An Ethiopian Dinner

We’ve been lucky to meet a few people that have adopted from Ethiopia, and our new friends J & T live just an hour away.  They have a darling little girl, Z, who is just 2 1/2 and full of beans. 
When my brother and his fiancée were here visiting, they brought some injera from an [...]

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Our file was sent to Ethiopia today!

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Okanagan Rotary in Ethiopia

Today I joined my new Rotary Club in Kelowna.  I’m very excited to meet more people because there are several Rotarians in our club (and throughout the region) who are involved in water, cleft palate repair and education projects in Ethiopia. Here are the videos from their work last year… I can’t wait to meet some more [...]

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Mom and Dad Visiting

Over the last few weeks, we were delighted to have my  Mom and Dad, then my brother B and his fiancée D visit. 

The first morning they were here, Mom kept me company all morning at the market.  My Auntie W was passing through with her new puppy Cooper, so we got to meet him in [...]

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Such a simple thing…

In my last Rotary club, there were several members who helped install /deliver water biofilters in the Dominican.  My new club did a water project in Ethiopia this past year.  Why the focus on something so simple?  Because so many people have absolutely avoidable illnesses because they don’t have access to clean drinking water.
Here’s a nice [...]

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For My Mom

I found this on another family’s blog… and wow, it’s the same needlework that my mom had on our nursary wall! 
Thinking of you, Mom!
Love, Me.

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Adoption Ethics

My friend Hazel wrote a great post addressing questions / criticisms that people have about adoption.  I would suspect she’s had some of the same extremists try to post comments on her blog too (you don’t see them.  I just block them.)  She did such a good job of mulling these questions over, and has [...]

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Adoption Timelines

So now that all our paperwork is done, people have been asking “how long until your kids arrive?”
Long! I hate to say.  Here is what Kidslink told us today:

1-3 weeks for Ottawa to authenticate our documents (probably just a week to go.)
1 week for documents to get to Ethiopia
6-9 MONTHS while we wait for a [...]

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I quit my day job

I am now much happier!

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I hate my day job

So I’ve decided that I am OUT OF THERE.  As soon as I find something else, I will leave this miserable job. I’ve never quit a job before, but there is a first for everything! I’ve only been working there for 4 weeks, and I’ve come home a few times in tears.  So there you [...]

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Visiting Van

Last weekend we went to visit my little bro B and his fiancée D in Vancouver.  It was a really nice weekend… super to spend some time with D and also to meet her little sister J.

B is driving a ferry out on False Creek, so we watched the fireworks competition from the boat rooftops [...]

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Just practicing…

At the market last Saturday I sold out early and had some time to wander around.  I ended up buying a sling from a lady about my age who has been making them as her “job” since the birth of her first child 4 years ago.  Many people have commented how wonderful they are for [...]

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