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I think my eyes are bleeding. I'm sure if you have a blog about adoption, I've read it. I have read so many many blogs recently it's crazy!

In reading, I wonder if I will ever understand it all. I wonder if I will ever be able to keep all of this information straight. I also enjoy the different fund raising ideas. I struggle with asking people to help us pay for this adoption. No one has EVER helped us pay for anything. No one helped us pay for the birth of our other three children, so why would I ask now?? Well it is just a tad bit more expensive :). I am hoping to be able to come up with ideas so that I can give something, and in return that money will go to fund our adoption. I have three jobs that I do in my "spare time". Funds from Kreations by Kari and my Spa Business will go directly into our adoption fund. I am also a representative for Nature's Sunshine Vitamins & Herbs and any profit from that will also go into our adoption fund. I need to work on some direct links to my websites. I can be pretty crafty when I put my mind to it, so I want to have an etsy shop too. I have made some really cute tutus and I think I could sell those on etsy. I don't want to have a "benefit", but I do want to have a huge mega garage sale and I will take donated items for that. I was also thinking that I could have a vendor "Open House" and use the booth rental fee to go to the adoption fund as well. Many people have adoption T-Shirts. I love them, they are so cool, but who would buy a shirt from us? Do you buy a shirt only if you are adopting or do other people buy the shirt too. I think that is a great idea, but don't really understand how it works. I am hoping to make some "Cheer Mom" shirts for my daughter's cheer squad and using that money for adoption too. So I do have some ideas....but I guess it will be hard to start since we aren't really telling anyone about the adoption yet. :)

So what fundraising have you done? What worked for you? What was a waste of time?