A 4 day weekend. What am I going to do with all of this "free" time?? I started my 4 day weekend out yesterday by sleeping. A ton. I had the headache of all headaches and woke up long enough to take some Motrin, eat, have something to drink and then back to sleep I went. Thankfully, the headache is GONE! Today we're headed to my dad's for a cookout, tomorrow we'll be going to the lake and Monday hopefully more of the same!
An update on the adoption front... we're still collecting papers. My poor husband is going to have to go back up to Habersham County to get his divorce decree certified AGAIN. I'm fairly certain they don't do many certifications up in the sticks. The first time he had it done, no one signed it. The strict apostilling man at the Secretary of State office told me that someone needed to sign it. So, off Keith went again to Habersham County Clerks office, a lovely hour drive. He told the lady it needed to be signed so she signed the name of the guy that does the notarizations for the county. HUH???? God Bless my husband... I told him to be sure it was signed, right? Just didn't specify that the person who should sign it needs to sign it THEMSELVES. Forging a notaries signature just can't be a good thing! So, I'm going to take it to the Secretary of States office and ask them to give me an example of what they need to do and who needs to do it. Maybe that will work??
Next week I'll be taking my first set of documents to be apostilled. I was going to wait and do it all at once, but a very kind person warned me not to do that because they will kick documents out for not being signed correctly. Apparently, the notaries need to sign their name EXACTLY as it appears on their notary certificate, which the Secretary of State has a copy of. Who woulda thunk that? :-)
On a sad note, someone I have scrapbooked with quite a few times over the past couple of years has suddenly passed away. I'm honestly starting to freak out about life and death. You just never know when a day will be your last. It makes you start to think about the things you get upset about and wonder why you waste your time and energy on things like that. I've done lots of thinking the past month and that saying "live everyday like it's your last" is something we should all live by.
On that note, I'm going to be sure to eat as MUCH chocolate cake as I want today just in case it's my last! :-) Let's hope it's not and on the next post I'll probably be complaining that I've gained another 10 pounds and have gone up another pant size. Oh well... chocolate cake is worth it.
Have a great Memorial Day! I hope everyone is surrounded by friends and family and let's definitely take this weekend to remember all of the men and women that have lost their lives for our country.
Remember - live everyday like it's your last!
Becky
An update on the adoption front... we're still collecting papers. My poor husband is going to have to go back up to Habersham County to get his divorce decree certified AGAIN. I'm fairly certain they don't do many certifications up in the sticks. The first time he had it done, no one signed it. The strict apostilling man at the Secretary of State office told me that someone needed to sign it. So, off Keith went again to Habersham County Clerks office, a lovely hour drive. He told the lady it needed to be signed so she signed the name of the guy that does the notarizations for the county. HUH???? God Bless my husband... I told him to be sure it was signed, right? Just didn't specify that the person who should sign it needs to sign it THEMSELVES. Forging a notaries signature just can't be a good thing! So, I'm going to take it to the Secretary of States office and ask them to give me an example of what they need to do and who needs to do it. Maybe that will work??
Next week I'll be taking my first set of documents to be apostilled. I was going to wait and do it all at once, but a very kind person warned me not to do that because they will kick documents out for not being signed correctly. Apparently, the notaries need to sign their name EXACTLY as it appears on their notary certificate, which the Secretary of State has a copy of. Who woulda thunk that? :-)
On a sad note, someone I have scrapbooked with quite a few times over the past couple of years has suddenly passed away. I'm honestly starting to freak out about life and death. You just never know when a day will be your last. It makes you start to think about the things you get upset about and wonder why you waste your time and energy on things like that. I've done lots of thinking the past month and that saying "live everyday like it's your last" is something we should all live by.
On that note, I'm going to be sure to eat as MUCH chocolate cake as I want today just in case it's my last! :-) Let's hope it's not and on the next post I'll probably be complaining that I've gained another 10 pounds and have gone up another pant size. Oh well... chocolate cake is worth it.
Have a great Memorial Day! I hope everyone is surrounded by friends and family and let's definitely take this weekend to remember all of the men and women that have lost their lives for our country.
Remember - live everyday like it's your last!
Becky
2 comments:
Have a great long weekend sweetie pie! Give the fam lots of hugs for me!
You're expecting! It's okay to eat enough chocolate cake for two! :O)
Sending a big hug your way,
Adrienne
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