Don't the Retailers know the Beijing Olympics are on??

You couldn't imagine how many stores and outlets had zero 2008 Beijing Olympic products here in my metropolitan area. Amazing. Had to get pretty creative. Anyone else have problems finding stuff?
All the managers that I spoke to said that the goodies will come in 2 wks after the Olympics are over! I guess they're waiting to see who gets what medals but I think they could have been selling a bunch of stuff with the just the logo on it. Coke was the only thing I found w/the emblem/logo.
Still had a lot of fun putting together my sporty little gift for my Secret Pal though!

Lienke Family Thank You!

Hi SP --

We would just like to thank you very much for the wonderful gift of books that arrived this weekend. No worries on the gift arriving late - we know how busy life is, especially during the summer. The book selection was wonderful, and we didn't have any of the titles you sent our way. They will be put away for safe keeping, and we can't wait to share them with our daughter.

Thank you again -- The Lienke Family :-)

Our Gift is Missing Too.

Hello Secret Pal,

Just thought I'd post in case you sent it, that we never received our secret pal's gift. I like to know if my secret pal received theirs or if they did not so I thought you may want to know too. If your gift was sent to us, it has not arrived so far just in case you want to track it.

Thanks!!

Brenda Wilcox
Waiting for TA for Mae Li!!

Missing Gift—New Milbrand-Dabaie secret pal

I'm not sure if you've heard from Amy yet, but we never received the first Secret Pal gift from our new pal. Hope it didn't get lost in the mail! We're looking forward to getting to know you.

Lisa, Mike, Katie & Maggie (almost ready to come home!)

Day 12 in the wait for LOA

Today the rest of Levi's furniture came in. I was very excited because they said it wouldn't be here until Friday. We decided to stop at a couple of antique shops before picking it up to try to find more John Deere stuff for Levi's room. We did find a couple more signs to put on the walls. His room is coming together nicely. I have to say that so far I love the crib, but the dresser I am not so fond of. We are trying to keep busy in hopes that the wait for LOA will go by faster. Keep your fingers crossed everyone.

I think I have everything together to send in our packet for USCIS tomorrow. I have to make a couple copies and then it's in the mail. Lets hope that our I171H comes back quickly. Our original doesn't expire until September 6th so we have time, I just don't want to get our Ta and have to wait for travel because our paperwork expired and we haven't gotten the renewal back yet.

We still have much to do before we travel but our hearts are ready to go bring our boy home. I have a couple of pictures of daddy putting the crib together that I will post hopefully tomorrow. I have been sick the last couple of days and it is finally catching up with me. Summer colds are the worst!!!

Thank you to the Heinle Family SP!

We love the books that you sent to us! We did not have either of them! I had wanted to get Ruby's Wish for quite some time, but I didn't! I had read a Mother for Koko in my classroom and the kids loved it there, so I am sure that Conner and his little sister will love it as well!
Wendy