Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0

Yesterday was the best day I have had in a long time. As many of you may have heard our adoption agency has started to make referrals again! I feel like a weight has been lifted.
Thank you to all of those who worked so hard over the last 5 months to make this happen (since the bankruptcy). Where many people would have given up, you continued to push forward and because of that many people's lives will forever be changed for the better.

A special congrats to our friends who got a referral for siblings. I want to respect people's privacy so I won't post names on my blog, but if you follow the Yahoo group you would have heard all about it. I am so friggin' happy I don't even know what to do with myself (-:

Yah, the good guys won!

Good guys 1 , Bad Guys 0

All You Need Is Love

check it out - very cool. Ethiopia joins in at 2:34 and Canada at 3:24. (double click for full screen, I think my blog cuts the right side off a little)

Retail Therapy

Here is some stuff I purchased from Amharic Kids Online. I just love the book ‘Tsion’s Life’, the colouring book, and the ‘My First Amharic Words’ book, and ...ok you get the idea I am super excited about all of the stuff.
So there you have it, this month’s attempt to use retail therapy to improve my mood and outlook was a success (-:

World AIDS Day

"Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on World AIDS Day that new infections are outpacing the gains from treating people with the HIV virus and millions of victims still experience widespread discrimination." (full article here)

16 and 246

Hmm what is with the numbers you ask?

Well today marks our 16th month waiting for a referral and what better way to celebrate than to find out 246 families have signed on to continue with Imagine Adoption (our agency). Yahh...keep the good news coming!

Amharic Kids Fundraiser

Shop Amharic Kids and Imagine Adoption Agency will receive 15% - November 29th to December 5th, 2009.
Use this SPECIAL link http://www.shopamharickids.com/?Click572 to place your order and you will also receive a free pack of Ethiopia traditional art greeting cards as well.

Yah - time to get your shop on!

Putumayo Kids Music

I love Putumayo CDs, just love them. If you have not heard of these you have to check them out! I think for the last year everytime I had to buy a gift for someone under the age of 10 I would get them a putumayo kid's CD. A friend got me started last year and since then I have been slowly trying to add to my own collection and so far have the following discs:




They are all great, but I really like listening to the African dreamland and African playground ones the most. I think most adults would enjoy listening to them even if they don't have kids home yet. I also think it is neat how every disk features songs from different countries.

You can check out their kids catalog here: http://www.putumayo.com/en/putumayo_kids_cd.php

and if you click on a CD you are interested in you can listen to clips of the music. You don't have to purchase them on their website though, you can get them in Chapters or online from Amazon.ca (for around $15). Don't worry I am not getting kickbacks for advertising them - haha (I wish), I just really think they are a great way to celebrate learning about different cultures through music.

They have adult CDs also: http://www.putumayo.com/en/shop_main.php

Would you place children with these people?

Matthew you are in a museum, don't touch the artwork!
Do you see one donkey or two? I see two.
trying to take a bite of an oscar mayer weiner car is a totally normal thing to do.

Alexi Murdoch - All my days

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Knock on the sky and listen to the sound.

Zen Proverb



This is a nice reflective song, very relaxing. I am a very reflective person, but my material is getting old. You can only think about the same things for so long. I’m sure once there is a little one in the house there will be little time for reflection – yah, bring it on! Soon. Please. haha (-:

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