Amazon shipped Destined for an Early Grave yesterday, the next book in my favorite series. It won’t be here until tomorrow though, so I think I’ll go to bed really really early tonight so I can stay up tomorrow night to read it. If you haven’t checked out my Books for Grown Ups page lately, [...]

The US Consulate in GZ will be closed October 1st through the 5th (Thursday through Monday) for National Day and the Mid-Autumn Festival. And then again on Monday October 12th for Columbus Day. Many Chinese businesses and government offices are going to be closed October 1st through 8th, which is Wednesday to Wednesday for a [...]

When GG was little I used mostly glass bottles with her. I didn’t trust plastic. As she got older and a little more mobile I did use some plastic, but that was because there weren’t a lot of options. Once she started drinking from a cup we used the small cups that came with our [...]

The last 12 referral batches arrived at 22, 27, 27, 37, 36, 18, 24, 39, 32, 47, 30, and 32 days. The average is 31 days, the median is 31 days, and we see both 27 and 32 twice. The shortest interval is 18 days and the longest is 47. But, the 47 was hopefully [...]

The first chart (below) shows the size (in poll numbers) of the previous batches and this batch. Please remember that each poll has to stand by itself, you can’t compare numbers from different polls. We can still get an idea of how the sizes of the batches have gone, but you can’t do a direct [...]

Congrats to those families who have waited for oh so very long!!! The following blogs have pictures! Waiting for Hope Patiently Waiting for You About One Year Waiting on Emma Anna Grace Step by Step, Blog by Blog Journey of Hope Mission Safari Meet the Harriss Makayla Smetak The following families are expecting their referral [...]