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December 2005



The Greatest Gift - Peace

Sunday, 25 December 2005 1:00 A GMT-05
There's a lot of turmoil in Ukraine adoption circles this week.  The president finally signed the order for the Adoption Center and management of all orphans to transfer to the Ministry of Youth and Sport.  Word is, that means that the
Category: adoption

Immigration Update

Sunday, 18 December 2005 9:43 A GMT-05
Okay, so I received a letter from the local DCIS office.  It was a form letter that says that our I-600 is in progress but needs further submissions from us.  Below that is a list of things to request and a check by the "Other" .&

Immigration Red Tape

Wednesday, 14 December 2005 7:27 P GMT-05
I received a call from my Homestudy agency today.  Apparently there is a new person in charge of adoptions at our local USCIS office.  She seems to be enjoying her new position of power.  We have recently submitted a homestudy update a
Category: adoption

Insurance Tip

Monday, 12 December 2005 1:04 P GMT-05
This comes compliments of my NC State Employees Credit Union monthly newsletter.  It is becoming well known that the FACT (Fair and Accurate Transactions) Act of 2003 entitles consumers to receive an annual credit report free upon request fr
Category: Finance

Preparing for Ukraine Shopping List

Monday, 12 December 2005 8:04 A GMT-05
Things I think we will need and don't have

Another live one

Sunday, 11 December 2005 10:12 A GMT-05
Well, we have another family that seems interested in buying our Durham home.  According to their Realtor, they will be seeing a mortgage broker this week.  Please keep our home sale in your prayers!
Category: Finance

Still more work to do

Saturday, 10 December 2005 10:22 A GMT-05
I just found out from my facilitator that we will have to send all the updates to our dossier to him before we travel for our appointment.  Somehow I got the impression that we could just hand carry these documents with us and submit them when w
Category: adoption

I'm getting discouraged

Sunday, 4 December 2005 10:11 A GMT-05
The town house is small.  The closets are bulging.  The living room is cluttered. 
Category: adoption

PMI info (For when we find our new home)

Thursday, 1 December 2005 9:26 P GMT-05
I found this info on Financial Freedom 4 All.  It will be something to look into if when we are ready to take out another mortgage.  It has to do with minimising your expenses for PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance).  Read the whole post
Category: Finance
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Budget Report

Thursday, 1 December 2005 4:09 P GMT-05
After attempting to stick to our new monthly budget, I am happy to report that we have manged to stick to most of our goals, including our savings and giving goals. 
Category: Finance