2011 and referrals only May 2006

Well its been a year since I blogged and the Chinese Govt have only got through one month in a year.At this rate it will be 2015 before a referral and 10 years since we started.Time to move on.

Soon be Christmas

Another Christmas approaches.I'm sure its now four years since I started blogging.
I started to blog to connect with others who were adopting and to keep a diary.
I guess the first three years I spent blogging were fantastic but then things started changing.
The waiting period increased so much,that I could no longer be a "merry blogger".Also my life started to go in other directions.I have a busy life and so much to do.I can't just wait anymore.

I feel 2010 will be a decade of hope.The first ten years of 2000 have been painful.I've lost important people in my life but I've also gained two very important people in my life in the 21st Century,so for me the start of a new century,decade....thousand years was good.
There have been new wars,major recession...its not been easy.I now feel we have all settled into the 21st Century..things will improve....
I wish you all a lovely Christmas and lets hope for the next 10 years.

We reach THREE YEARS LID today

On Rememberance Sunday we reach our three year LID date.In three years since we logged on,my Aunty has died,my Gran has died and we have had two Chinese students live with us.There has been a recession which has affected everyone.My husbands mother has remarried.I have a part time job.We have all got older!
Now what will the the next three years hold?
The reports from China and CCAA are that there are not many babies in orphanages ,which is wonderful but maybe we are not needed anymore? China is an economic powerhouse.
Maybe if the British system had been quicker,instead of taking 18 months to process our application,our child would have been with us?
There have been positives along the way.I have made new friends,realised the pain and suffering of many who cannot have children and what they have gone through.Every journey has a lesson to be learned.
Where do we go from here?
Maybe I'll blog a bit more these next few years?
I have found the last two years,very difficult where our adoption has been concerned but now we have got to the three year mark,maybe I can feel differently.
I know many of you have followed our journey for the last four years on this blog.Maybe you pop in from time to time to check.
Maybe its time to move on again.
Life is always in flux,ever changing.........

Soon it will be three years since we logged in

Its a funny old world isn't it.Who would have believed we'd be reaching our third anniversary of LID with no end in sight.
How do I feel.Numb I guess.Medicals need updating again and CRB checks next year.How long will this go on.We reach November and it will have taken the CCAA a whole year to do one month.
I seem to say the same every year.When I first started blogging back in 2005,so full of hope.Each year it fades.......
How can I start blogging in happy mode once again.My life has taken so many new directions.This is what life is about,its not static its dynamic,ever changing...
Life goes on.
Another Halloween passes, five since we started.Another Xmas will soon arrive,the leaves have fallen once again and everyone grows older.
China has changed.It is the second most powerful country in the world growing at enormous rate.
What can I do? The same as I have for the last three,four and soon to be five years..wait...but how long can one wait?

In two months it will have been three years since logged in

Today is a LID Anniversary and we soon reach the pain barrier.In two months we will have reached three years since China knew of us!
Though one must add another 18 months of UK knowing of us.
Its 4 years this Sept since we did our Adoption Course.
How do I feel..............

Another check in.

Hi all,its been another two months since I last blogged and we are still only up till March 24th 2006.
I think the best prediction for referral will be in Spring 2011.
That will be seven years from when we started.Now tell me that its easy to adopt from China!
In the meantime I am still busy ,luckly.I have various projects to do over the next few months.
We have a new Chinese student living with us from mid Sept and my eldest son starts secondary school! Big move!!
Hope you are all ok out there in blogger world.Hopefully I'll start blogging a bit more frequently after Nov.
Ta,Ta for now!

Just checking in

It is two months since I last posted and alas we still have 6 days of referrals every month now.
I think we are up to March 20th 06.So I guess Sept will be April referrals.
I have no idea if it will ever speed up?
I doubt it! Its all controlled..........quota in China is what I think.Who would have guessed that nearly 5 years down the line we are still in the same position!
Luckly I have a very busy life.
Anyway you never know I might start blogging after our three year LID anniversary