I have been Purse Tagged

I have been tagged by Cheri...

This is what is in my summer bag...

By the way don't you LOVE Vera Bradley?








It is amazing how much stuff I can fit into one bag. That is the beauty of a Vera they are very organized.











1. My Vera Wallet, filled with the usual wallet stuff

2. My Vera Check Book (Yes I have a Vera addiction)
3. 3 Photos of the "Magic Wall" at EAC
4. A tin of Cinnamon Altoids
5. Riz's wallet (yes this is a habit he now has me carrying his wallet)
6. My Keys complete with Ladybug key chain
7. Migraine Excedrin (don't leave home without them)
8. Bath and Body works Tangerine hand sanitizer (we all have to have this)
9. Sunglasses
10.Savannah Bee hand lotion (my favorite)
11.Claire's rocks (a handful of rocks that Wendy H.'s Claire picked up the last time we were in Savannah she asked Riz to hold them and they were in the bottom of my purse)
12.My little pink book (address book)
13.A yearly calender
14.3 flat pennies from North Carolina (Cheri Hee hee)
15.27 cents floating around at the bottom of my bag
16.1 brown hair tie
17.1 brown hair clip
18.a tide to go pen
19.a finger nail file
20.a roll of TUMS
21.a Savannah Bee Mint Julep lip balm
22.Gum
23.Tissues (Joy, Love, Hope)
24.Cell Phone
25.I-Pod and head phones
26.a pen
27.my asthma inhaler
28.a Coke bottle top (Riz is entering them for Coke Rewards,thanks Pat L)
29.my little black back that hold all the little things above
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Lets just say that everyone always says that if you need something ask me I will have it LOL is this ridiculous or what. LOL.... You know always be prepared....


OK now I am tagging Susan L, Wanda, and Stephe.....

That was fun and I cleaned out my purse at the same time a much needed event.

Oh and how did I forget to say the book I am reading Lisa See's Snowflower and the Secret Fan.... 7/3/06 I just noticed that I left off my BRIGHT PINK retainer case LOL

Let the Ride Begin

It is that time of the month again, The time when rumors start to fly, The time when we all get excited because there might just be a speed up this month (or at least we hope there will be). This month is no different the current rumor is that the CCAA will match families with LID's up to Nov. 17th. Last month they matched through nov. 7th that was only 6 days worth of LID's. We are really hoping that the rumor is true, I am the eternal optimist though. I think every month they will match more days then they do. I hope this month I am not wrong and that they make it to at least until the 17th of Nov. If they do in fact match families with Lid's up to Nov. 17th that puts us with 54 LID days in front of us. That does not mean we only have 54 more days to wait. In the last three months there have been 14 days worth of LID's referred. I don't know if we will see 10 days this month or not but, I will not give up hope of a speed up at some point. I know we will get our baby and that one day this will be a distant memory like the labor pains of child birth.

hang on for the ride

Wacky Wednesday (What Kind of Women's Shoe are you)?

You are Barefoot!

You're a total free spirit, go with the flow girl You can't be restricted by shoes for very long And unsuprisingly, the same goes for men Your match is out there - and he's as carefree as you are

What Kind Of Women's Shoe Are You?

Amazing

I wanted to share with all of you the most amazing talent. Paul Potts is the winner ofthe TV Show Britain's Got Talent. The show where American Idol got its roots. Paul Potts is or should I say was a cell phone salesman in Southern Wales until he recently won the top prize on Brittan's Got Talent. Paul Potts is a very shy unassuming man who left even brash Simon Cowell speechless.

Please watch and enjoy, Oh and grab some tissues you will need them.

Susan

The Pearl River Book Club

Well so much for my plan of a vote. My friend Elise came up with such a GREAT name we decide to go forward with the the group. so, The Pearl River Book Club it is, our new group name. Please visit if you would like

www.thepearlriverbookclub.blogspot.com

if you would like to join us please send me an e-mail with your name and e-mail address.


We hope to see you there.

