DD requested fostering a little over a year ago (she first requested a baby brother, but that's a no-can-do). I said we had to wait before we could decide.
I set some conditions for her that would have to be met to prove she was serious. She's meeting them. DH has noticed her behavior and been pleasantly surprised (he didn't know they were conditions). He's still suspicious, since they have along history of butting heads.
I don't know if the seed will grow. I'm not sure what I'm ready for, either, but I can also see that I could easily smother her if I didn't have too many chickens to tend to....
I tried exercise DVD's, but just can't get into them. I do my back exercises regularly so that I don't have to walk with a cane (sciatic issue) and I have hand weights that I use a little less regularly. Watching tv and exercising is my fave, so I think the elliptical will get use. For DD, it will be plugging in the iPod and rocking out as she uses it. She's lost 4" off her waist between summer camp and marching band, so we'd both like to make sure she keeps active and in shape.
Aren't you the international shipper these days!
Personally, I'd rather receive the international packages. E-Bay sellers hated it when I asked them to use stamps so that I could add them to my stamp collection LOL (yes, I'm that big of a geek) company I had my co-workers trained to bring me all the 'weird' stamps.
Have you seen the cartoon stamps? I already mailed myself a Garfield.