CNN’s hero of the week is an Ethiopian woman in New Jersey who is helping low income business owners grow their small business - http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/06/18/cnnheroes.alfa.demmellash/index.html?iref=newssearch
Our adoption consultant is back from Ethiopia and I can’t wait to hear all about her trip. I know they signed up a new orphanage to work with.
Not much else is going on. I need to mix some more berbere, I’m running low and promised a friend I would mix some for him too. A pinch mixed up with the egg makes an awesome omlette.
Our consultant is in Ethiopia for 2 weeks to check in on that side of the program. I heard that the investigation into the issue is completed, but the stays haven’t been lifted yet.
The more we are looking into that special need, the more we seem to be leaning on not wanting to tackle it. We still requested information on the siblings and if we get called, we will look into them specifically, but in general, we still have a lot of thinking and praying to do.
Off to Lake of the Ozarks through Sunday. We’re taking my niece Mallory - she was just going to come out for one of the nights, but because of logistics, she’s coming for the whole trip. I’m really psyched - now I have someone to go to the waterpark with me!
I know you all remember my award-winning blog from last October (http://ourbigstep.thatisus.com/?p=29) where I talk about all the children’s books and TV shows I grew up with and prefer for our kids over the crap that’s out there today. Unfortunately all the comments were lost in the system crash a couple months ago.
In honor of the upcoming movie remake of Land of the Lost, which I did watch growing up, I’m opening this back up for all of you to suggest your favorite books, toys or TV shows from the 1970s and 1980s.
I need to add the original Land of the Lost in it’s pre-greenscreen special effects greatness to my list, along with just about anything else from Sid and Marty Krofft.
Help me out. What else should my future kids be exposed to?
The siblings we were asking about are no longer on the waiting children list. 
I hope it’s just until the issue in the country is worked out.