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August 2006



October Appointments not due out until September

Tuesday, 29 August 2006 3:20 P GMT-05
For those of you who check here daily to see if we have heard anything.  The latest is that the October appointment list will not be released until September.  I am not too upset about this.  September starts this Friday. 

Isabella's Tea

Tuesday, 29 August 2006 12:08 P GMT-05
I have a little friend, Isabella.  She is the daughter one one of my first and closest friends since moving to VA.  Every time I see her she runs to me with a huge smile and a big bear hug.  Since we moved into her neighborhood sh

eBay's Response

Monday, 28 August 2006 7:29 A GMT-05
I received a response from eBay regarding my complaint about their TE policy.  Below is the letter, along with a few comments from me. Thank you for writing eBay in regard to our Teacher's Edition policy. eBay has recently made the decisio

Boy did eBay blow it!

Friday, 25 August 2006 11:59 P GMT-05
If you recall, I have been doing a little fundraising for the family by selling some of our old homeschool books on eBay.  this past week Io had an eye-opening experience when eBay decided to cancel one of my auctions because my book was in viol

Extracurricular Activities

Thursday, 24 August 2006 7:45 A GMT-05
Yesterday I finally organized extra activities for the kids.  This is likely the last year they will each be able to do so many activities so we will make the most of it.  Next year we will have to budget our time and finances among more ch

Embassy Update

Wednesday, 23 August 2006 6:06 A GMT-05
I received this promising update from the US embassy in Ukraine today.  It sounds like things are moving along! Dear Members of the American Adoption Community Interested in Ukraine: With this public notice, we would like to provide updated

The dentist from..... well, you know.

Tuesday, 22 August 2006 8:01 A GMT-05
We have had pretty good success finding replacements for our doctors and other professionals up her ein VA.  I guess our luck has run out when it came time to find a new Dentist. I loved the dentists we had back in Durham.  Dr Willis was a

Response from The US Embassy in Ukraine

Thursday, 17 August 2006 7:06 P GMT-05
I received this response when I contacted the US Embassy in Kiev regarding the claim that the SDA was not going to process appointments.  The staff there has been working very hard to help us out while we are waiting for htings to get rolling ag

Talk about a roller coaster! Another announcement apparently from Ukraine

Tuesday, 15 August 2006 4:29 P GMT-05
The following was reported by another facilitator via the boards.  This is one of the risks of depending on information from the grapevine.  but we really have notheg else to go on. For all of you that have been patiently waiting below fin

Not again! Ukraine's Adoption Director Refuses to Release Appointments to US Families

Tuesday, 15 August 2006 9:19 A GMT-05
It has been rumored that the Director of the newly formed adoption agency in Ukraine, the SDA, has announced that she will not release appointments for in  process Us families until all of 300 unfiled annual reports have been accounted for. 
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We have a classroom!

Friday, 11 August 2006 4:00 P GMT-05
I have spent most of today putting together our homeschool classroom.  I'm pretty proud of it.  i have turned the Living room of our new home into quite a nice learning environment, with maps on the walls, readingnooks and separate desks fo

More Letters

Thursday, 10 August 2006 5:42 P GMT-05
More appointment letters have been showing up from Ukraine.  So far all of them are to families who have already identified the children they wish to adopt. 
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Wheeling and Dealing internet style

Tuesday, 8 August 2006 11:33 A GMT-05
I am on the verge of becoming an internet shopping junkie.  But not just any kind of shopping,  I have been doing well for myself shopping and selling flea market style.  It started with Ebay.  I have bought a bit on ebay over t

The letters are coming! The letters are coming!

Monday, 7 August 2006 2:29 P GMT-05
The boards are springing back to life with announcements of  families receiving appointment letters!!!! So far two families have reported themselves receiving a letter for appointments the first week in September.  The letters are coming v

The silence is deafening!

Monday, 7 August 2006 11:01 A GMT-05
There has been very little activity on any of the Ukraine adoption boards all weekend.  It is as iff everyone is holding their collective breath until Thursday, the 10th.  That is the day that the first set of appointments are expected to b

A List?

Thursday, 3 August 2006 2:30 P GMT-05
Rumor has it that a list has been posted at the SDA with appointments on it.  It goes further to claim that a family has already found out via this list that they have an appointment the first week in September.  (No, it's not us.) This is

The Pope is praying for us this month!

Wednesday, 2 August 2006 7:05 A GMT-05
Pope's prayer intentions for August Aug. 01 (CWNews.com) - The Vatican has announced the Pope's prayer intentions for the month of August. The Pontiff's general intention is: "That orphans may not lack the care necessary for their human a
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Updated USCIS documents arrived

Wednesday, 2 August 2006 6:45 A GMT-05
I am very surprised that our new approval from immigration arrived already.  They apparently turned it around in 24 hours.  Yay for us!  As soon as our criminal checks come back we will send another packet to Ukriane for translation an

The Family Wish List

Tuesday, 1 August 2006 5:20 P GMT-05
Need ideas? Look here.

Another little tidbit from the SDA

Tuesday, 1 August 2006 8:26 A GMT-05
another family has been told that appointment letters for September will be posted at the SDA on August 10 and that letters will be mailed out on that day. We don't expect our appointment until October.  But you never know, those appointments m