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Craft fairs on 12/6 & 12/14 Roseville & Savage December 16, 2008

Filed under: Craft Fair — tuckeradoptionjourney @ 8:48 pm

roseville-craft-fair-manquinroseville-craft-fair-tableThe Craft Fair on 12/6 in Roseville went well.  We covered the price for our table and made a few bucks on top of that also.  We not VERY profitable yet, as some vendors sell a minimum of several hundred dollars per show.  But since most of our items are under $10 we sold a lot. 

The picture is rather blurry but I thought I would post it anyways.  I believe adding “Gift Shop” to our sign helped a lot.    Unfortunately,  there was another vendor that sold bath salts just outside the door to the room we were in.  Her bath salts were made with Fragrance Oils not Essential Oils like mine but most people don’t know that is a huge difference.  (I didn’t know until I researched how to make them)  Her price point was lower than mine so I hardly sold any bath salts… :(   The couple people that purchased mine were very knowledgeable and questioned me on the type of Essential Oils were used to make them.  

The craft fair on 12/14 at the American Legion in Savage was okay.  We didn’t have many sales but the cost was only $10 to be in it, so we walked away with $30 in profits.  I met a lot of nice people, but don’t believe that was a good venue for our merchandise.   The only patrons that attended the show were people that ate at the American Legion that day.  I do not believe they do any advertising for it. 

I took a bunch of pictures and will post them soon.

 

First meeting with Social Worker scheduled December 16, 2008

Filed under: Adoption Process — tuckeradoptionjourney @ 5:26 pm

Just a quick update.  Yesterday, I played phone tag with our social worker and she was able to squeeze us into her schedule for January 2nd 2009! 

We both have the day off so that will work out fine.  She told us to expect it to be a 2-2.5 hour meeting.

It sounds like our social worker has a sense of humor!  I’m so glad!  I was worried that we would be matched with someone that was all business and no laughs… We would have a hard time working with someone for years that didn’t know how to smile. :)

Happy Holidays Everyone!

 

Our Social Worker has been assigned! December 10, 2008

Filed under: Adoption Process — tuckeradoptionjourney @ 4:41 pm

I just spoke with CHSFS (our adoption agency) and they received our essays/homework and our social worker was assigned on Monday 12/8.  She has one week to contact us. 

 

I asked for her name and they claimed they didn’t know.  But I’m guessing they know but want to let her make the introductions.  

So now I’m anxiously awaiting a call to findout who is going to help us through this process and what our next step is.  I have a feeling I’m going to do a lot of staring at my phone at work hoping for a local area code to pop up over the next few days! 

I shouldn’t be so excited since I have a 2.5 – 3 yr wait ahead of us, but it’s great to know we are back to making progress. :)

 

Colombian Infant Adoption Story December 2, 2008

Filed under: Colombia details — tuckeradoptionjourney @ 10:05 pm

I thought this was interesting.  It was from a couple years ago.

Cute Colombian Infant adoption story

The Familys Blog from the above link

 

Mailed Essays in today! December 2, 2008

Filed under: Adoption Process, Uncategorized — tuckeradoptionjourney @ 9:29 pm

Our essays, worksheets, proof of insurance, and directions to our home are completed and in route to our adoption agency.  Now we wait for them to review them and contact us.