuff to do, but...
So I read my friends blog on healthy eating and now I feel blah "and" fat.
So now I feel like eating something bad for me. Since I have all the time of the world (at least I'm acting like it), I get my pomegranate out. (I have to google the word pomegranate of course, because I can't spell). What a pain, to break apart, but...
This fruit is amazing. So sweet and refreshing. I know it's high sugar, but tell myself that it's "natural" sugar.
You should sooo try one.
On another note, we met with some new friends last weekend. They are in the process of paperwork for adopting from China. It was so refreshing to have someone that "understands" the mountains of adopting. We need more friends that "get it".
You should adopt too :)
We have book club next week, and I'm trying hard to get my book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" finished. What a tearjerker.
You should read this too.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Multitasking
Back to work after being sick all weekend and barely moving. I couldn't decide if I was still contagious or if I would be able to make it through 10 hrs, but decided to try it. Which brings me to the subject of multitasking. I do not feel like that I do it well, but....maybe I do.
The one and only male in my office other than doctors is sitting in the office with 400 new plans for one of the insurance that we take. They are not sent to us in alph or numerical order so they all needed put in order, hole punched and exchanged with the old. He is sitting here picking up one paper at a time, looks at it hard, slowly sorts through 350 old plans, finds the old, takes it out, slowly hole punches the new, puts in the the book and clamps down the ring binder.
And starts over. He is going to do this 399 more times.
I want to be home sleeping because I'm VERY hot and miserable, but I'm at work because it would make them shorthanded if I stayed home.
And he is punching holes one at a time.
I ask, "You know that you can punch like 10 papers at a time and save 100s of mins". "I know", he reples, "but this system works".
Please excuse me while I bang my head on the WALL.
I tell him sarcastically, "If I knew you would be punching holes all day, I could stayed home and did it for you". He is like, "Ah, no, I just got them this morning".
He doesn't even get what I'm trying to say.
AHH, welcome to Loonyville!
The one and only male in my office other than doctors is sitting in the office with 400 new plans for one of the insurance that we take. They are not sent to us in alph or numerical order so they all needed put in order, hole punched and exchanged with the old. He is sitting here picking up one paper at a time, looks at it hard, slowly sorts through 350 old plans, finds the old, takes it out, slowly hole punches the new, puts in the the book and clamps down the ring binder.
And starts over. He is going to do this 399 more times.
I want to be home sleeping because I'm VERY hot and miserable, but I'm at work because it would make them shorthanded if I stayed home.
And he is punching holes one at a time.
I ask, "You know that you can punch like 10 papers at a time and save 100s of mins". "I know", he reples, "but this system works".
Please excuse me while I bang my head on the WALL.
I tell him sarcastically, "If I knew you would be punching holes all day, I could stayed home and did it for you". He is like, "Ah, no, I just got them this morning".
He doesn't even get what I'm trying to say.
AHH, welcome to Loonyville!
Saturday, December 29, 2012
We needed to update our I-800 for our "childs" visa... just in case we ever need it ;). We got the biometric app scheduled by the USCIS on Dec 24, day before christmas. We both wondered about that, but it say if you didn't show up, you voided your app and that we were NOT interested in. So to Baltimore (1 1/2 hr drive) we go. Only to have the door locked and a little piece of paper saying to report back after weds. We were so annoyed to have 3 hrs of travel time for nothing, but.. what you gonna do. Government has no competition and we have to do what they say.
I just keep thinking.. maybe God is just giving us little little tiny delays so we may be able to endure the big one. I know there are many parents that go over to their country to adopt, only to be told that they have to go home and come back again later. Or Russia.. closing the adoptions to the US. Heart breaking.
So on wed morning I spend time on the phone trying to get in touch with that office to see when we could go back in. and then I did that again, thurs morning, and fri morning. Fri morning I got ahold of a new person. She was a little friendly (major surprise) (dealing with these people are way worse that going to the local MVA) and told me that we could just go again and drop in. I asked for a phone number of the Baltimore office and she says that there are NO nada, zilch numbers in the office.
What a way to do business.
So we decided to take a ride and try again. I was praising the Lord when the doors opened. It was the fastest visit to the USCIS in history. We were finished in 10mins tops. What a Blessing!!
We just HAD to visit Cheesecake Factory for our treat. Although we have not eaten the cheesecake yet.. Today for breakfast :)
I just keep thinking.. maybe God is just giving us little little tiny delays so we may be able to endure the big one. I know there are many parents that go over to their country to adopt, only to be told that they have to go home and come back again later. Or Russia.. closing the adoptions to the US. Heart breaking.
