After all of that emotional effort we worked on the house. Put a second staircase off of the deck, put a gate in, mowed, weeded, laundry, and cleaned the house. Ron's weeding tool is amazing. It's the best tool by far. He came over to give us advice on the new tree, the compost, our growing vegetable garden, and then lent us this magical weeding tool.
The hardest part of cleaning this weekend was the baby oil all over the house. The dog found a bottle of baby oil, tore it apart, drank most of it, and walked the rest of it around the house. At least the hardwood got a good oil treatment. Now if he'll just do it again to get the spots that he missed.
I want that weeding tool!
ReplyDeleteANd how about a picture of the baby oil slick?
Tell me more about the conference. Would love to know what was the most stressful part. Adoption is an emotional and challenging experience but totally worth it. :)
ReplyDeleteAt least he drank most of it.
ReplyDeleteI want someone to come and use that tool on my lawn.
Catherine,
ReplyDeleteIt was an informational seminar, as required by the government of Alberta, and a good portion of it was about dealing with infertility.
Most of the people there had gone through extensive fertility treatments, some even going as far as surrogacy. It was exhausting to hear about the struggles these people had faced in their journey towards adoption. Since adoption is not something we are doing out of necessity, we hadn't really considered that side of it before.
It was also scary to learn about some of the rules (like the birth parents having 10 days after signing to change their mind - meaning you could have a baby for 10 days and then have it taken back!). I think, though, that we're both a lot more comfortable with it now that we're more educated.