The Five of Us, Spring 2014


Stair Saga, Fourth and Final Installment
For previous Stair Saga posts, click here.
I spent this morning putting up the wallpaper on the stairs. It was very, very easy. I used my rotary cutting tools (for quilting) to cut the wallpaper and it went very smoothly. After that, it was a piece of cake! If you like this idea and have a "naked" staircase in your home, I highly recommend trying it. You do want to get a non-directional pattern so you can cut it so that you don't have to match seams. But picking the wallpaper is probably the hardest part!
NOTE on the first two photos: The enormity of my bum is clearly a defect of the camera angle, NOT of my actual anatomy. Please assume a reduction of about 50%... and that the camera man will be punished for his grave error.
1:45 PM
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My Man and Me

married 7/7/2001
Punk

ours through biology, born 7/25/2004, home 8/1/2004
Pea

ours through adoption from Liberia, West Africa, born 7/15/2005, home 10/25/2007
Pup

ours through domestic adoption, born 1/15/2011, home 2/10/2011, final 8/3/2011
Talk To Me
I blog for myself and my kids and I would do it even if no one else cared, but I do like to hear from you (and think it's a wee bit creepy of you to voyeurize us without my knowing it). So, please leave a comment from time to time, or email me anytime at xawilsons@hotmail.com. Much obliged, I'm sure.
Stalkers, Caught Red-Handed!
Round Two Timeline
- 9/24/08 Home study update home visit for Ghana adoption
- 10/15/08 Dossier sent to AOHG
- 10/15/08 I600A application sent to USCIS
- 10/30/08 First heard about possible domestic private adoption
- 11/18/08 Last spoke with contact about possible domestic adoption; expected to hear back about meeting with birthmother
- 12/3/08 Withdrew application from AOHG
- 1/6/09 Found out another family had been chosen for possible domestic adoption
- 1/21/09 USCIS fingerprinting appointment
- 1/8/09 Received USCIS fingerprinting appointment notice
- 4/11/09 Sent Pre-Application to Covenant Care Adoptions for Domestic Infant Adoption program
- 6/8/09 Social worker visit to update home study from International to Domestic
- 7/24/09 Received completed home study update
- 8/25/09 Went "on the list" for birthfamilies to choose from
- 4/28/10 Found out a birth mom had chosen us
- 5/8/10 Met the birth mom
- 5/11/10 Got the call that birth mom changed her mind
- 5/19/10 Birth mom's scheduled c-section
- 11/30/10 Visit from DSS sw about foster parenting
- 11/30/10 Got the call that another birth mom had chosen us
- 12/21/10 Met with the birth mom
- 1/15/11 @1:42 PM BB was born!
- 1/19/11 ICPC (interstate) paperwork sent to GA for approval
- 1/31/11 ICPC Clearance Approved
- 2/10/11 Placement Ceremony and Pup comes home!!!!
- 8/3/11 It's Official! Pup's Adoption Decree was issued
4 comments:
Lovely! That's such a creative idea!
Rachel, you did a fabulous job and gave me a very neat idea for decorating our staircase when we build our "big" house. I love the paper you chose too! And don't worry about your bum, I wouldn't have thought you are any less beautiful if I would actually have been looking at your bum and not at the stairs! ;)
Oh, Rachel! That is absolutely gorgeous!!! Well done!
Kerry
Beautiful! I love this idea! (We are mutual friends of Tarah- not a stalker I promise!) ;P
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