2 weeks and counting!

This is my first post on my husbands lap top. Not because I thought it would be good practice for our trip to Ukraine - as this is the computer we'll be taking - no because my computer is in the shop! This is because I bought web-cam's so we can Skype with our children while we're gone (This is new technology for me - it's a way to talk and see each other for FREE over the Internet! Cool huh?) and I couldn't get the web-cam to work on my desktop. Took it in and I need a bigger capacity processor and of course they tried to sell me a whole new computer. Ha!! When they plugged in my computer the wallpaper of my 5 children came up and a nice technician walking by commented on what a nice looking bunch of kids and asked "How much do they cost?" I jokingly pointed to Alex and said this one will cost close to 30K! So later when they tried hard to sell me on upgrading to a new computer, I gently reminded them of the cost of my newest addition and they helped me salvage the desktop I have to get it up to speed.
This adoption thing works for quite a few things. When the firefighters summer camp or policeman's ball call for donations I just tell them I'm working on an international adoption and funds are tight and they wish me luck and go away!
It also helps when you go all by yourself to Home Depot on a quest for 30 sheets of sheet rock, insulation, drywall mud, 2x4's and light bulbs. I just walked in asked for a helper, told him we have very limited time to build a bedroom for our son so we can adopt another and within 45 minutes I have everything loaded in the truck at out the door! James couldn't believe it!!

So far I purchased or taken care of:

Kambree's prom dress
Dev, Ry & Kam Easter dresses
Web-cams-still working out the kinks on the home computer
Austin Easter pants
James black pants-to blend in with the locals in Ukraine
Adaptors
Rylee's ride to school - thanks Aleyce!
Rylee's ride to dance - thank you Amy & Sara
Exchanged Wicked tickets - thank you Jan
Purchase airfare
Teleconference with Adoption Way
Purchase all Easter basket items
Figured out how to install Skype - all by myself!
& lots of other boring but important & essential little things

and James has framed, rocked, mudded and is now priming Austin's bedroom!
Still have a list a mile long and James leaves this week not to return until the day before we go. Yikes! But I can see a light! 2 weeks from today...we are out of here!
If anyone has Skype and wants to talk to us inUkraine (or now for that matter!) our Skype name is j.richhart!