We're Hooked Up

I wish I was writing to say we were hooked up with a Court Date but instead -- we're trudging along and trying to get hooked up in preparation for our 3+ week stay in Russia.

Today I signed up for Skype, an online communication tool in which we can use the internet to make FREE calls and video to other Skype members. We can call anywhere in the world for free -- and we like free. Tonight we bought a webcam (not free!) to attach to our notebook so if our intended party has a webcam, we'll be able to talk and see each other. If our intended party doesn't have a webcam, then we can talk or text -- still free. The crux of the whole thing is that our intended party has to be online at the same time as us. Hmmmm, but what happens if the Grandparents, for example, aren't on-line when we get K and we want to talk to them?

We're also armed with magicJack, a little USB device, which you can hook up to your computer’s USB port to make calls to any telephone worldwide. In this case, we'll have magicJack hooked up to our computer in Russia, plug the hotel phone into magicJack, and wha-la, we can call the Grandparents or other family and friends (lan lines or cell phones) for no cost! (That's when we tell them "hey, get online, we want to show you K!".)

I'm not a walking commercial for Skype nor magicJack -- especially since we haven't officially used either. But I've contacted so many other adoptive parents who have used both and they all rave about both. So we'll see.

I just feel like I was able to check-off two things on the To-Do list today. If anyone has any comments, please don't hesitate to let us know. The good, the bad, the whatever. ;)

Hope to be in touch soon....with GREAT news!