Susan

I need your help

I want to start a book club blog to link to this blog. What I need from you are ideas for names. What I thought I would do is take suggestions for the next three days and then set up a poll to vote on the Book Club name. So leave comments with your ideas it can be as simple as one word like Dumplings Book Club or something more involved I want all the ideas.

The book club details still need to be worked out. This all came about because of my last post about what I was reading if you go to the comments section you will see we are all on the same page these days.

OK so lets hear it what are your ideas.

Thanks in advance

Susan

What are you reading?

I am currently reading Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See


It is a story set in Nineteenth-century Hunan China. It is a story of a young girl named Lily and her Laotong, or "Old Same". The two girls communicate in a secret language called NuShu. They share their Hopes and Dreams for their future through this secret language. They share their fears, tragedies and trials of life in rural China.

it is a great book and one I would recommend highly.



So what are you reading this summer?

New Ticker

I love this new ticker but, OK, Who thinks that Ladybug is a little creepy? I don't get it, all their stuff is so cute. They even have a really cute lady bug on the tickers for ovulation but you can't use them on the adoption tickers What is up with that?

Oh Well

Check out my Slide Show!

Several people have asked me where I got the photo of the sunflowers in the header on my blog. This picture was one of many pictures Riz and I took one afternoon.We went for a drive near our home, we turned a corner and saw this huge field of sunflowers.We spent all afternoon taking pictures and I am glad we did. I can't wait to take Sophia there and take her picture in the sunflowers.

Enjoy the slide show

Susan

Charles Schultz Philosophy

My Friend Cheri sent me this in a forward this morning and I love it. I wanted to share it with all of you. Cheri did not know that one of mine and Riz's favorite cartoons in the Peanuts. We both think Charles Schultz was a great man with a brilliant mind. His cartoon is timeless and appealing to people of all ages. I know every year during the holiday season I can't wait to watch "It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" and "A Charlie Brown Christmas". Is there anyone out there in their 30's or 40's who does not remember those classics from Childhood?It is already in Sophia's video library. I look forward to the day it become a tradition in our house to watch them together as a family. I think a lot can be learned about compassion and tolerance from Chuck and his friends.

Click on the link below and enjoy. :)

http://www.rogerknapp.com/inspire/schultzphilosophy.htm

To Go or not to Go?

I asked a question this morning to my DTC and Agency groups. I wanted to get a feel for how people think and feel about this topic. We were talking with other families about weather they did or did not have the opportunity to visit the orphanage their daughters were from. Some of the families did have the opportunity to visit and some did not. This raised the question to us IF we have the opportunity to go and visit Sophia's orphanage would we want to go? Would others in our group want to go? If so why or why not? How often does this opportunity arise? We listened to everyone's arguments one way or the other. We talked a lot about it and decided that for us we would want to go visit the orphanage that Sophia had spent her first months possibly longer in. We would want to thank the nannies who cared for her while we were unable to. We would want to thank the director for giving us the opportunity. We want to be able to answer Sophia's questions, should she have them one day about where she was before she came home to us. Now all that being said we know the reality is that most times this opportunity does not arise. We know that the REALITY of the orphanages is probably much different then what we have created in our minds. That is precisely why we would not want to pass up this opportunity.Our question to everyone who has BTDT or who is a waiting family is this, What are your feelings about this? Would/Did you go if given the opportunity? Thanks in advance for your input Susan and Riz

Fathers day

The Story of Father's Day


Father's Day, contrary to popular misconception, was not established as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards. In fact when a "father's day" was first proposed there were no Father's Day cards!
Mrs. John B. Dodd, of Washington, first proposed the idea of a "father's day" in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. William Smart, a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife (Mrs. Dodd's mother) died in childbirth with their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington state. It was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent.

The first Father's Day was observed on June 19, 1910 in Spokane Washington. At about the same time in various towns and cities across American other people were beginning to celebrate a "father's day." In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father's Day. Finally in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day.
Father's Day has become a day to not only honor your father, but all men who act as a father figure. Stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and adult male friends are all honored on Father's Day.

