Playing Tag

All right, people. Was this tagging thing created to encourage those of us who never update our blogs? If so, great idea! I was motivated this morning. Thanks for the tag Amanda.
Okay, here goes...
First the rules:
~The rules are to link the person who sent this to you and leave a comment on their blog so their readers can visit yours.
~Post the rules on your blog
~Share 7 strange/weird facts about yourself
~Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, linking their blog
7 Strange/Weird facts about myself:
1. My favorite strange fact is that when we lived in Birmingham (in an urban area - not the country) we had 4 chickens show up in our yard one day and move in. We named them Breakfast (because she had a bad leg and we knew she would go first), Lunch, Dinner, and Helen. Breakfast didn't make it but the others were still there when we moved.

2. Almost all women on my husband's side of the family were born on the 22nd of a month - grandmother, mom, neice. Well, so was I. I married into the right family.

3. I was the first open adoption in the state of Texas. I look forward to adopting my own very soon!

4. Our cat, Gimpy, was already injured when we got him. He then lived through a tornado and falling 4 stories out of the window of our loft.

5. I can't stand anything to do with teeth. You should see me when I have to go to the dentist. This also extends into my work because I teach 2nd grade and have a serious issue with wiggly teeth.

6. This one isn't that strange but it's fun. Our restaurant is opening in 3 weeks. See the link at the top of our blog.

7. This is somewhat related to the last one. This is a busy time for us. Ty is running a restaurant and I am teaching school. In our spare time we are opening our own restaurant (with some wonderful partners), remodeling our house, and adopting 2-3 darlings from Ethiopia! We are busy but wouldn't have it any other way.

Now let's see who I am going to tag....

Home Visit and Timelines

Thank you to all of you for the encouraging words about our home visit. It went very well. Since it was our third sit-down with the social worker we just went over the big long checklist of what needs to be done and made a smaller list of what is left - only 5 things on it! Then she walked through the house. She suggested a fire extinguisher, a latch on the gate going off the deck, and a latch for the door to the basement. Not too bad. I am beginning to enjoy these meetings. They really make you think and mull over how you will deal with certain situations.

On a more frustrating note I found out, in the State of Alabama, there is an approximate 2 month wait for approval of the Home Study. Apparently, when the social worker finishes the write-up she will send it to her supervisor and us for editing. Then we will send it to our agency for editing. Then, after it is notarized, it will go to the State (a DHR department) for approval (this is the part I didn't know about) where there is an average 2 month turnaround time. This has nothing to do with the apostillizing - that comes later.
Then it goes off to CIS for our I-171H approval. This is all before it becomes part of the Dossier. I really wasn't counting on the two extra months and it has me a little bummed. I thought we could just send off the Home Study to CIS as soon as our agency approved it. WRONG...

I have always been a things-happen-in-their-own-time kind of person so I will keep plugging away!