Your Linguistic Profile:55% General American English20% Yankee15% Dixie10% Upper Midwestern0% MidwesternWhat Kind of American English Do You Speak?

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } hopeful, originally uploaded by teagrrl. I saw this shot on Flickr (told you I'm addicted!) and it's in the catagory of "a picture's worth a thousand words..."It pretty much says it all.LOVE this shot!

So the Birth Mother is in the hospital with anemia, and I'm on Jury Duty.Will we know anything before the weekend is out? WHO KNOWS.I'm looking for the universal lesson in all of this.

morning all!So here's the latest in the saga that is our lives:-The BM will go in, OK, let me correct that, is SCHEDULED to go in on Thursday at 1pm to look at albums.-Our SW said there's been a lot of positive response to us.-the BM could cancel, or she could pick the other couple.- … Continue reading update

So the latest update is that the Birthmother DID call her Social Worker (SW) and left a message. The SW wasn't at her desk at the time. The baby's doctor's appointment has been moved to Friday, simply due to scheduling, nothing more.So what does all of this mean?That we won't know diddly squat for a … Continue reading the waii-ting, is the hardest part

The Birth Mother will go in and visit with the baby and look at photo albums on Friday.WOW.

I had to watch it twice to see what was actually going on!

this cat is FUNNY!Hi, my name is Shelli, and I'm a Flickr addict!You can check out my shots at My PhotosI've been getting a LOT of shots of the kitties lately, but there's also this guy "JUNKO," who has a cat Hime - she's truly the most georgeous cat I've EVER seen!

OK, so in order to overcome ANXIETY about pending adoption - (either we are, or we aren't - it's a 50-50 chance that the birthmom will pick us), I made a conscious choice to do NOTHING today. It started off innocently enough - check e-mail, look at pictures on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shelli and check fertility friend: … Continue reading Doing nothing and feeling guilty

Take this quiz, see if you are a republican.Thnakfully, <!---->I am:16%Republican.<!----><!---->"You're a tax-and-spend liberal democrat. People like you are the reason everyone else votes for guys like Reagan or George W."<!---->Are You A Republican?And um, Good luck with the puppy!