18 Months!

Wow, this is kind of a bittersweet milestone. We've now been waiting a year and a half for our daughter, Raven. When our Dossier was sent to China in April 2007, our agency told us the wait was approximately 18 months (at the time). I soon realized from all the message boards and groups I joined, that that number has been going up and up every month and 18 months was what those families at that time had waited. So here we are 18 months later, and probably have more than 18 MORE months to go. On the positive side, (go figure, I can actually be positive!) we have more time to pay off some bills, prepare the house, work on the nursery, save mo' money, loose more weight and all that planning type stuff that rules my world (ugh!). Plus, a year and a half has gone by relatively quickly. It is starting to drag a bit now though, so I have to try to keep extra busy without involving retail therapy, LOL. I haven't purchased ANYTHING for Raven in months!

Let's see what else is new... well I've been following the election on TV a lot. I've been watching some of the footage on CNN and they just showed a few videos of people in line waiting to get into a Palin rally. Now, while I know that racism is still alive in America (unfortunately), I find it beyond sad that in these times people would shout all sorts of racial comments about Obama while waiting to get into a Palin rally. Actually made my stomach turn. It's one thing to not support a candidate for their policies, or even their personality, but these people seem to have some kind of riot mentality and think it's okay to shout these ridiculous, vile, racist things out in public just because they are not going to vote for someone. How narrow minded can these people be that they actually not only believe these things but then feel that it's okay to get together at a rally and fan the fire with other obvious racists. It's just so sad that that kind of hatred still exists.

Ok enough of that.. it's just bringing me down..

RQ a while ago posted about this series and about a month ago hubby brought home the first one in the series for me to read, which he said was recommended by the salesperson. It's about vampires and werewolves, which I used to read back in the day. So I started reading the first one and couldn't put it down. When I went to buy the second one I realized it was in the Young Adult section which explains the content of some of the storyline, but I still really enjoyed it. I am now on the 4th and final book in the series and plan on seeing the movie when it comes out... hopefully I'm not the only 40 year old there! LOL It's more of a love story I think than a vampire story, and it's very innocent and takes you back to those "young love" years.. LOL I haven't been so into a series in a while, and I almost don't want this last one to end. LOL Anyway, here's the links if anyone is interested.

Well, I don't have much else to write about. I haven't been doing any projects lately. I don't know if I posted about the art/display cabinet I made for hubby, I don't think I did so here are some pics of that. I still have to put doors on it, but he's using it now as is. Basically, he needed something to store his oil paintings so they can dry and to have a little storage too. The top comes off and slides back and is used as a display area he can arrange a scene on it to paint, like fruit, glass, etc. I'll have to post some of his paintings once I take some pics.

Ok that's all for now. :-)