<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Adoption @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 grerp.blog-city.com</rights><subtitle>(Adoption) </subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2009-11-15T17:42:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/read/adoption.rss"/><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2009:1</id><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2009-01-31:links.412151113</id><title>Meet Ruby</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/meet_ruby.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp;Here is our new girl, Ruby, a black and tan Coonhound.&nbsp; She is about 2 years old.&nbsp; We adopted her through Safe Haven Humane Society.&nbsp; They serve an area that includes Montcalm County - where relinquished pets are frequently taken]]></content><dc:subject>dogs</dc:subject><dc:subject>adoption</dc:subject><dc:subject>humane society</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/meet_ruby.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2009-01-31T14:06:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-31T14:06:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2008-11-23:links.412140287</id><title>So we didn&apos;t get picked...</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/so_we_didnt_get_picked.htm"><![CDATA[I found out Monday that the birthmother who was looking at our profile picked another couple instead.&nbsp; Because they were Protestant and we were Catholic.&nbsp; Interesting.After having lived on pins and needles wondering if my Thanksgiving and g]]></content><dc:subject>domestic adoption</dc:subject><dc:subject>disappointment</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/so_we_didnt_get_picked.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2008-11-23T01:59:00Z</updated><published>2008-11-23T01:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2008-11-12:links.412138632</id><title>Frustrated</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/frustrated.htm"><![CDATA[Today I was in a holy terror of a mood.For two weeks now we&#39;ve had our profiles out there, to be perused by 3 different couples looking to place their children.&nbsp; Two of the couples passed on our profile, but the third has lingered in making]]></content><dc:subject>adoption</dc:subject><dc:subject>domestic adoption</dc:subject><dc:subject>adoption stress</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/frustrated.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2008-11-12T02:03:00Z</updated><published>2008-11-12T02:03:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2008-11-06:links.412137599</id><title>Trying to focus on the positive</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/trying_to_focus_on_the_positive.htm"><![CDATA[Okay, the last few days haven&#39;t been so great.&nbsp; All About Romance has experienced a series of site downages due to a host transfer, and I&#39;ve sometimes felt like I&#39;ve been glued to the phone.&nbsp; Then there&#39;s the election.&nbsp;]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/trying_to_focus_on_the_positive.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2008-11-06T04:41:00Z</updated><published>2008-11-06T04:41:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2008-08-05:links.412120122</id><title>In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/in_the_bleak_midwinter_by_julia_spencerfleming.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp;In the Bleak MidwinterJulia Spencer-Fleming&nbsp;Mystery &nbsp;&nbsp; 2002Rating: B &nbsp;In the Bleak Midwinter, the first installment of the Rev. Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne mysteries is a solid beginning to a series that looks like it m]]></content><dc:subject>books</dc:subject><dc:subject>mysteries</dc:subject><dc:subject>julia spencer fleming</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/in_the_bleak_midwinter_by_julia_spencerfleming.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2008-08-05T17:01:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-05T17:01:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2008-05-04:links.412100856</id><title>It takes about a month</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/it_takes_about_a_month.htm"><![CDATA[I realized today that, despite all the muddy paw prints and all the extra time outdoors de-energizing, despite the bigger vet bill and the chewed up toys, there is no way I could take Milo back to the Humane Society and drop him off now.&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></content><dc:subject>adoption</dc:subject><dc:subject>dogs</dc:subject><dc:subject>babies</dc:subject><dc:subject>bonding</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/it_takes_about_a_month.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2008-05-04T01:41:00Z</updated><published>2008-05-04T01:41:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2008-04-28:links.412099543</id><title>Quick personal update</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/quick_personal_update.htm"><![CDATA[Milo is getting bigger all the time, and he is going through a major chewing phase.&nbsp; He&#39;s a little honey, but I&#39;m getting a little tired of getting nibbled and/or finding things for him to chew.&nbsp; He does enjoying chomping Dutch tupp]]></content><dc:subject>adoption</dc:subject><dc:subject>puppies</dc:subject><dc:subject>destruction</dc:subject><dc:subject>chewing</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/quick_personal_update.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2008-04-28T01:42:00Z</updated><published>2008-04-28T01:42:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2008-04-21:links.412098199</id><title>Our profile gets another look see</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/our_profile_gets_another_look_see.htm"><![CDATA[Our social worker called today and said there&#39;s a family interested in us.&nbsp; They found our Bethany profile online and, having looked through all the profiles, are really just interested in us.&nbsp; I find this astounding.&nbsp; First, becau]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/our_profile_gets_another_look_see.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2008-04-21T12:08:00Z</updated><published>2008-04-21T12:08:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2008-04-10:links.412095713</id><title>Dog of the Week: St. Milo</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/st_milo.htm"><![CDATA[Hmmmm...I wonder if there was an actual St. Milo[quick google]It appears there is a Blessed Milo of Selincourt.&nbsp; But we will not be talking about him.&nbsp; We will be talking about the Best Puppy in the World, our new puppy Milo. &nbsp;What a g]]></content><dc:subject>dogs</dc:subject><dc:subject>mutts</dc:subject><dc:subject>shelter dogs</dc:subject><dc:subject>humane society</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/st_milo.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2008-04-10T02:21:00Z</updated><published>2008-04-10T02:21:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2008-04-07:links.412094989</id><title>I thought I had a spare kong around here...</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/i_thought_i_had_a_spare_kong_around_here.htm"><![CDATA[...but I can&#39;t seem to find it.&nbsp; I thought for sure that Rosie had one, once upon a time.&nbsp; She hardly ever used it.&nbsp;&nbsp; She was never a chewer.