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1.  We have immigration APPROVAL folks!  I can’t believe I forgot to mention it over the past few weeks.  But the letter came right after Christmas.  It was ridiculously fast.  We were fingerprinted for our I-600  on December 22nd and our approval letter was postmarked the 28th.  It was waiting for us in our mailbox when we came home from our Christmas travels!  Apparently this is a BIG DEAL as the USCIS office is notoriously slow and our agency will no longer give families a referral without immigration approval.  Everything is COMPLETE.  And now the waiting game is really on.  There isn’t a single.tiny.itsy.bitsy.thing we can do to speed things up.  I’m guessing on another 5-6 months of waiting for our referral.

2.  I didn’t believe the doctor who told me it would take AT LEAST 6 weeks for my toe/foot to heal.  I planned to give it a few weeks and then slip my little foot right back into my shoes and carry on.  Yeah…not gonna happen.

3.  Does anyone have suggestions for how to deal with your SUPER SENSITIVE SEVEN YEAR OLD while your husband is out of the country?  I need to figure this out before he leaves again.  Because it is all crying and hysterics here at our house when he is gone.  Other than a bottle of wine and ear plugs…I’m a bit lost.

4.  I’m working up my energy to really dive into the sewing.  Any special requests?  If you took a quick visit to my Etsy shop what would you want to see?

5.  The Librarian answered my plea last weekend and came for a visit!  We shopped, ate pizza, shopped, ate chocolate, chatted late into the night, shopped, brainstormed fund raising ideas late into the night, and shopped. I needed that.  My wallet?  Not so much.  But in my defense I really didn’t spend that much money.  The 50% off of clearance sale at Old Navy was a gold mine.  Yeah for my closet.

6.  Unfortunately the winter blues have set right back in now that The Librarian is gone so I am calling all family members…wouldn’t you love to come sleep on my couch too?

7.  Green and Aqua I love you so.  But if I attempt to paint one more stationary object in my house one of these colors my husband might disown me.  But…OH!  That cute little $27.98 coffee table at the consignment store today…what’s a girl to do??

8.  If you are as broken about the devastation in Haiti as many Americans are…find a way to help!  You might consider giving to The Global Orphan Project.   It is certainly something close to my heart!

9.  I’m getting to the bottom of this list and really fighting the inevitable (early bedtime for me) so please excuse the fact that I have completely run out of coherent things to say.

10.  Happy Tuesday.