Not that I am very superstitious, but I am keeping these red boots on until referrals get here! I was going to take them off, but on a dare from some of my best cyber friend's here they are! Maybe, if I wish and hope and pray really hard and tap my heels together, just like Dorothy did in Oz, referrals will include the 23rd! I can't believe I am going to the post office with these on to mail a package! Hey, desperate times call for desperate measures!
Here, in our little pocket of the world, it is pretty much life as usual. But to thousands of people in China, it is a very different story. Another update from Jenny at Half the Sky makes this statement even more real and sobering. "There are 34,073 people confirmed dead, 245,108 injured, still more than 35,000 still missing." Gary and I were talking yesterday and to get an idea of just how many people we are talking about he gave me this visual image. A few miles away from us is The Palace, an arena for sporting events, concerts, and other big attractions. It can hold a capacity of 22,000 people. So I imagined myself sitting at a Detroit Pistons game and visualizing all the people filling those seats, and it is a lot of people! Now with that in mind, multiply it by about 1.5 and that is how many people have died so far in the earthquake in China! It is also how many people are still missing! These people are just like us, they have friends, husbands, wives, children, moms, and dads. They go to work every day and love and take care of their families! So, imagine if something this horrible and catastrophic were to happen in our life. Makes it even more real and heartbreaking, doesn't it. Please do everything you can for these people who are just like you and me. After all, we are all God's children. So please reach out to them whether in prayer or donation (Half the Sky) or both.
First, I apologize for posting something so frivolous in lieu of the earthquake, but I got my chair for Kaelin's room and I couldn't wait to show everyone! I know, I know, I have had the PBKids Dream Glider on my "Kaelin Wishlist," but I just couldn't ever get up the nerve to spend over $1,000 on a glider! Not that Kaelin isn't worth every penny plus a million gazillion times more, but I just couldn't do it! A couple of weeks ago I started looking online for something comparable and looky look, I found it! I know it is a gamble to buy something like this online without taking it for a "test drive," but I just had a good feeling about it and bought it anyway! It is from JCPenney.com and I think it is even prettier than the PBKids glider! Plus, it comes with a matching gliding ottoman (currently not pictured and said to be lost in transit somewhere between Utah and Michigan, UGH!) The set usually sells for $699.99 which is what I was originally charged. Okay, so here is the best part! I went online day before yesterday to admire my chair only to find it had been marked down to $449.99! I immediately called Penney's and they said, "no problem, we'll just credit you and give you the sale."It was that easy! They actually credited me even more than they said! I got the set for $434.00! It is so comfy cozy and I can't wait to snuggle in it with Kaelin!
I take back everything I ever said against Detroit USCIS! We got our new amended I171H in the mail on Saturday!We were in Chicago moving Marie on Saturday so I didn't actually find it until Sunday! That means it was lurking in our mailbox for a whole day and a night! We were re-fingerprinted on April 29 and after only 11 days it is here! We were totally not expecting it until at least July! So, imagine my surprise when I was going through the mail and there, nestled in between the junk mail, was a letter from United States Department of Homeland Security! We have to have this document in order to obtain Kaelin's Visa in Guangzhou! What a great unexpected Mother's Day present! Speaking of presents, my amazingly thoughtful and wonderful children got me the most beautiful solid gold ladybug bracelet! I cried buckets when I opened it! What a great day it was!
Yesterday we got a little surprise on the RQ website! Her projections show us getting our referral in June! Now, I know that her projections are just really good guesses based on poll information, but after waiting for soooooo loooooong it is very hard not to get excited! With a June referral that would put us traveling right smack in the middle of the Olympics! I have no idea how any of this is going to play out! Talk about suspenseful! The next few months are going to be nothing short of a carnival "puke" ride!
