Thursday, October 18, 2007

Well.....No "Come on Down" for me - but.....

But, we have an amazing story!

My mom and I got into The Price is Right line at 1:30 am - behind about 8 people - pretty good, right? Well - when NO ONE got behind us until 3 am, we started to worry. Then at 4 am, we (including our new found friends Lisa and Aimee) started to wonder if the "Oh, you have to get in line really early or you won't get it" line that everyone tells you about TPIR was a big joke. My mom started calling me, Lisa and Aimee her tripletts! So, after waiting and waiting and meeting some really fun people - we were in line! We got our nametags, we had our "group interview," we could tell that we were being watched every second!

Finally - after being awake for about 30 hours or so, we were in the studio - front row! Right in front of the stairs where the contestents run up on stage! The studio was so strange - much smaller than you would expect! And also the set is not as fabulous as it looks on TV. Lisa was crying saying that no one would ever believe that she was actually here! She was so excited - we were too. To our surprise - Lisa was one of the first 4 contestants called! She made it up on stage in the second half - but lost her game. Then at her second chance to spin the big wheel - she got $1.00 and won $1000 and on her bonus spin, was - that close - to winning another $10000 - so she won another $5000 instead! The showcase was the best part! She won that too! A trip to Paris and a corvette - almost $71,000 in prizes! She pointed us out along with Aimee to run up on stage with her at the end of the show! We got to meet Drew Carey and shake his hand. He told me my shirt was cute -of course he is - and we got to wave goodbye on stage as they closed the show. How fun! Here's a picture of the shirt I wore.



You will all have to watch the show - it airs on December 14th. If I have my way - I won't be home,


I WILL BE IN TAIWAN WITH ALEX PICKING UP LEO!!! (I hope, I hope, I hope!)

3 comments:

Shana said...

That is sooo cool! What a fun story! I am totally DVR'ing "The Price is Right on December 14th".
-Shana

shelley said...

I am so jealous that is my fave show!!. So sad to see Bob go, but convinced Drew will do a good job.

Anonymous said...

OMG Katie... I totally saw this episode the other day... I was telling Jimmy about my day (which includes the price is right) and I was talking about how this woman landed on the $1, and the $5, and how they give away better prizes now a days like corvettes.

How funny... I wish I would have looked a little bit closer I would have seen you... !!!!

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Timeline


January 8, 2007 Attend Adoption 101 Information Session in Mesa, AZ
January 22, 2006 - Apply for preapproval from our agencyand Taiwan
January 23, 2007 - Application for USCIS (I-600A) form submitted
January 28, 2007 - 1st Homestudy meeting
January 28, 2007 - Sign adoption contract with our agency
January 29, 2007 - Approved to adopt from Taiwan
February 1, 2007 - Clearance from state of Arizona
February 6, 2007- Maricopa application to adopt is filed
February 13, 2007 - Clearance from state of Michigan, Medical clearances, and Fingerprint invitation arrive from USCIS
February 24, 2007 - Fingerprinted for USCIS
March 11, 2007- Homestudy Complete and Court Certification from Maricopa County received
April 28, 2007 - Homestudy is translated into Mandarin
July 1, 2007 - Finally receive 171-H in the mail
July 6, 2007 - Get new case manager
July 22, 2007 - Sign adendum to contract
August 8, 2007 - Our lucky day! Referral for Lin Kai-Yi, born 6-3-06
August 8, 2007 - accept referral
August 13, 2007 - Sign Child Referral Agreement
August 23, 2007 - Paperwork arrives in Tucson
August 24, 2007 - Paperwork arrives to us
August 26, 2007 - Documents notorized (How many adults does it take to use a stamp?)
August 28, 2007 - Documents certified by AZ Sec. of State
August 29, 2007 Documents sent to TECO to be authenticated
September 4, 2007 - Documents arrive in Tucson from TECO
September 6, 2007 - Documents sent to Taiwan! YEAH!
September 10, 2007 - Update day! We receive 4 pics and a video!
October 2, 2007 - Receive word from TWCA that our hearing date is October 9, 2007 (this happened extreamly fast!)
October 9, 2007 - Keep your fingers crossed for a quick 1st ruling (even better yet, keep your fingers crossed for a final ruling!)
October 11, 2007 - October updates are here!
October 19, 2007 - Receive more pictures and videos from Ray's visit to Taiwan!
November 5, 2007 - November updates are here!
December 2, 2007 - December updates are here! Can't believe there has been no news all month!
December 13, 2007 - FINALLY! Word of our First Ruling! Yippeee! It happened on Dec. 13th in Taiwan (yesterday here)
January 4, 2008 - January updates
February 4, 2008 - February updates
February 28, 2008 - Leaving for Taipei!!!
February 29, 2008 - Arrive in Taipei!
March 4, 2008 - Gotcha Day! Can you even believe it!?!?!?
March 5, 2008 - FINAL RULING FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY! (by the way, our paperwork says the final ruling was issued December 24th!)
March 6, 2008 - First AIT appointment
March 7, 2008 - VISA DAY!
March 10, 2008 - Leave for home!
March 10, 2008 - Arrive home with our boy!!!!!!!!!!!
July 5, 2008 - Find out about Wil's arrival!
March 10, 2009 - Wil Shan-Yi Shaffer is born at 3:38 am 8 lbs. 4 oz. 20 inches long