War and Peace, mold and AWAA adoption news....

I would like to give props to my dear husband who finished War and Peace this week!! I'm not sure I want to tackle War and Peace but I'm so glad Rob is reading Russian classics. Maybe some day he and Igor will read the book together.

Now it's on to mold.....

A few days ago we smelled something "weird" but couldn't find the cause until we looked up. Mold is growing on the hallway ceiling. UGH! The mold is growing directly under the recently replaced air conditioning coil in the attic! So a long story short- the coil was improperly installed. Tomorrow, I'm meeting with a supervisor of the HVAC company. It should be fun!

On the adoption front, more AWAA referrals have been issued! Finally, a little girl was referred this week after a long string of boy referrals. Several families will be traveling to Ethiopia in a week to pick up their little ones. Four families have court dates scheduled for August 6! It's their last chance to have their cases heard before court close for two months. Please pray their adoptions will be granted. I'll post links to the traveling families soon so you may follow their journey to Ethiopia.

Referral Accepted!

It's official, we accepted BOC. AWAA should have received the paperwork today but I cannot find the tracking number! I put the tracking number in a very safe place so I would not lose it... and now I cannot find it. heavy sigh


We are working on a full name for BOC but haven't come up with one we both agree on. I am pretty sure we will call him his Ethiopian name BUT we want to give him a "American" name too. We'll come up with something soon.

The home warranty company left me a message today, they approved our claim for the air conditioner repair! However they refuse to pay for two items- the removal of the freon and disposal of the coil. In order to replace the part they have to remove the freon. Why wouldn't they pay for the removal of the freon? This stuff drives me crazy. The man who left the message said please call us if you have any questions but he didn't leave a number. I will work on this tomorrow.

Did I mention that the garage door is fixed? Yep, it's a miracle. The chain was off the track and would not pull the door up. Rob and I agreed to call a repair man because neither of knew how to fix it. The next day I pushed the garage door button out of habit and the door opened up! It's been working ever since.

Our accountant e-mailed us, the IRS made a mistake we do not owe $5,000- WHEW!

Life is funny sometimes

After nursery school Igor has a snack and is allowed to watch an educational DVD. This afternoon I was VERY busy refreshing the The Kidds, The Cordells, Holly & Paul's and the Gardners blogs that I forgot the snack. I heard very strange noises coming from the kitchen. I peeked around the corner. I saw Igor had gotten a chair, pulled it up to the counter and was getting bread out. When I asked him what he was doing he said looking for some butter. The little guy makes me laugh. Once I buttered Igor's bread, I was back to the computer checking out the AWAA families in Ethiopia right now. They all met their little ones today. The pictures are so sweet.

Air conditioner update- Our A/C needs a new coil, it's running for now but without a new coil the freon will continue to leak out. We have a home owner's warranty on the house until September. The warranty company must approve the replacement of the coil before anything can happen. Warranty company don't let me down, please pay for the coil.

Saturday we received a notification from the IRS that we owe approximately $5,000 for 2006. ACK! I almost fell over when I read the IRS letter. Of course, it's a huge mistake. Our accountant, the church's accountant and several others are all working on resolving the matter. I will feel much better when the IRS says we don't owe the money.

Tonight when we tried to open the garage door it wouldn't open. It was 100 degrees this afternoon, too hot to be spending time in the garage. I will try to figure out what is wrong tomorrow morning. I've never fixed a garage door but I have the instruction manual and I'm ready to learn.

Tomorrow we have a conference call with our adoption agency!

Repairs.....

We've had some mechanical issues over the last few days. Saturday our car battery died. This was the second time in 4 months. Rob tried to jumping it but the car would not start. Neither of us felt comfortable changing the battery so we called AAA. They confirmed our battery was dead, so they installed a new one that afternoon.

Today, the plumber came because the garbage disposal was shooting out metal parts instead of grinding food. The plumber was awesome, he showed me how to install the disposal. I don't think I will attempt this by myself but learned a new skill. Igor (age 5) decided he would take a picture. He thought mommy under the sink was very funny.

Adoption news- our Dossier (paperwork) should be Fed Ex'ed to Ethiopia early next week.