Frustration

Ok, so I played with how the blog looks and now I can't add link/other sites onto it. It's driving me nuts--and no I don't have far too go! Any ideas??? Lisa--I mean for the blog--not anything else:)

Travel details

HAHA--got the flight plans and hotel plans done. Ted is going to fly out of Madison on March 22 at 4:05 pm--Chicago, London, Bishkek--arrival at 6:15 am on March 24. He'll stay at Asia Mountain again until March 31st, which is when they will drive to Almaty. He'll fly out April 3 at 1:35 am from Almaty to Frankfurt,Chicago(where Alihan will become a "official" American citizen) to Madison where he will hopefully arrive at 3:32 pm April 3. YEAH!!! Now to start working on all the paperwork---boooooo!

New travel dates

Ok--now looks like Ted will be arriving in Bishkek on March 24 and returning home April 3. If it gets screwed up again--expect to hear a loud scream from Wisconsin!!!!! At least Ted will be home for Rauan's birthday. So, now I'm scrambling for childcare and airplane reservations. HAHAHA--life is exciting! Anyone feel like coming helping me get the boy's room ready????

HAHAHA--laugh or cry???

Well, as with all things in international adoption--change is a constant. We all questioned the return date. Due to one of the mom's worry that she would lose her position at work--there was more questioning done. The dates were incorrect. Apparently, the person at Frank Foundation got confused on the dates (with another family). So, we're back to the original planning of the end of March. Thankfully, we didn't buy plane tickets yet. Ted is going to miss Rauan's birthday--which he is pretty bummed about. But, with our nasty weather and work schedules, it will probably work out better. There's alot of projects coming due at Ted's work which his supervisor was going to cover--now he doesn't have to worry. I know my manager was a bit stressed with covering for me--but there are traveler's coming in April--so it works better for her too. I think childcare will be better too--hopefully no more nasty ice/snow storms to contend with for the grandparents(coming from Janesville to Madison and vice versa). Oh and Mala---I fell heading into work yesterday. I'm ready for the island!!!

And it will end when???

I would just like to say I have a bone to pick with my SIL Mary. If I hadn't listened to her and met her brother--I would probably be living in a warm climate and not dealing with this very nasty Wisconsin weather! I am so SICK OF SNOW!!!!! Yes, we like the winters, usually. The kids are involved in winter sports and obviously enjoy it--but come on now. Enough is enough. Good thing Alihan seemed to like the snow because he is moving to a place where there seems to be plenty.