&nbsp; In fact, she was never destructive at all.&nbsp; So most of the toys we got, i]]></content><dc:subject>dogs</dc:subject><dc:subject>adoption</dc:subject><dc:subject>puppies</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/i_thought_i_had_a_spare_kong_around_here.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2008-04-07T01:46:00Z</updated><published>2008-04-07T01:46:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2008-01-14:links.412076300</id><title>Name that dog</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/name_that_dog.htm"><![CDATA[Though as everyone I know knows, I&#39;m not very good with change.&nbsp; So though it&#39;s really entirely my idea, I&#39;m excited but nervous about deciding to adopt Aztec.&nbsp; There are plenty of variables here: how will Rosie react, how will]]></content><dc:subject>names</dc:subject><dc:subject>dog names</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/name_that_dog.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2008-01-14T02:25:00Z</updated><published>2008-01-14T02:25:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2007-10-27:links.412054487</id><title>3 years ago today, I became Max&apos;s mother</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/3_years_ago_today_i_became_maxs_mother.htm"><![CDATA[I was thinking about this last night as I was going to sleep.&nbsp; With the time zone difference, I was already into today then and thinking about how I&#39;d have just have been getting up and getting ready for our court date.&nbsp; Here&#39;s a sn]]></content><dc:subject>russian adoption</dc:subject><dc:subject>adoption</dc:subject><dc:subject>russia</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/3_years_ago_today_i_became_maxs_mother.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2007-10-27T02:38:00Z</updated><published>2007-10-27T02:38:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2007-10-20:links.412052170</id><title>The big question</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_big_question.htm"><![CDATA[Two days ago, Max asked the question I&#39;d been dreading for awhile: &quot;Mommy, was I in your tummy?&quot;We&#39;d been talking about my friend, A.M., who has a baby in her tummy and is a little worried about it right now.&nbsp; So we&#39;ve been]]></content><dc:subject>adoption</dc:subject><dc:subject>russian adoption</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_big_question.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2007-10-20T13:56:00Z</updated><published>2007-10-20T13:56:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2007-08-15:links.412030822</id><title>Last of the Post-placement reports</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/last_of_the_postplacement_reports.htm"><![CDATA[Today our social worker called and we had the last our our 4 post-placement interviews for Max&#39;s adoption.&nbsp; It was painless.&nbsp; The last two have been by phone, in fact.&nbsp; We didn&#39;t even have to go in.&nbsp; I just had to give our]]></content><dc:subject>russian adoption</dc:subject><dc:subject>postplacement reports</dc:subject><dc:subject>adoption</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/last_of_the_postplacement_reports.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2007-08-15T03:04:00Z</updated><published>2007-08-15T03:04:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2007-06-28:links.412013669</id><title>Our adoption profile gets a look see</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/our_adoption_profile_gets_a_look_see.htm"><![CDATA[After moping earlier this week  that it&#39;s never going to happen for us, I got a call yesterday from our social worker.&nbsp; He has someone coming in on Monday to whom he&#39;s planning to show our profile.&nbsp; She&#39;s due July 9th. &nbsp;Jul]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/our_adoption_profile_gets_a_look_see.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2007-06-28T17:41:00Z</updated><published>2007-06-28T17:41:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2007-06-26:links.412012572</id><title>Adoption time frame delay</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/adoption_time_frame_delay.htm"><![CDATA[Before our vacation, J. called up our social worker to see how our profile was doing: had it had any visitors, etc.&nbsp; And our social worker told us that no, no one had looked at it yet, and, unfortunately, the time frame for the average time fram]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/adoption_time_frame_delay.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2007-06-26T02:55:00Z</updated><published>2007-06-26T02:55:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2007-02-14:links.411944103</id><title>New study on adoptive parents</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/new_study_on_adoptive_parents.htm"><![CDATA[From the news release:&nbsp; &quot;BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Adoptive parents invest more time and financial resources in their children compared with biological parents, according to the results of a national study that challenges the more conventional v]]></content><dc:subject>adoption</dc:subject><dc:subject>adoptive parents</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/new_study_on_adoptive_parents.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2007-02-14T02:08:00Z</updated><published>2007-02-14T02:08:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2006-10-09:links.411826172</id><title>1st homestudy visit</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/1st_homestudy_visit.htm"><![CDATA[We had our first homestudy visit with Bethany last Thursday.&nbsp; It was amazing how much less stressful it was for me than the first time we went about it.&nbsp; I feel so much more confident about this process and about my ability to be a mother.&]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/1st_homestudy_visit.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2006-10-09T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-10-09T04:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2006-09-11:links.411800895</id><title>Signed, sealed, delivered...</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/signed_sealed_delivered.htm"><![CDATA[...the application in the mail to Bethany .&nbsp; So we&#39;ve crossed the starting line on our second paperchase, domestic this time.&nbsp; Here&#39;s to a successful adoption.&nbsp; I surely hope we don&#39;t have to go through the whole homestudy]]></content><dc:subject>adoption</dc:subject><dc:subject>domestic adoption</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/signed_sealed_delivered.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2006-09-11T03:53:00Z</updated><published>2006-09-11T03:53:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2006-08-30:links.411795288</id><title>More thoughts on Adoption</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/more_thoughts_on_adoption.htm"><![CDATA[For some time now I've been lurking at adoptionblogs.com .  Most of the people there are very pro-adoption, but there are people there with negative feelings about it as well, most of them birthmothers.  So why is it that I get stuck on rea]]></content><dc:subject>adoption</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/more_thoughts_on_adoption.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2006-08-30T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-08-30T04:59:00Z</published></entry></feed>