.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Quincy sits vigil..., originally uploaded by shellipsm. These odd teeny tiny flying beetle like things have taken up residence under our stove, and Quincy discovered them a few days ago... well, he has since … Continue reading Quincy sits vigil…
Month: August 2005
Vacation, all I ever wanted…
So since the trip to LA was a bust (albeit, with a few nice days on Narda's roof pool) due ot all of the adoption anxiety we dealt with, we decided that we needed a bonefied, true-AMERICAN vacation!So this next weekend, we are off to our Nation's capitol, Washington, DC to do some REALLY CHEEZY … Continue reading Vacation, all I ever wanted…
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Vent ahead - WARNING....We could have a baby next week if it wasn't for the fact that NYC is So (*&&^%^$#%$%#$&^%$*&^()&*(**& hard to work with in terms of adoption!We got a call form a friend that a baby is due in California, and they WANT it to go to a same sex couple! She calls … Continue reading ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
apologies
I know I haven't written much in a while, and I actually have LOTS to say.But I work in academia, and the semester starts next week, and I spent most of my life being a produciton stage manger, NOT a university administrator, so I currently owe LOTS of people on my floor LOTS of alcohol … Continue reading apologies
Orange!
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Spare room is done!, originally uploaded by shellipsm. Paininting therapy works.this is the spare room, or the "eventual kid's room" and I've been painting it for the past week. When all of the furniture … Continue reading Orange!
sharin da love
my friend, Stef, the one who played Mrs. Bumble in Oliver a few weeks ago is suffering a miscarraige, after THREE years of infertility, she got her BFP (big fat positive - on a pregnancy test and in a blood test at the doctor's office) from a frozen Embryo Transfer. Her numbers went up and … Continue reading sharin da love
what I’ve learned
I only learned this week, after three years of ttc, how much my friends really DO care. I had stopped telling them about every failed IUI, about every adoption call that fell through, but with this most recent one (we should have been bringing our daughter home today...) - they all came through for me … Continue reading what I’ve learned
she has decided to parent
What more can be said. Her SW called me just now and told me the news.We'll keep you posted as to the next one.
I love my boss
I love my boss! He’s totally fine with finding a sub for me for the 12 week FMLA period. He’s thrilled that I’m even willing to come in for a brief spell every so often, but thinks I should just focus on the baby, and not worry about my job, as indeed, it’s a pretty … Continue reading I love my boss
I hurt for her
the first series of news to make my heart skip a beat and fear the worst...Nicole, (our faboo Social worker) calls, and says that "yes, they are still planning on following with an adoption plan" but they are ALL very emotional, and there's lots of crying, and they are planning on taking her home Sunday … Continue reading I hurt for her