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Hiya girls
So, long story short - the summer bonus Matt has always gotten and was promised to get in August was canceled company-wide. He is lucky not to have been one of the employees laid-off (yet anyways). UHC lost contracts totalling 300,000 members ( So, the $2000 we were counting on for the final bit of these adoption costs is POOF! gone. We are not giving up on her and we are organizing the yard sale to end all yard sales, receiving donated items from so many wonderful people, selling anything not tied down on ebay and craigslist (well, not the kids ) and we are holding a raffle.One $100 Target gift card as first prize, a $50 card as second prize. One ticket is $5. Doesn't seem like much, but we only need 200 people to chip in that small amount and we will reach our goal with this raffle. The raffle widget is posted on my blog - stairsteps - and we are grateful for anyone able to help. Feel free to share our raffle with others, post it on your own blog, anything. Thank you thank you!! Keep us in your happiest thoughts and prayers! |
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Thanks so much ladies for all the support!!
We are ending our raffle this coming Sunday with a goal of $500 - we're already up to $320!! That day is Em's 1st birthday, so I thought it would be a nice gesture to (hopefully!) complete our goal that day. Airfares seem to be dropping a lot right now so hoping they stabilize until we're ready to buy our tickets in 6 weeks or so. We're now on the hunt for a reasonable apartment, getting our huge yard sale/bake sale organized and getting ready for Cade to start preK... ugh so busy! We appreciate all the donations and the thoughts and prayers too!! ![]() |
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Oh no, we're not going anywhere for a while
We're renting an apartment in Belgrade because it's much cheaper than a hotel (and will save us on food since we'll have a kitchen!) We've now exceeded our goal - we're up to $625! Once we reach $650 we'll truly have raised $500 for Emerson (after the $150 we spent on gift cards). Just amazing!! |
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