life is good

I'm so glad we've made the move towards adoption...I can now fully enjoy being around my nieces. I didn't even get sad while A was here....She attended her first scrapbook workshop and she isn't even 2 months yet

now D I finally got to help her start scrapbooking on June 1. We made a 7x7 scrapbook for her mommy's b-day....D is 4

Adoption Funds have been Started

well...we are 99.9% sure we are going with Russia & hopefully 2 kids in one shot to save on fees/travel/etc.
I've been doing lots of research for fundraising/saving money for adoption and stumbled across one where a couple sent out cheap baby bottles to all their friends & familys with a "message in a bottle" saying they were adopting and if the person they sent the bottle to wanted to help, they would love their spare change to help pay all the fees to bring their child home.
i haven't reached the point where everyone even knows we are planning to adopt yet..much less asking for money...but I did get some of the cheap bottles and have them scattered around ...i'm gonna make a russian sticker that will fit on my cc's and stick one to each one as a reminder to not spend money i don't HAVE to spend. We have cut back on Sonic drinks (which for those that know us know us....that's a big thing...since we get 1/each every single day if not more)...and i'm stashing $1.07 for each drink we don't get in the bottle. I cashed my commission check and stuffed it in there...if we do go to the store...i am rounding up to the whole $10 and taking the change to stuff in the bottle...now i need to empty the bottles and put the money in the bank so that it can be earning interest.

tom. i'm gonna try again to find a storage unit to rent for a couple months so that I can take anythign i want to keep (daycare stuff i like, cmas & other holiday deco, etc) to the storage building to get it out of the way so that we can slap paint/light fixtures/flooring/etc in the backroom & 2 front rooms.....have to hurry up and get it done so we can get started on the wonderfully exciting homestudy

oh...and i told mom & gma that if anyone asks them (and they usually do) what they could get me/jerry for any gift giving things....that as much as we would like a gift...we would prefer money right now to help with the adoption fund...if they don't want to do that then a gift card to home depot to help with the cost of remodels/fixing up or nothing as we don't need anything else in the house since we both come from pack-rat families and have so much crap right now as it is...
the average cost of Russian adoption is (from what we've found so far):
1 kid about $25-30,000.00 & 2 makes it shoot up to around $40-50k or so

so...yes...it's a lot....but i feel this is where God is sending us and I'll do what i have to to get the funds to bring our kid(s) home....if you help...we give you our biggest thanks possible....if you can't/don't want to help...that's ok to.

I've decided all profits from my home business are going straight into the AFund.

ok...think i'll stop rambling and go work on cleaning the house...gotta find/gather everything i can sell on ebay and get it sorted .....

well...shared with a few peps our plans

well...we've told my mom & sister & Ash that we are planning to adopt. They seem happy for us...oh...had a doc. apt today...he has officially diagnosed me with PCOS. If he had told me this 2 wks ago when I was supposed to have an apt. I would have brokedown crying and totally gone wacko....but since making the decision to move onto adoption, it's like a huge weight has been lifted from my chest....i don't feel so down & depressed....seeing preggy ladies doesn't make me tear up like it did (there of course was 6 in front of me at the docs).....i just was like "oh..really...that's cool...i was kinda thinking that i might have it but ok"
we are gonna try another round of clomid
as of today....I think we are shooting for starting the adoption process in November...and will hopefully have a kid or 2 by Christmas 2007.
I'm working my butt off cleaning and gathering up stuff to start listing on ebay....have started saving alum. cans to sell, have a baby bottle in every room we are in a lot (bedroom/livingroom/dining room/my office at work/his shelf where he puts his keys/etc/computer desk) so anytime we find a coin/$ on the floor, in pockets, etc...we can add it to the bottle...it's a reminder to save instead of spend.....and i'm trying to cut back on my sonic drinks....we usually have 1 a day if not more....so any day i skip my drink...$1.07/each goes in the bottle
I started an ING account last nite so that I could have a "harder to get right now" place to stash our adoption fund.... and earns a bigger interest rate than the bank (email me to find out how to get your account & signup bonus & help us with our adoption fund at the same time)
well...i think i'm gonna head to bed...it's 9:47pm and my eyes are starting to droop....thanks for reading and talk to y'all laters....

1st post

well...Jerry and I have decided to adopt...prob. from Russia. We made this decision on Aug. 12, 2006


POST FROM my MYSPACE Blog on 8/17/06
I really should be cleaning and getting stuff ready to put on ebay and getting ready for my scrapbooking workshop that I'm having Saturday....but...my mind keeps wondering....what else is new right!?!?!
well...I think we have just about decided to do adoption. Now it's just a debate of domestic or international. We have been trying for 4 years and have to move onto fertility treatments....joy joy....things just keep happening to interfere with that process. we've always talked about adopting down the road...but it looks like it may have to happen sooner than we thought...I think we may try a few more rounds of fertilty drugs but I'm a little hesitant to move onto IVF due to cost & no guarantee of a BFP. Well Jerry just got home and I need to figure out something for dinner...talk to y'all laters...Anna