Home Visit

The first home visit will be April 12th, while the kids are on Spring Break. Luckily enough for me (please note the sarcasm), it's on a Thursday, so I'm sure the house will be immaculate - NOT! Also, since I am planning on taking Thursday & Friday off from work, that means I most certainly will be working late on Weds., which means midnight cleaning! Can't wait. To top it off, she isn't coming until 1pm, which means I have to convince my son to eat breakfast & head right outside. Do not pass go and do not collect $200 either! Oh well, I'm sure she's seen a somewhat disorganized house ("What do you mean the PS2 controllers don't belong on the floor in front of the TV? Really?") before, right?
Now, I have to warn her about the 4 beers at the wedding two years ago story that my son repeatedly tells at the most inopportune times, or bribe him not to bring it up at all.... I don't normally drink, at all, EVER. At my cousin's wedding, I happened to drink a couple of beers. My lovely daughters happened to tell him that I had 4! To this day he still talks about, it must have made a BIG impression. Most times, like in the Kohl's dressing room, he just says loudly "Mom, I know you like to drink beer. You were drinking a lot at that wedding." I am sure everyone there thought I probably over indulge frequently. Which is why I feel the need to get my story out there before he does... We'll have to see

A Few of my favorite things..

A kiss from a friend... or is he trying to eat his ear?

Sure I can drive one handed, no worries!

Say Cheese!

Who is that hooded driver?

My sweeties!

Envelopes...

Ok - I bought 2, count 'em, 2 boxes of envelopes today at the store! Now I can send in the fingerprint receipt & about 6 pages of paperwork so they can begin the background check. The girls had to fill out paperwork to, as they are over 13. I told the middle one that I hope I don't get a surprise when hers comes back - Ha Ha! She didn't find it quite so amusing. I cracked myself up.
Anyway, she kept me company on my journey to Arts to get printed yesterday, She also couldn't find the bathroom there on the 2nd floor after two trips upstairs. After we left, she reminded me she still had to go, so we stopped at Mickey D's. Then we headed back home to meet the other 2.
This evening I finished filling out some of the back ground check paperwork. I get to put those papers into the envelopes (yay!) I just bought & drop them in the mail tomorrow.
Now, if I have stamps, I'll be all set!

Fingerprints Today!

Today I got my DCFS fingerprints done at Art's. I have to send in the receipt & the first part of the paperwork, but first I must buy envelopes. Who runs out of envelopes, really? Oh well, we don't have lunch bags either this week - the brown paper variety & the small plastic ones that get filled & go into the brown paper bags. Ooooops. The kids have had to throw their lunches into plastic bags. It works.
Anyway, I digress... Now I just need to get my prints done to send in for the other background check as well as the clearance letter from the local police. I wonder how long that will take me?

We've Started...

OK - so I talked on the phone to the SW assigned to us last week. She seems to feel, without ever having met me and told me first thing in our conversation, that 1 child is better for my 'situation'. Whatever!
I still don't know how I feel about that whole conversation. My mind veers wildy from one end of the spectrum to the other. At times I feel she is absolutely right, I'd be out of my mind to take on 2 more, 1 is definitely enough. Then at other times, I feel that I should stick to MY original plan of 2. I don't really know where it will end up, but I do know that the final result will be whatever His plan is for us... We only get what we can handle. I pray for guidance every day.

My Daughter...

My middle daughter loves basketball, and everything related to basketball. She attends a high school that has a very competitive high school team - recently the girls team won first in state. That being said, she did not make her sophomore team this past season... She was very sad, but became the team manager instead. She went to practices & games with the team, keeping the score book, etc.
She really is a good player, tall, but just seemed she never gave it her 'all'. Those kids play with ferocious intensity. She just didn't have the killer instinct... I really wish she did because she ABSOLUTELY LOVES the game. She watches high school, college (we've only just begun March Madness), and of course the beloved Chicago Bulls.
I think that if she pushed herself including intense conditioning (must be in TOP physical shape), summer league & more specialized training, she would make the varsity. She doesn't believe me. ... I do however, believe in her & whatever she decides to do.