No detail too small

Everything is starting to fall into place:

• Rosie's room is cleaned and completely ready for her to see and help us decorate.
• Any movies that seem inappropriate for a 10-year-old have been moved upstairs. That way she can freely choose a movie from the case to watch.
• The Christmas decorations are all put away, and the rest of the house feels more roomy and ready for a kid.
• We have started a list of rules, as suggested by a therapist--what a trip--the only rules in my house were do what mom tells you and don't do something that will make mom mad. Rosie won't have those assumptions or expectations built-in, so we need to set them.
• We have started schedules for her for weekdays, Saturday and Sunday. All we need to do know is write them out on some laminated poster board--like a white board.
• We have figured out how our reward system will generally work but will need to buy some beads and stickers.
• Tomorrow Rosie finds out about us.
• Tuesday we'll drive up there to meet her.

It's really all happening.