While we were in Baltimore last week I noticed a strange condiment being served with french fries- gravy! When the first waitress asked if I wanted gravy with my fries I was all confused and asked what kind of gravy? See, in the South we have red eye gravy, country gravy (for biscuits or country…

First, you know the drill, click on all pics to enlarge. Ok, now that we have that out of the way I can talk about this last week. Lots to tell you. First, the wedding on the 7th. Short, hot, no sign on the church so we almost blew right past it, ring bearer blew…

We ordered Chinese take out for dinner last night (shocker!) and the girl who’s filling in for the regular girl Amy while Amy’s on maternity leave now recognizes my voice. I think I sound fairly normal but I must sound like some screechy albatross or something. She’s only been working there for like a month!…

I was in line at a gas station buying water about 30 minutes South of the Virginia border Monday when I heard the following conversation between a guy in line in front of me and the clerk:Customer: Hi I’d like 2 scratch off tickets please.Worker: You’d have to go to Virginia for that.C: What do…

The Social Security Administration has released the top 10 most popular names given to babies in 2004. Lingling didn’t make the list. What cracks me up about this list is that both of my nephews’ names are in the top 10, Jacob and Joseph. They have been for a few years. My sister insists that…

We were on our way to meet my MIL for lunch when she called Jon’s phone. Seems she stopped at Office Depot on her way to lunch and while inside someone smashed her passenger window and stole her bookbag. Just a little tote with a couple of apples on it with a couple of books…

I’ve been thinking of setting up a separate site just for the adoption. My sister is the only one in my family who really knows about my blog, and I’d like to keep it that way. But I’d also like to share our progress with the adoption with our family and friends. Plus, it’s not…

It has been so gorgeous around here lately. The usual average temperature this time of year is 77 degrees and the last few weeks it’s barely gotten over 73. We’ve had the windows open all the time and it’s just been great.We’ve got a busy month ahead of us. Saturday we’re going to a wedding…

I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this yet…but we finally chose an agency! It took a long time as there are a bajillion adoption agencies out there. It’s a real leap of faith to choose a company, give them thousands of dollars, and hope they deliver a child. And it’s not easy to find personal…

VS. Ever since we announced our plans to adopt from China people have been full of questions. One of them being “Why China? Why not here?”. A valid question. I’m all about taking care of your own house before you mess around in other houses. But we have our reasons. First- I want to mention…