Ok.. so I've been really really bad about posting on any sort of regular basis. I will blame just being busy, and/or sick... Winter and spring came. It was very cold and we had a lot of snow. And then I had lots of cleaning to do in order to get ready for the arrival of my 2 youngest step daughters for the summer. We also managed to get some work done on the master bath remodel, which is all very exciting. I so want to be back in our own room by next summer (am hoping for the end of the year, but.. always plan for delays.) and Had to get the garden started, though there is still work to be done with that. Also, we started fostering dogs last November and we've had a handful of great little dogs (6 in total) come through our doors. One of them stayed, but the other 5 have also found great homes. The last little guy that came through got adopted very fast. We only had him for 2 days. He got a great home and we're all very happy. If he'd stayed any longer he might not have left. Hubby and our oldest step daughter were both falling for him. If her husband had been home to test for allergic reactions, she might have taken him. Meanwhile, we had a bit of a snag with our recommendation letters. 2 of them got mailed in properly, a 3rd was dropped off by hand and seems to have gotten lost in the office, and the other 2 had them but forgot to mail them. But that has been taken care of and the last 2 were mailed in. We only need 3 turned in, so that will be good and we should be able to schedule the initial home study/inspection here in the next few weeks. We are taking our CORE classes this week, so those will be out of the way as well. Yay! And the older of the 2 girls has arrived. She's old enough that we have to go in this week and get her background check done, but she's also young enough and stayed out of trouble that there shouldn't be any problem :) This means we could have a placement anytime now! I am so excited and so anxious.