Heh - this looks familiar

Willow did this to me, out of the blue, night. She was all like, look at me, I am the Hallowe'en kitteh! But it's much cuter in sterio.


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Yesterday

It seemed to go really well - as well as it could have gone with 180+ families in one room all wanting answers. The good news - the bankruptcy trustee is thrilled that we want to go ahead & restructure the agency to bring it out of bankruptcy, and there are apparently a group of qualifies people who have stepped forward to do it. The restructuring proposal still has to get through court, though. Fingers crossed. The proposal will be worked on in the next 2-4 weeks, but I'm not sure when it will go before the court. The head chair of the meeting, who is from the government department that oversees bankruptcies, said he was very impressed with the enthusiasm we have, and all the work we have done. He's never experience such optimism in all his years working with that department. The head of the BDO team said the same thing, and she's very optimistic that we can make this work. In the meantime we can apply to BDO to find out where our file is on the list of files in Ethiopia. That will determine whether we sign up with CAS or not. I'm glad to be starting the long weekend with good news, instead of more uncertainty - we're headed in the right direction!

Tomorrow

I'm pretty nervous about the creditor's meeting tomorrow, so much is riding on it. Our future, the futures of the other families involved in this mess. Whatever happens at this meeting will affect how the Ontario government decides to help us. I'm so hoping this is a positive meeting with all the right answers but I'm trying not to get my hopes up. Not sure if the nasty blonde horse-buying lady will be there - in a way, I hope so, in a way I hope not. I just hope she has to reap what she has sown. Sigh.

Mystery solved?

The That Damned Rabbit saga continues.....
Turns out the decimation of our garden may not be the fault of one rabbit. Turns out that there is also a mousie at work! We've dubbed him Basil, as scurrying under the basil plants is his preferred method of escape. As I looked out at the garden over the weekend I saw a small brown shape tugging at one of the leaves of the broccoli plant. It was Basil - he gnaws on the leaf stem a little, then pulls the leaf of & scurries back to his burrow, which we believe is under our garden, or in the neighbour's shed. Over the winter we'd often see him under the bird feeder, eating the discarded seeds. He had 2 little tunnels in the snow - one that led to the other side of the yard, and one that lead to underneath our garden. We discovered them once the snow started to melt. Clever little guy. And since it appears to be one little guy - we'll let him be. We didn't want those stinky broccoli, cauliflower & brussels sprouts anyway.

R.I.P. Oliver 2004-2009

In the latest in a series of bad things happening this year, my brother's cat has passed away. He was a very sweet, good natured cat, a tall & lanky brown tabby, with the highest pitched mew you ever heard. He had some seizures a few weeks ago but he seemed to be doing okay. Then on Saturday he had a major seizure & never came out of it. He will be missed.

Not much of an update

We're looking into putting our name into the CAS, perhaps we can adopt a baby locally. Hey, it worked for our friends from our PRIDE group, maybe it can work for us. That doesn't mean that we won't proceed with our Ethiopian adoption, if that turns out to be possible. Man, I wish I was psychic or had a crystal ball or something. Patience may be a virtue, but it's not my best trait. I just wish I could know that this all turns out okay, and that we'll finally be a family of 3 (or 4).

Because I can't be asked to post anything else right now, and because I totally agree

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