Thursday, January 12, 2006
Homestudy Visits Completed
We swore we wouldn't be one of THOSE people who make their house spotless for the SW house homestudy visit. [ if you recall from an earlier blog entry, our first homstudy session was at a coffee shop, so no pressure to clean the house] (SIGH) Last night, we rented a steam cleaner and steamed cleaned the gameroom, office, and living room. Today, our housecleaning service arrived few hours prior to the SW visit. Oh my gosh! We became one of THOSE people.
The SW walked in and did a tour of the whole house and backyard. I am SOOOOO glad the house was picked up because I was only expecting her to look at the rooms which would become the kid's rooms. The SW did ask if our house was always this clean. Was it that obvious? I told her we did clean up on regular basis and contract to have the house cleaned once a week.
When she left, I broke the silence and said to Scott, "Honey, I'm glad you picked up your underwear from the bathroom floor." Ha!Ha!
Normally, the guest bedrooms (which will become the children's bedrooms) are a complete mess. Since, I've been having trouble sleeping, the bed was unmade until the cleaning service made up the bed. In the other guest bedroom, we usually use it as a catch all room for exercise equipment, sewing machine, small TV, digital piano, and ironing laundry. I rearranged it this morning and put things in a somewhat organized arrangment. The SW described this room as the "hobby room". Hah! Never thought of describing it as that type of room.
The SW said it would take two weeks to write up her report, but she needs our medical reports. We have our appointment next week and then it takes a few days for the blood work to come back, so we'll have it to to her when she wrapping up the homestudy report. She'll then send us the report for our review. If we approve of the report she wrote, then it will be sent to GWCA for approval.
I need to fill out and send our I600A, but I have been holding off doing it because it is such a large chunk of change I will have to part with.
The SW walked in and did a tour of the whole house and backyard. I am SOOOOO glad the house was picked up because I was only expecting her to look at the rooms which would become the kid's rooms. The SW did ask if our house was always this clean. Was it that obvious? I told her we did clean up on regular basis and contract to have the house cleaned once a week.
When she left, I broke the silence and said to Scott, "Honey, I'm glad you picked up your underwear from the bathroom floor." Ha!Ha!
Normally, the guest bedrooms (which will become the children's bedrooms) are a complete mess. Since, I've been having trouble sleeping, the bed was unmade until the cleaning service made up the bed. In the other guest bedroom, we usually use it as a catch all room for exercise equipment, sewing machine, small TV, digital piano, and ironing laundry. I rearranged it this morning and put things in a somewhat organized arrangment. The SW described this room as the "hobby room". Hah! Never thought of describing it as that type of room.
The SW said it would take two weeks to write up her report, but she needs our medical reports. We have our appointment next week and then it takes a few days for the blood work to come back, so we'll have it to to her when she wrapping up the homestudy report. She'll then send us the report for our review. If we approve of the report she wrote, then it will be sent to GWCA for approval.
I need to fill out and send our I600A, but I have been holding off doing it because it is such a large chunk of change I will have to part with.
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You cleaned up because you feel the pressure (rightly so) not to pull a dumb or selfish move that might potentially cost you a chance at a child. Totally understandable. And, it shows that you'll do what it takes to be a parent. Maybe that's the real test. Not a clean house, but the willingness to clean up the house to make a good impression to be worthy of a child.
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