The authority had finalized our adoption papers, and this would be our first winter experience with our child. I contacted the heating dealer and scheduled heating maintenance. We needed an HVAC serviceman to check the furnace and ductwork thoroughly, do a heating repair where necessary, and do duct sealing where there were leaks, if any. We had consultation meetings at the home services company about installing a geo heat pump. Still, now that we had our child sooner than we had anticipated, we told the HVAC tech we would have to delay that project for a year or less so that Julie could have time to get used to living with us and also enjoy playing in the yard before all the work began. The new heating technology and a digital thermostat would be a game-changer for us because of the type of heating technology. Waiting a year would be a short time because the heating device that we are currently using is still in good condition. Other than matters concerning the heating industry, we were anxious about having Julie because we were unsure how receptive she would be to us. Julie was two years old and very wary of strangers. She had been in the orphanage since she was rescued from a dumpster when she was four months old. We fell in love with her the moment we saw her. The first day we met her, she was in black moccasins and a red dress that was too big for her. Her eyes reminded me of hot caramel; we knew we had to make her our daughter from that moment.