Get to work! - 9/17/09

     We have decided to go with Methodist Mission Home here in San Antonio for our adoption.  I started filling out the application and my questionnaire.  There are a lot of steps in this application process.  There is the actual application, the three personal references, the medical physicals, the pastoral reference, the employer reference, our individual questionnaires,  financial agreement, background check request, numerous legal mumbo jumbo forms, and then copies of our marriage license, tax report, birth certificates, map to our house, photo and floor plan of our house, and insurance coverage.  I think that's all but I am sure I left something out.  So needless to say, it is a lenghtly process just to submit an applicaiton.

     Before we turn in the application, we need to get our house ready.  There is so much more to do to get the house ready for adoption than for giving birth.  Traditionally one just gets the nursery ready with all the cutest stuff.  When you adopt, you have to make sure everything is child proof, get the nursery ready, make sure there are no safety hazards, and in our case clean out the garage and work on the yard.

     Have you ever read that book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie?"  It is one of my favorites  It is about a boy who gives a cookie to a mouse, who in turn asks for various other things. All these things lead back to the mouse wanting another cookie.  It is a great story that teaches about cause and effect.  That is what I feel like we are doing getting our house ready.  Our first step is to clean the garage out.  Before we could do that, I had to pull weeds in the backyard, so I could clear the ground, so we can create a pathway from our porch to the patio, so we can get the stones out of the garage, so we can make more room in the garage, so Noel can work on modifying his gun safe which is currently in the garage, so we can bring it upstairs to put his guns in, so we can pass our homestudy, so we can adopt a baby.  The next step is to clean out the guest bedroom that will be the nursery.  I have a closet full of stuff and a lot of boxes under the bed.  To conquer this task, we must first buy more plywood, so we can add storage space in the attic, so I can store the useless crap that I can't let got of, so we can clear out the guest room, so we can  make it into a nursery, so we can pass our homestudy, so we can adopt a baby.  Whew!  I am exhausted thinking about all this work.  Needless to say, there will be a lot of rearranging happening in the near future.  The goal for this weekend is to lay the stones in the backyard and start to clean out the garage.  So wish us luck; we have a big task ahead.