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I was reading about the hosting program for the children at the orphanage. They have a limited amount of travel insurance, but they suggest you might want to purchase more. I think it’s a pretty good idea to purchase extra insurance just in case something happens. Just like I’ll purchase insurance for all of us when we finally travel to a foreign country. You can’t be too safe with something that is so simple to do.

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I was gonna put up a Christmas layout. I made it, it was semi cute. Even the husband thought so and I thought why not? Then the backgrounds just didn’t look quite right. The truth is that I just chucked it and said forget it. Why? I’m just not into graphic heavy layouts right now. Sure, this one is fine with me, but it’s as graphical as I want to get. I’m in need of something very plain. Read More

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I’m probably going to be screamed at somewhere along the lines for mentioned the true name of my sponsor child, but I’m sick of calling her a sponsor child. I really don’t want to make some fake name up for her like Cinderella either, so whatever her name is Karina.

Now, about Karina. I showed her photo to Sydney today. I was telling her that we’re going to send her things. Of course her first question was for her birthday? Well, yes and for Christmas. She was asking what types of things like toys and candy and stuff? Well, yes. Although Karina is quite a bit older than Sydney so she’s not going to want the same toys. Candy, maybe.

I told her she would be able to draw her pictures and color things to send with the packages if she wanted. She was super excited. She also wants Karina to come color with her. I said we’ll see. Maybe someday we can see her in person. She also wants Karina to come sleep over with her as well, because she said I have so much room in my bed. Really? It’s a toddler bed and we’re getting ready to upgrade, but whatever you say girl.

The reality of that is that I have been told you can have a hosting program if you take 5 children from one orphanage that will come to America. I’m just not sure if that will ever happen. She does have two sisters, both older. One is already out of the orphanage. And that one is the one that Sydney proclaimed she liked the most when she looked at their photo!

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I got some shopping for Karina’s Christmas done today. She’s my sponsor child from the Ukraine if you are just visiting. I got her some of the necessities like shampoo, soap, toothbrush, and toothpaste. Then I picked up some other things for her like hair necessities and pens, etc. I felt like I had to get her something that had to do with Christmas. I just couldn’t stand the thoughts of this being a Christmas package and not having anything Christmas related in it.

I went to Hobby Lobby hoping I’d find some stuff. I did! I got her a felt snowflake covered stocking that I’m going to fill with candies. Then I picked her up a moose wearing a Santa hat. Lastly I got her a miniature snowglobe that has a gingerbread man in it. Very cute. Very small. I figured it would not only ship well and be easy to wrap up, but easy for her to keep in her small space.

I contacted my sponsor buddy and asked about wrapping. She doesn’t wrap and I wasn’t going to, but after looking through some of the photos from last Christmas I feel like I have to wrap or at least put those things in gift bags with Christmas things on them. So it looks like I’ll be hitting the store again Monday morning.

I saw some of the things the children got in their packages last year. I’d like to send a blanket, but I wanted to make it out of fleece. Not sure if I can pull that off this week. Also, a clothing item and pjs. I ended up getting her a nice fleece set with bears on it. Plus some socks, etc.

I took photos of it all and like usual I haven’t had time to put them online.

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