Knoonellog

July 2006



Just a little news from Ukraine

Monday, 31 July 2006 7:14 P GMT-05
I got an email from our translator this week.  He had paid a visit to the SDA hoping to be able to see someone.  He told me there is a lock on the door that requires a certain series of numbers to be punched in to get any further.  He

School Starts Soon!

Monday, 31 July 2006 5:04 P GMT-05
I am almost ready too! It has been hard work getting our curriculum together after a year "off" from homeschool.  DS and DD are both looking forward to homeschooling again, although they may change their mind when they see how much mo

A run-in

Wednesday, 26 July 2006 8:26 A GMT-05
Did you know that dead skunk and fresh skunk are two totally different odors?  Somehow I have managed to go forty-some years without ever having the pleasure of smelling fresh skunk spray.  Well, that is, until last night. Last night,

Cat sighting

Tuesday, 25 July 2006 5:23 P GMT-05
Some neighbors stopped by this afternoon to tell us that they had seen a very skinny, very orange cat in their backyard not 10 minutes before.  they showed me where the cat had been.  It was next to a drain pipe that connects the sewer

The form arrived in Ukraine today

Tuesday, 25 July 2006 2:16 P GMT-05
I had to call FedEx to find out.  They tried to deliver it after 5 pm yesterday.  i wonder if they were surprised to find the government office closed?  I checked the status at about  6 pm their time today and there was no update.

We officially live in a money pit!

Sunday, 23 July 2006 7:17 P GMT-05
What started out as an inexpensive way to store schoolbooks has become the project from hell!

Dexter is missing

Friday, 21 July 2006 8:19 A GMT-05
Our orange cat, Dexter, is missing. He disappeared while I was in NC with the kids.  DD doesn't remember seeing him after Sunday afternoon.  Dexter is often hiding from the dogs, so that didn't concern dd until sometime Tuesday n

Our Confirmation letter is on it's way!

Wednesday, 19 July 2006 11:59 P GMT-05
It took some doing but I finally dropped our adoption confirmation letter off at FedEx tonight.  It's amazing how much work and worry went into such a short one-page form. The form was first made available July 6th by the US embassy in Ukraine.

Crash

Saturday, 15 July 2006 5:56 P GMT-05
Our hard drive crashed last week.  It was right after I printed out all the information I needed for DH and I to go away for the weekend.  It was just before all the flurry of information about how to send the confirmation form to the SDA i

More news flashes

Wednesday, 5 July 2006 3:49 P GMT-05
I know these posts don't have many details but they do keep you up to date.  Feel free to call or email for more details! DS is feeling better, thanks.  He still has nowhere near the energy he usually exerts. DH and I are escapi

News from the US Embassy

Wednesday, 5 July 2006 12:28 P GMT-05
We received this by email today: Dear Members of the American Adoption Community Interested in Ukraine: On July 3, 2006 the Minister for Family, Youth and Sports, Yuriy Pavlenko, held a press conference to announce the official opening of the new a

Finally - some good news!

Monday, 3 July 2006 5:13 P GMT-05
This is a summary of the information announced by the Ukraine Ministry for Family Youth and Sport today: CHILDREN AVAILABLE The adoption database contains 20,000 children who are available for international adoption at this time (16% of these childr

Press Conference

Sunday, 2 July 2006 8:39 P GMT-05
The Ministry for Family, Youth and Sport will be holding a press conference on Monday, July 3, exactly one year after they finally approved us for adoption.  Could this be a sign that good things are about to happen?  I have been counting d