DIS/DISUnplugged/Dreams December Event Info – DISapalooza (continued)

[DVCsince02]

In case you missed the reference earlier, if you are on Facebook, go check Mike's status. He is "sharing" information he can't "share" on the DIS.

 

[kathrna]

Kat, how are you feeling today?

 

[AnneR]

In case you missed the reference earlier, if you are on Facebook, go check Mike's status. He is "sharing" information he can't "share" on the DIS.

Which Mike? I am not sure if I am friends.

 

[sshaw10060]

In case you missed the reference earlier, if you are on Facebook, go check Mike's status. He is "sharing" information he can't "share" on the DIS.

The DIS sucks enough time out of my life. I have avoided it so far.

 

[chirurgeon]

Cake balls: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cake-balls/detail.aspx

YUM.

Kim

 

[AnneR]

Kim,

Have you gotten everything straightened out?

 

[chirurgeon]

In case you missed the reference earlier, if you are on Facebook, go check Mike's status. He is "sharing" information he can't "share" on the DIS.

Which Mike is that? I don't think he is one of my friends.

Kim

 

[katscradle]

Getting ready to go shoe shopping

4 pages til the 50 page mark. I am just saying.

Your so lucky to be going shoe shopping.
I have one bum foot so I have to go to a certain store for shoes and they don't have the greatest selection.
have fum!!

 

[kimisabella]

Cake balls: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cake-balls/detail.aspx

Thank you - I have never heard of them before!

 

[AnneR]

Your so lucky to be going shoe shopping.
I have one bum foot so I have to go to a certain store for shoes and they don't have the greatest selection.
have fum!!

I actually am very hard to fit. I have a small but very wide foot. I usually buy any shoe (I like) that I can get my foot in. I can not get most clogs on and I so want a pair of high boots but I have not found a pair that I can actually get my foot in.

 

[DVCsince02]

Which Mike? I am not sure if I am friends.

Which Mike is that? I don't think he is one of my friends.

Kim

Click on his siggy in this link from his post..

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33976168&postcount=786

 

[chirurgeon]

Kim,

Have you gotten everything straightened out?

Getting there.

Kim

 

[chirurgeon]

Click on his siggy in this link from his post..

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33976168&postcount=786

Thanks, Jen.

 

[katscradle]

Yes...it's in regards to our adoption. When we began the process, families were waiting maybe a year before getting their referrals. As you can see, we have been waiting (as far as China's concerned) for 2 1/2 years now. And no end in sight. No speed ups...nothing. They are about a year behind us in referrals, so it sounds optimistic, but they really only match families at a pace of about 3-6 days per month. When you have families logged in just about every day of the month, it takes China an ETERNITY to get through one month of referrals. If they continue at the pace they've been going at, we could be waiting another 5 years. It just sucks...and there's nothing we can do about it except pull our paperwork and I'm not ready to do that yet. We've looked into other programs, but we don't qualify (too many divorces between the two of us).

Not only is the waiting agony, but then we have to keep our papers updated here with our homestudy. Just about yearly...homestudy updates are $400...fingerprinting is $160 (every 12-16 months)...I-600a (immigration-related...allows us to bring her back into the U.S.) is $700 now and that's every 18 months. We get one free renewal with the fingerprinting and I-600a paperwork, but we've used that so this time we pay for it, but next renewal is free. And I sincerely hope that we won't have to pay for this again after that...

Please don't mis-read this...I am very excited about our adoption plans...it's just so hard to wait...I'm not getting any younger and I'm afraid that by the time we get a referral, I'll be 80. By the time we get this referral, we will have probably aged out of the program, so Dorissa will be an only child.

Sorry guys...I just have these pity me days with this every now and then. Thanks for the shoulders...

Hey we are here for you,I feel for what you are going through.
I am hoping you get some good news soon.

 

[katscradle]

Sounds like the same one. Too bad she's not coming to DAP, we could have been twinsies. But then again, I don't intend on wearing it in Florida. But then yet again, last year during Mousefest I was freezing. I wasn't AT Mousefest, but I was at the parks being left out of the party. Poor me, I didn't make the sign ups. But I am in for this year.

Kathy, were you there with your hubby last year?

 

[katscradle]

Off to give a lecture on dog and cat sex (don't ask). I hate givimg the last lecture on Friday since everyone (including me) would rather be somewhere else.

I won't ask, b/c I don't want to know.

 

[AnneR]

Click on his siggy in this link from his post..

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33976168&postcount=786

Thanks Jen, I sent him a friend request.

 

[kathrna]

Kathy, were you there with your hubby last year?

The boys and I were there for a week last December. Rich came up for one day. I don't think he's ever gotten to stay for more than a couple of days. The boys and I have gotten real good at going by ourselves.
I don't know why but you asking that just made me verklempt. *SIGH* Such is my life.

 

[katscradle]

Learn from my mistakes in the mailing world. Make sure you insure and also require someone to sign for it. Tracking number is key. My D23 box is history and thinking off all the time and expense of replacing what I can is enough to have taught me a lesson... (besides I wanna be able to see what is in the box )

Rob I am so sorry to hear that they hadn't just misplaced your parcel.
I feel so bad for you.

 

[DVCsince02]

The boys and I were there for a week last December. Rich came up for one day. I don't think he's ever gotten to stay for more than a couple of days. The boys and I have gotten real good at going by ourselves.
I don't know why but you asking that just made me verklempt. *SIGH* Such is my life.

4 more months....