11th month LID anniversary!

It has been ELEVEN months that our paperwork has been in China.
So what is so special about eleven? A little Internet research shows...

1. Schoolhouse Rock. Who doesn't remember fondly the educational musical vignettes that used to be shown between our favourite cartoons on Saturday morning? The Good Eleven was a segment of the Multiplication Rock series.

2. A rocket must travel at over 11km per second to escape the Earth's gravity.

3. According to Numerology, 11 possesses the qualities of intuition, patience, honesty, sensitivity, and spirituality, and idealism.

4. Eleven, 11 lettered words.
1. Maintenance
2. Justifiable
3. Foolishness
4. Truehearted
5. Documentary
6. Foretelling
7. Girlfriends
8. Knucklehead
9. Summerhouse
10. Tranquility
11. Yesteryears

5. The symbol for the 11th anniversary is STEEL.

6. The 11th president of the United States was James Polk.

7. Eleven Pipers Piping, from 12 Days Of Christmas, would cost $2,053.

8. 11 is the atomic number of sodium.

9. The 11th moon of Jupiter is called Himalia

10. In Astrology, the 11th house is of Ideals, Friends and Allies

11. Apollo 11 was the first mission to the moon. July, 1969.

Mexico?

My mother has retired to Mexico- near Lake Chapula. She told me last night on the phone that a group of Irish people came in a restaurant with their newly adopted Mexican babies. She said they were beautiful.

Does anyone know why we don't hear of adopting from Mexico in US? Is is because of the Haugue treaty? I wish I was there to ask a thousand questions.
Looks like I have ANOTHER project to work on.

Anniversary clarification

Sorry to be misleading with the photo. We are into our 11th anniversary. The picture was to show cloud "nine". The ticker shows our LID. We actually starting making calls and signing up in March 2006.
We decided that we will start our renewal process once. We will probably pull out if we have to do a third time. I guess we are looking for an end date- like most of you. I need to plan ahead. I am always a "what-if?" person.

Referrals for July

COngrats to all those people who received referrals with LID Nov 14 - 21st 2005. The children are precious. I love referral time - it shows that matches are being made and I can take my next step in line forward. Happy cloud Nine!

Just a joke...

I have friends that travel to China for work.
They ask me "Do you want something while I am there?"
My response is always "My daughter!"

Do you think she could fit in their suitcase?
Would they notice one less orphaned girl?
Do you think by writing this I will be on the hold list during the review process?

Update: Rumors tend to show only another week of referrals for the month of July. I am praying that the Nov LID group is just enormous (bless you all and the agony of week by week) and that this is NOT the trend. March LID 2006 seems big too. We are Sept 29 LID so I can only IMAGINE the strain of week by week. Let's hope I don't have to experience it. Argh.