I've been tagged- twice now! I guess I better play along! Here we go 6 wierd things about me- 1. I eloped in Vegas, w/ my high school sweetheart

2.I eat meat, but refuse to eat anything on a bone, or even if i see it on a bone! Completely grosses me out!

3.Whenever I go out w/ my girlfriends(drinking) I feel the need to sit under the bar or table for a little while!

4.When I get an idea I become obsessed w/ it. I spend hours on end deciding how to make it work, and researching. (I get lots of ideas)

5. I can be a hypocondriac- if I read about it, I have it(for at least 10 min). Oh ya- I do this w/ my daughter too!

6.I can be a slob, but I'm a perfectionist!If I don't have time to do something absolutely perfect, I will keep putting it off(sometimes quite awhile) Can't stand things done half-ass!

See -I played! Do you all still want to be my friends?Hmmmmmmm-who should I tag!

It has been a long time since I have posted anything! I guess not a whole lot to say. I have just been busy w/normal life stuff. Ivy has been sick. So- much this year. 2 weeks ago she a had strep throat, this morning she woke up w/ the stomach flu! It's one thing after another! Two weeks ago we the fun fair at school, it went really well. I helped w/ it some,but didn't do most of the planning. I'm glad it's over with. My friend Dyanne worked really hard, it was all worth it, we have gotten nothing but positive feedback! The night of the fun fair I went w/ some friend to Lake Geneva for Lauras 30th birthday. That was to much fun. I am getting way to old for this stuff. But- we always have so much fun together! I always say I have the best friends anyone could ever have. No news on the adoption front. There was thing on "60 minutes" Sun. About China, and the imbalance of men and women. It was a pretty good piece. I hate it when stuff like that is on TV. It gets everyone in the Chinese adoption community all up in arms. Freaks me out. And I'm sure China doesn't like it much either. I was sort of depressed after watching it. I just want my daughter home w/ me. I'm so scared something will happen to change that. I really don't know if I could handle it! Having a second child has been such a long road, I'm really ready to get to the end of it! For those of you who don't know the wait from LID to referral is about 12-14 months now. Such a long time. What scares me about the wait, is there is a lot of time for something to go wrong. Ya- it could speed up, or slow down, who really knows! I'm considering submitting the medical checklist to our agency for a waiting child. They are a lot of WC, w/ very minor needs. We haven't really decided yet. If there is anything I have, it's time!

We are back from our little trip. It was great. Mammoth Cave was really cool. We went there our first day, and Ivy asked to go back every day there after! We took the 2 mile, 2hour, guided historic tour. I have walked 2 miles lots and lots of times and it never felt like this! It was a workout. You keep going down and down, guess what, you have to come back up! 600 stairs up!At first Ivy was a little afraid, but once she got the hang of it, there was no stopping her. Abide 1/2 way thru she said, very loudly, " If we keep going we are going to be in China soon, then I will be able to meet my baby sister!" It was funny, the whole tour group agreed! You can always count on Ivy to liven something up. I also thought it was sweet. She thinks about our baby China. Thursday we spent the day in Nashville. Friday the weather was kind of crappy so we just went to the mall, saw a movie, and took a little drive! Andy was afraid we were going to get lost. (guess he doesn't trust me w/ a map) We made it back just fine!Of course we spent all of our evenings swimming, Ivy wouldn't have it any other way.We came home on Sat., and the drive was fine, just long. It always seems so much longer coming home than going . We came up and got good news. We have a LID of 3/22/06!! LID date is when you are officially in the "system" in China. They seemed to come quick this time. Maybe that means the wait times will shorten too! We can only hope. I will try and get some pictures up here from vacation this week.