Today the kids and I headed down to Ocean City to meet with our friend Kathy to have our final papers notarized. Chris met up with us at her office and we made it all official. After a quick lunch, and a stop at Starbucks for a potty break (gotta love kids...)(oh, and my Starbucks addiction), we headed to Snow Hill to have our papers doubly certified. This process is so nuts folks. Not only do we have to have our papers notarized, the county in which the notary is certified, has to authenticate their notary. Are you confused yet? It gets worse. Tomorrow we will head to our Secretary of State in Annapolis to then have the notarized, authenticated papers authenticated at the state level. Phew! An added bonus to all this is we have to pay for every piece of paper that is authenticated, fun! Thank God for Kathy, she has offered her service and time to sign and notarize our papers and she even made a special trip to the doctors office to notarized his signature! We love you Kathy!
We are going to take advantage of the trip to Annapolis tomorrow by soaking up the historical sights, and sharing a picnic alongside the Severn River. It should be a beautiful day!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Notary, schmotary.
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3 comments:
you can't just send these certified mail?
I remember we had to have it authorized by the Wicomico Co Clerk of courts, and then the state, and then Madeline Albright's office to say that our State Secretary of State was who HE said he was.
It took forever to get this document mailed back and forth 4 (or more) times, but we could do it all by mail.
and won't you have to get it to Condoleeza Rice's office as well? So is that a trip to D.C.?
yes yes, but it has taken us this long we might as well hand deliver. we will send it fed ex to DC for the US dept. of state to authenticate and then off to ETHIOPIA!
Congratulations on your progress! It is so exciting when that dossier gets closer to Ethiopia. Many blessings on your journey.
Lisa
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