Am I Normal

I got this from Suz blog.

You Are Fairly Normal

You scored 65% normal on this quiz Like most people you are normal in some ways...But you aren't a completely normal person. You're a little weird too! Why You Are Normal: You think fishnet stockings are trashy When you're in a car, you prefer to be the driver You rather be screwed over than screw someone else over If you had to, you rather live without music and still have laughter You prefer the sun to the moon Why You Aren't Normal: If given the choice, you would choose to have more time over more money You are no longer with your first love You would rather be tan than pale You prefer your family to your friends You don't keep up with your horoscope

What's" Normal About You... And What's Not?

Happy Chinese New Year

All about Chinese New Year


Chinese New Year is a holiday that celebrates the beginning of a new year according to the lunar calendar. It is considered to be one of the most important holidays for Chinese families.
The holiday is celebrated with big family gatherings, gift giving, the eating of symbolic foods and display of festive decorations--all focused on bringing good luck for the new year and celebrating the coming of Spring.

When Is Chinese New Year?

The start of Chinese New Year changes every year since it is dictated by the lunar calendar. The Gregorian or solar calendar--which is based on the Earth's movement around the sun and has a fixed number of 365 days a year (366 during a leap year)--is the most widely used calendar system in the world and has been the official calendar used in China since 1912.
But in China the lunar calendar is still used to determine traditional holidays like Chinese New Year. Since the lunar calendar is based on the phases of the moon-- which has a shorter cycle than the sun--Chinese New Year is never on the same day each year, but typically falls somewhere between January 21st and February 20th. For 2008, Chinese New Year falls on February 7th. In 2009 it falls on January 26th.

How Long Do Chinese New Year Celebrations Last?


According to Daria Ng, Assistant Curator of Education at the Museum of Chinese in the Americas in New York City, celebrations can actually last up to a month, especially in China.
Originally the celebrations lasted for lengthy amounts of time because China was a very agriculture-based country so farmers took the whole month off to rest since crops couldn't be planted during the winter. Nowadays most families celebrate the New Year for about two week's time, says Ng, starting on the first day of the new year and end on the 15th.




This new show starts today. I am very excited for J to start watching it. He has already been playing some of the games on Nick Jr. Ni Hao, Kai-lan is a play-along, think-along series that weaves together Chinese language and culture, preschool-relatable stories, and interactivity, with Kai-lan as your intimate friend and playmate!

Referrals

Congrats to everyone who got to see the face of their precious baby this month. CCAA took the nice info box away so I can't post it anymore. 8 days were referred this month. They are thru Dec 27, 2005. So close to closing out 2005. UGGH! Now they are all on Chinese New Year holiday so next month will probably be a smaller batch.

I also just read somewhere that November 2006 is out of the review room. So December is next! This news doest't really mean anything except that someone is at least looking at my dossier and it isn't collecting dust on a shelf this month! Once Dec. is out of review it means that our paperwork is fine and we can go in the "to be referred" stacks. There should be about 3 inches of dust on it before they get to them.

I've been tagged by Cassie

Here are the rules:
1. You have to post the rules before you give your answers.

2. You must list one fact about yourself beginning with each letter of your middle name. (If you don't have a middle name, use your maiden name).

3. After you are tagged, you need to update your blog with your middle name and your answers.

4. At the end of your blog post, you need to tag one person for each letter of your middle name.
(Be sure to leave them a comment telling them they've been tagged and that they need to read your blog for details.)

Joy

J ~ Jovial - defined as...endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship. Sure that will work

O ~ Optimistic..ya right, me? Well I am a pessimist at heart. I know I need to work on that. I am trying to be optimistic that we will bring home our little princess by the end of 2009 or early 2010. I refuse to listen to some of the other rumors making it longer.

Y ~ Yo-Yo. My feelings about this adoption are like a yo-yo. Some days happy and can’t wait, some days just angry that it is taking so long. So days wonder why I am even doing it at all cause I can’t even handle the one I got.

Ok those were so lame…but I was tagged.

Ok I only have to tag 3 people. I tag
Krista – so you will get back to blogging
Ana
Suzanne

Sorry guys!

Old Movies

So if you were watching "Can't Buy Me Love" as I did last night, you probably wouldn't classify it as an old movie. It's not like you are watching a Cary Grant movie. But this movie was from 1987. That is 21 years ago. That is OLD!!!! I can't believe that I can say "oh ya, I saw that about 21 yrs ago" That is just insane. This getting old stuff is for the birds! There are so many things that hit me these days that happened over 10 yrs ago and it just ages me. Heck I will be married 12 years on the 17th. That is LONG!

Anyways...I always loved that movie and saw that is was coming on so I Tivod it. Patrick Dempsy was a cutie then and I always liked him after that movie.


Wow I just did a search on his name and the first picture I found was this one. The first pic is him from 1987 for the movie! He is dreamy!

I am feeling SO much better today. By late afternoon yesterday the achy went away. I just am a little stuffy now. I took J off the antibiotic. I couldn't handle the poops anymore. He need to get back to solid if he is going to go to school on Tues. The Dr. said it was ok. We go in next friday for a follow up to see if it went away.

Since I am feeling better we will be going to a friends house tomorrow for Superbowl. I am so excited to get out of this house!!! The kids will mostly play in their basement so we can sit in peace and talk like adults! Yeah!

He is eating eggs!!!

He was just watching Max and Ruby and they were eating fried eggs. He came in the kitchen and said I want to try an egg. I was like what?? He still has a bad belly so I said no. Well he proceded to throw a fit. Then he said how am I suppose to get big if I don't try eggs. (see they really do listen to you when they want). So I went and whipped up one scrambled egg. I had him help me do it. He tasted it and said "mmm, see I told you I would like it". He ate some of it. Only about 5-6 bites, but he ate some which is the important things. I am so proud!

Baby steps to this eating thing...baby steps

Secret Pal Gift

It was time for Secret Pal again. This months theme was chinese new year or valentines day. My secret pal said she couldn't find anything for the Chinese holiday so she sent valentines things. Thank you very much Secret Pal!! J loved his gifts. Whenever we see Grandpa he always gives J few dollars for his college fund. So after he got the spidey wallet he brought it over there and said "Grandpa, can you put some college fund money in here?" It was too cute and Grandpa got a big kick out of it.

Speaking of China if you haven't already heard about the devestating weather over there they are really having a hard time. My heart goes out to all those people. I pray that all the orphanages are ok. If you would like to read an update on how they are doing you can go here. http://www.halfthesky.org/