So on wed morning I spend time on the phone trying to get in touch with that office to see when we could go back in. and then I did that again, thurs morning, and fri morning. Fri morning I got ahold of a new person. She was a little friendly (major surprise) (dealing with these people are way worse that going to the local MVA) and told me that we could just go again and drop in. I asked for a phone number of the Baltimore office and she says that there are NO nada, zilch numbers in the office.
What a way to do business.
So we decided to take a ride and try again. I was praising the Lord when the doors opened. It was the fastest visit to the USCIS in history. We were finished in 10mins tops. What a Blessing!!
We just HAD to visit Cheesecake Factory for our treat. Although we have not eaten the cheesecake yet.. Today for breakfast :)
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Merry Christmas
The little baby born..Jesus. Died. But Lives again! Praise the Lord for making a way for us to be saved and have eternal life!
AND...
we are blessed with a white Christmas. I just couldn't help myself, I just had to go for a run. I haven't run since Thanksgiving and wasn't sure if I still could :). It was so beauiful, I couldn't stop smiling at the beautiful of everything having snow piled up on it! And I had to keep stopping and take pics with my phone!
May the Lord bless you and make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you!
Merry Christmas!!
AND...
we are blessed with a white Christmas. I just couldn't help myself, I just had to go for a run. I haven't run since Thanksgiving and wasn't sure if I still could :). It was so beauiful, I couldn't stop smiling at the beautiful of everything having snow piled up on it! And I had to keep stopping and take pics with my phone!
May the Lord bless you and make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you!
Merry Christmas!!
Friday, December 21, 2012
One in a Million ( or Millions)
Christmas overwhelms me.. I try so hard to remember WHY we are celebrating and somethings its hard in the middle of run, run, run. So many parties, places to be, things to do, food to make, friends to visit, and family to keep in touch. And in the middle of all that sometimes someone get left out. My dear husband. Today is our first evening FREE since the 1st of dec. And we are so tired. Ridiculous. We are not getting, we are. Old.
And "your truly" aka me.. decided one day in Dec that today would be a great day to rip out the carpet in the basement, to which one's better half agreed. One thing turned into a another and we ended up sanding, caulking, priming, painting and painting and painting, and sealing from ceiling to floor and stairs. Many layers.
And now I wonder what is a wrong with me... why did I pick Dec to do this? But up side, I can now blame anything that does not going according to plan to that I'm not in my right mind with all the paint fumes.
Finally I come to my subject title...
G was replacing the bulb in the front porch light and dropped a screw and its bolt. It was the same exact shade of brown as the dirt flower bed that it landed in.
He was looking and looking for it and I decided to go out and help look for it. It was getting dark. While we were both down on the ground with our rears in the air (had to think about what the neighbors would be thinking if they saw us), I decided to whisper a prayer so that we could find it. I thought afterwards... silly me, God has bigger things to do, but still in my mind I thought God does cares about little things that are in our lives. Then G found it, just like that.
If God cares about us finding a tiny tiny bolt and screw that has a 20 cent value.. and helps us find it then I am sure that God can search through millions of little girls and find us ours ...priceless ...princess.
We continue to wait and pray
And "your truly" aka me.. decided one day in Dec that today would be a great day to rip out the carpet in the basement, to which one's better half agreed. One thing turned into a another and we ended up sanding, caulking, priming, painting and painting and painting, and sealing from ceiling to floor and stairs. Many layers.
And now I wonder what is a wrong with me... why did I pick Dec to do this? But up side, I can now blame anything that does not going according to plan to that I'm not in my right mind with all the paint fumes.
Finally I come to my subject title...
G was replacing the bulb in the front porch light and dropped a screw and its bolt. It was the same exact shade of brown as the dirt flower bed that it landed in.
He was looking and looking for it and I decided to go out and help look for it. It was getting dark. While we were both down on the ground with our rears in the air (had to think about what the neighbors would be thinking if they saw us), I decided to whisper a prayer so that we could find it. I thought afterwards... silly me, God has bigger things to do, but still in my mind I thought God does cares about little things that are in our lives. Then G found it, just like that.
If God cares about us finding a tiny tiny bolt and screw that has a 20 cent value.. and helps us find it then I am sure that God can search through millions of little girls and find us ours ...priceless ...princess.
We continue to wait and pray
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