Sticking My Head in the Sand

The purpose of this blog was to journal for our friends, our long, lengthy, and even emotional process of adoption. Many ask where we are on this journey, so my intention is to keep everyone posted through this medium. Those of you who know me know that I thrive on a plan. In a nutshell, surprise birthday parties make me want to sit down and cry. Most of you have seen one of my many day-timers….I do have a weak spot for Franklin-Covey planning systems. The one consistent thing about adoption is that there is little predictability. Let me just say how much that scares me. Our proofs have been ready for seven weeks but I still haven’t scheduled time to meet with our photographer to order the pictures. I have yet to print our profile, which I have edited at least fifty-two times. I’ll be really honest and let you know that my sister even wrote the majority of it. She is very aware of this problem I have, known as sticking my head in the sand. If I ignore it, it will either go away or someone else will do it for me. Those who have been down this path before assure me that this is the hardest part. Creating a profile complete with photos and actually handing it over to the attorney will be the most difficult step of this whole process, I am told. At this point I would tend to agree. Eric is so patient and puts up with my dragging this out. What a good man. I am setting a goal to have it completed by Thanksgiving. That will give me one month to take control of myself and do this! I’m forcing myself to get over the ostrich syndrome.

How To Make Dave Ramsey Proud

Please allow me to rant for a little while....
Several days ago, after balancing our checkbook, I discovered that someone so geniously stole our checking account number and printed several checks with false names on them. This obviously takes technique in order to clear two banks without even drawing attention. One would think that with this level of intelligence that this person would be contributing to finding the cure for common diseases, but no, not this individual. They would rather spend their valuable time shopping and spending someone else's hard-earned money at gas stations, quick marts, grocery stores and Wal-Mart. Fast forward to approximately $900 in fraudulent checks deducted from our account. What a mess! We closed our account as soon as possible and transferred our balance to a new account. I never realized how much I depend on plastic! I am now waiting 5 to 7 business days for my new check card to arrive and possibly up to an additional four for the PIN to follow. Today I found myself in the front of the checkout line at a store before I realized that I didn't have any money; of course, I never carry cash! After stopping by the ATM on the way home to take out my weekly allowance, I decided that there is no better time than the present to begin Dave Ramsey's cash only policy. Wish me luck!

Taking a picture of ourselves on vacation!

Well, I guess that if I have to keep up with everyone else, I might as well enter the world of blogging. I'm not too sure how productive I will be...we will have to see! Our life isn't too terribly exciting, but our life is good!