retail therapy

A few weeks ago, things at work took a turn for the worse. I love my job and most of the people that I work with, but my workplace is pretty crappy these days. So, after a miserable week, I ducked out of work early and went to a craft show at the Santa Monica [...]

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random thoughts…

I’ve still got more adoption process to blog about, but it has occurred to me that eventually I’m going to run out of adoption stuff to talk about. So, every now and again I’ll take the opportunity to discuss random topics. Here is my first “random” post…
Last weekend I watched the Concert for Diana and [...]

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when in rome

So, I did all I could for my home study and then my mom and I went to London and Rome for two weeks at the end of April. We had a FANTASTIC time. I took over 800 pictures. I think the reason I took pictures of practically everything I saw was because I’m afraid [...]

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journey abroad

In accordance with the Hague Convention, all prospective adoptive parents are now required to complete 10 hours of “adoptive parent” training. It must be completed before the home study can be finalized. Vista calls theirs “Journey Abroad.” It was held over 3 Wednesdays. The first two classes were 3 hours and the last class, which [...]

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