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Special Needs/China Adoption Agency?

AmericanFamily — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:03:33 +0000

This is not for me! We are D.O.N.E.

I have a friend who is considering a SN adoption from China. I am wondering if anyone can give me good or bad references for Holt or AWAA.

I would also love to pass along any other SN Agency recommendations you may have. I have heard [...]

tempest in a wood shop

AmericanFamily — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:57:05 +0000

Huh. Who knew this internet thing works so quickly?

So this morning, I wrote a post about my friends at Little Alouette and a product on the Land of Nod website that appears to be a copy of one of their designs. Apparently, quite a few of you were also a bit miffed and contacted the [...]

Embarrassing Stories.

AmericanFamily — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:24:16 +0000

Ok, so if you weren’t reading along, please read the comments on the last post. I think we can all agree, poor Elaine takes the cake with her story. Oh man. I want to hide just thinking about it.

Here are a couple of mine:

I was talking on the phone with a friend from [...]

Reflections & Life

AmericanFamily — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:42:44 +0000

Bullet points for the day:

I do not believe this country is really coming to grips with our economic problems. A country where there is an actual market for people to pay money to have their PETS pictures taken with Santa is a country with too much disposable income. In a stroke of brilliance, I [...]

Help a Girl Out

AmericanFamily — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:58:38 +0000

My good friend Amy at Little Alouette is in the running to be included in the Martha Stewart craft sale. They make beautiful handcrafted wooden toys that are perfect baby shower presents. Amy and her carpenter husband Joe are really awesome and this would be a great opportunity for them.

Could you do me a [...]