Retro Sat from us

Since, we're out of town this weekend, I'm posting early.

Brian's pick is Slaughter-Fly to the Angels (although, I almost fought him over it b/c it was on my list,too!)

SLAUGHTER FLY TO THE ANGELS

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My pick is Rick Springfield-Jesse's Girl-oh how I love 80's music!

Jesse's Girl

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Brian's Retro Saturday...

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

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Cris' Retro Saturday...

Dexy's Midnight Runners

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How can you not just want to get up and dance to some Come on Eileen?? Love it!

This was pretty on target

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Extroversion: You have low extroversion. You are quiet and reserved in most social situations. A low key, laid back lifestyle is important to you. You tend to bond slowly, over time, with one or two people. Conscientiousness: You have high conscientiousness. Intelligent and reliable, you tend to succeed in life. Most things in your life are organized and planned well. But you borderline on being a total perfectionist. Agreeableness: You have medium agreeableness. You're generally a friendly and trusting person. But you also have a healthy dose of cynicism. You get along well with others, as long as they play fair. Neuroticism: You have high neuroticism. It's easy for you to feel shaken, worried, or depressed. You often worry, and your worries prevent you from living life fully. You tend to be emotionally reactive and moody. Your either flying very high or feeling very low. Openness to experience: Your openness to new experiences is medium. You are generally broad minded when it come to new things. But if something crosses a moral line, there's no way you'll approve of it. You are suspicious of anything too wacky, though you do still consider creativity a virtue.

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Happy Anniversary to us!!

Our anniversary is later this week-5 years!!! We went to a concert last night-Puddle of Mudd, Daughtry, and Nickleback. Here's a glimpse of some songs we heard last night.

if everyone cared

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Puddle of Mudd-Blurry

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Daughtry - It's not over

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Brian's Retro Saturday...

The Cult - Fire Woman

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I chose this song because that's what my wife is....a Fire Woman.

Retro Saturday.....

Blondie - Heart of Glass

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There are just SO many songs that I want to post on Retro Saturday!! So, I've decided to start posting my absolute favorite ones. I love Blondie and Heart of Glass is one of my very favorite songs ever!!! This one takes me back to college when my best friend, Shelli, and I would go dancing. There's a picture below of us dancing at a karaoke bar this past March. Some things just never change and I certainly wouldn't want them to, I love my Shell!

Enjoy some disco retro today!

More gifts for AG

Here are more gifts for Abby Grace! The first picture is of some clothes that I bought yesterday at a consignment store. All four outfits cost a total of $5. I got them at 75% off! What a deal!
The next three pictures are from our Secret Pal. She sent two gifts in the month of July. She is WAY too good to us! The first gift had a theme for eating and the second was some Chinese scrapbook papers, a ladybug book, and a Chinese lullabies cd. The gift for August was a ladybug purse for Abby and a ladybug learning book.

It's Retro Saturday!!!

Ah Ha - Take On Me

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Take on Me by A-Ha is one of my favorite 80's songs! Here is what I found out about it on the Wikipedia site:
"Take on Me" became a hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1985. The first release of the song in 1984 was not a major success, but after a few songs were remixed by producer Alan Tarney a year later, it sold 1.5 million copies worldwide in one week. Eventually the single "Take on Me" is estimated to have sold 7-9 million copies worldwide; it peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number two in the UK Singles Chart. Sales were aided in the U.S. by a music video on MTV that mimicked the truck chase from Terry Gilliam's movie Brazil and the climactic scene from the Ken Russell film Altered States. The video used a sketchy animation / live action combination called "Rotoscoping" (in which the video is first shot on normal video, then each frame is hand-traced over to give the animated effect) that tells a fantasy thriller story to the song. At the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards "Take on Me" won in six categories. It was also nominated for Best Video Of The Year at 1986 American Music Awards."

I think the video is pretty cool!! I also saw on the web that the lead singer was compared to a mixture of Elvis Presley and James Dean. That's an interesting combination, but I can see it... Enjoy!

Here's the bedding...

I've had this for a while, because I was afraid that they would discontinue it or something. Luckily, they haven't and all I still need to get is the ladybug lamp to match it. Guess I should probably order that soon!

We bought baby furniture!!!!

