Pumpkin Patchin'

****FINAL PUMPKIN PROJECT 2008****

GA really is lovely in the fall. You would never guess that after the hot, muggy, buggy, and terribly humid summers that this wonderful weather (and colors) can emerge! I actually really enjoy it here after the summers end!

Today we did something that I hope can become a tradition for as long as we're here. We visited Carlton Farms in Rockmart, GA. The girls and I did the petting zoo and the hay ride while Xian and Dana (friend) did the corn maze. We all did the hay bale maze and the duck racing.

I'm so cheap, that we didn't buy our pumpkins there, but stopped at - you guessed it - Crawlmart on the way home to buy them for $3.50 each. Mimi wanted little ones.

We especially miss Nanny on the day we carve pumpkins. In the past, she has always made this something that is special between her and the kids. I did my best - they would have rather had grandma!

GA TECH

Man-in-Iraq had a phone interview w/ the GA Tech Research Dept. this week. I can't even begin to explain how much I want him to get this job so he can actually come home... and I don't mean just come home from the desert, but home from FL as well!

The job possibility that strung him along for the past 3 months has dissapaited; they lost their funding, the job disappeared:(....

T has a friend, Jeff, who has been a HUGE networking resource. Jeff connected T w/ the GA Tech people and the interview went really well! Thank you, Jeff!!!!

Of course, timing is an issue now. They want someone ASAP, of course. I pray they will not find anyone before T can get home and meet them face-to-face.

We are all SO over being apart! We miss you, T.

Dining room turned shipping and receiving....

My once never used dining room is the perfect place for my latest endeavor - sorting, posting, selling, boxing, and shipping the girl's clothing.
I'm selling only a tiny fraction of the clothes that I'm giving away.


To think that some people do this for a living - buy and sell on ebay, I mean.

Seasonal clothing rotation

This is what the girls' closet looked like last week w/ their summer clothes.

It was time for the dreaded changing of the clothes. I drag up the 4 huge boxes of fall/winter clothing from the garage. The closet has to be emptied before the winter clothes can go in. Thankfully I can sell or get rid of the clothes that won't fit Mimi next summer (hence the big clothing sale going on here recently.)

It would be so wonderful for the girls to have a great big, walk-in closet! Maybe fewer clothes is a more realistic desire.

Can't forget about the winter shoes!!!!!

Keepin' busy...

I've been busy. Busy doing something that is WAY too much work for WAY too little reward.
I'll post later about how I've been doing the seasonal clothing rotation for the girls, but this latest 'project' is selling some of the nicer clothes of the girls' on a couple of my bulletin boards.

It includes laundering the clothing, taking pictures of it, uploading it, writing a description for every piece, and then basically give it away to the person who responds the quickest.

I was surprised to see my inbox FILLED with requests today, but now I must get busy boxing and shipping!

Check it out: www.photobucket.com
User: stufforsale-jma
Pswd: adoptkorea

Fall Yard Sales

My kids do NOT enjoy it… we’re driving along on a mission. Most likely we’re headed to Walmart or out running errands, etc. when out of nowhere they appear: the ever-present, sloppily-written

Yard Sale

sign. I just can’t resist. Why do I stop? I do not NEED anything else; most especially, other people’s junk! The frugality in me overrides my common sense and I inevitably pull in to any that I see.

This is what today’s bargains were:

Matching denim dresses for the girls $1 ea.
2 pair of brown shoes for the girls $.50 ea.
6 books $.25 ea.
Clarks sandals for me $1.00
Hello Kitty rain coat for the girls $3.00
New beanie babies $.50 ea.
Drive home w/ my kids squealing about how sick they are of yard sales: priceless

Our Town Magazine

A couple of months ago I was approached by a nice gal at our church who stated that she was one of the editors of a local magazine, Our Town.
She was interested in doing a cover story on int’l adoption. We were honored that she chose us as one of the 3 families to write this article about. I think they did a terrific job and am thrilled w/ how everything turned out.
Click on ‘current issue’ in the left column, then click on the cover page itself, then 'page down' to get to the article on page 8 (also some on page 5.) Cute kids, huh??? :)