I just want to honor my father who is no longer with us and who I miss dearly, My father in-law for always being there for us, to all our friends who are fathers for being such GREAT examples for us,

But most of all to my loving husband who I adore. Happy Fathers Day to you. Even though Sophia is not physically here with us this year, I know that you are already her Daddy. Riz you are going to be the best daddy, I can't wait to see you in action.

I love you ( and I know Sophia will too)

Susan

Overwhelming! to say the least

I have to share this amazing website with all of you. My friend and travel mate Susan Love sent it to me with a message that she became very emotional while viewing the photos. I too became emotional while looking at them because I realized that these photos were taken in late May 2007 (this year!). That means that our Sophia and the Love's Lily Kate could be amongst those babies in the photos. I know that many of you who will read this are also waiting parents in the Dec and Jan LID groups and from Zhouskids (our agency group) those are our children in the pictures can you believe it???? It is just overwhelming to me to know that because of these wonderful people my baby and yours will be drinking formula bottles made with CLEAN drinking water. Clean water is something we as Americans take for granted everyday. It is eye opening to know that our babies have not had the luxury of clean drinking water... Until now .... I personally want to say thank you to this group of wonderful people.

http://www.a-childs-right.org/projects.html

Click on the link above then click on the box to the right that is labeled China 2007. You can scroll through the pictures by clicking the plus sign. There are captions for each picture at the top of each page.

Love Susan

I hope this migrane I have had for a day and a half is not the result of over blogging........

LOL..... Oh God please no!!!!!

OK I am ready

Well today is the BIG day. I finally feel ready to go public with my new blog. I really have enjoyed putting it together and learning how to Blog. I love how you can customize pretty much everything. I was having so much fun I had to bring my friend Cheri along for the ride now she is blogging too :). I have to thank a few people because without them I could not have figured out what I was doing. First to Stephe thanks for helping me with the header and the background color, I love it. Donna thank you so much for pointing me in the right direction on how to add things to the side bar. Susan L., Wendy H., and Diane A. thanks to you I have some cool stuff to look at on the side bar. Cheri thanks for all the advice on the color choices and for sending me all the cool sites to choose stuff from.

OK now we (Cheri and I) have decided to give "birth" at the same time and we will be sending out birth announcements latter today (LOL). We are finally ready to go public with our blogs.

I will continue to post messages and information on my website (http://www.chinaladybug.com/) until after we come home from China. I plan on keeping both updated until after our trip to China. Our website will all be burned to a CD for a keepsake so I want to make sure that I capture everything on there for Sophia. When we return from China I will be posting primarily here on the blog. My plan for the blog is to capture our journey to Sophia and her story after she becomes our daughter.

Thanks for being interested enough to share in our story..

Pictures of the nursery

I just love this room in our house. I am so glad we did it right away and did not wait until we got our referral.

I am learning so much and with the help of some GREAT friends my blog is starting to take shape. I just could not figure out how to re size the picture in my header so both Donna and Stephe helped me out with that. Donna was kind enough to point me in the right direction for adding all the fun cool stuff like the YOUTUBE videos and the ticker. I could not have done this with out you guys thanks so much. It is a wonderful thing to be in the world of BLOGS. CAUTION! to anyone who wants to come Join us in the kingdom of BLOG it is addicting just ask Cheri and Wendy LOL

HELP!

Well I have spent most of the day working on our new blog. I found it to be pretty easy to get this far but now I am stuck. I can't seem to figure out how to make my headed picture smaller. I want to add all the cool stuff like a guest book, a ticker, music and Youtube videos but I don't know how. So I am going to beg my great blogger friends who are experts in this stuff for help. So in advance thank you Stephe, Donna and Wanda :) you all are the best.....

Wonderful World Of Blogging

I am trying to enter the wonderful world of blogging. I have no idea what I am doing so please be kind and grade me on a curve :)