So, we finally did it! We bought AG's furniture! The picture above is of her crib, but hers will be white. I got a chest and nightstand to go with it. We should be able to pick them up in about 3 weeks. That should be around the time that they send out another batch of referrals. It was a bit of a weird feeling, like this is actually REAL!!!!

Cute baby doll

Is she not THE cutest doll you've ever seen?? Well, maybe not to you, but she is to me! AG will definitely have to have her! You can get them on Ebay

Retro Saturday (stolen from Kim)

Our LIps Are Sealed

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Kim is on my online adoption book club group and she has been doing this cool thing for a few weeks, so since I so love 80's music, I felt the need to join in. So, here is my first Retro Saturday.

Don't you just love the GoGo's?

The Big D trip...

I went to Dallas in July to meet up with some other adopting moms using our agency. There were three of us and we had the best time! Stephanie picked me up from the airport on Friday, waited for Lori to arrive, then we went to dinner at this wonderful little Italian restaurant. We stayed up until midnight talking, talking, talking. On Saturday, we went to the IKEA store. I had never been there, but man I am addicted! That was the coolest places I've ever shopped! It's probably a good thing that the closest one is 7 hours away from me! I got AG some cute little tumbler cups and just her size bowls, all in different bright colors. I would have bought more, but I was flying back and didn't have that much room in my suitcase! Next, we went to eat lunch at this hip little Mexican joint. It was absolutely wonderful. Then we went shopping at this cute little baby boutique. Then on to the mall for more shopping. THEN, we went to this cupcake store called Sprinkles. I got a black and white cupcake, which was white cake with chocolate icing. The icing was absolutely wonderful, and I'm not much on icing! We went to the movie Evenings. It was a good movie, but it didn't end the way I thought it would. But, it was a good girl movie to go see. Then we had a late dinner after listening to a street performer-who was really good! I think we scared our little waiter at dinner. He kept asking questions, so we told him that we met up in Dallas, without knowing each other b/c we're all adopting from China and using the same agency. He didn't know what to say after that! But, he did come back around and ask questions about adoption. We educated him a little bit and had some fun!
Here are some pics from my trip!! The first one is me and Lori with our cupcakes, the next is me and Stephanie, and then all three of us.

Overall, I have to say I had a great time! The girls were wonderful and we're going to plan another trip either before referrals (depending on how long this takes) or after we are all back with our little girls! And, the hubby's are going to come next time!

AHH, Referrals are here!

Our agency just reported that referrals are here and they went through November 21st! That brings us to 6 weeks from our Log In Date! I can feel the excitement starting to return.....

Tag you're it!

I have this on other blogs and even though I wasn't tagged to participate, I thought I would do it anyway.

FIVE THINGS I WAS DOING TEN YEARS AGO
1) Working at my first job out of college
2) living alone for the first time in my life
3) missing Rebekah, who had just moved to another town
4) picked out and bought my first car
5) I can't think of anything else

FAVORITE SNACK FOOD
1) goldfish
2) cheese dip
3) strawberries
4) I don't snack much, so I can't think of anything else


FIVE SONGS I KNOW ALL THE LYRICS TO
1) Your the one that I want from the movie Grease
2) I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
3) Tyrone by Erika Badu
4) Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield
5) Heart of Glass by Blondie
Really, there are too many to list, but these are some of my favorite

FIVE THINGS I WOULD DO IF I WERE A MILLIONAIRE
1) Pay off the house and buy a new car
2) add on to the house and get a pool in the backyard
3) help out family
4) travel the world
5) donate to a charity

FIVE BAD HABITS
1) sleeping alot
2) not exercising as much as I should (but we recently got bikes and I think that will pick up)
3) worrying
4) shutting down
5) not putting the dishes and clean clothes away soon enough

FIVE THINGS I LIKE TO DO
1) hang out with my friends
2) surf the web
3) shop for baby things
4) lay on the beach
5) listen to music


FIVE THINGS I WILL NEVER WEAR AGAIN
1) Leg warmers
2) I will never ever get a perm again
3) blue eye shadow
4) shoulder pads
5) my size 4 leather pants

FIVE PEOPLE I TAG FOR THIS MEME:
1) Angela-since I'm pretty sure she is the only one who reads this blog!