Gong Xi Fa Cai!!

Happy Chinese New Year!! The year of the Ox.

Another LID and 2 Whole Days :(

Yesterday was the 26th anniversary of my LID. I forgot again. Sad.

And yesterday referrals arrived for some. For those who received referrals, I know if was one of the happiest days of their lives. But CCAA appears to only have sent referrals for 2 days worth of LID's: March 1st - 2nd, 2006. March looks to be a HUGE month. I figured it would take at least 7 months to refer March, but again, my agency didn't receive any. Let's hope this was just an attempt to get some referrals out before the long Chinese New Year holiday. Maybe next month will be better. We can always hope, right?!

Just So Busy!

Sorry I haven't kept up with my posts. I'm now on my 48 hour work week schedule. I run around alot because I'm still trying to get by with no daycare. The girls are in a big Chinese New Year show on the 24th, so they have rehearsals Wednesday, Friday and then Saturday before the show. Jessica has Girl Scouts once a month on Mondays. Anna has Brownies every other week and we missed last night. They both have dance on Saturdays, but Jessica also has dance on Friday nights. Jessica has trumpet lessons Tuesday afternoons, and I have band practice Tuesday evenings. The girls both have religion class on Wednesday nights, but Anna has also had to be at church the last 2 Saturday mornings. And Anna still wants to do gymnastics, but I just can't see coming up with the time and money for that. I told her maybe this summer.

I got a new camera for my birthday, but I'm still trying to figure out how to work it, and I still need to get the program on my computer. I'll have to have Jessica teach me how to work the camera as she seems to have figured most of it out. Once I get it straight, I hope to be able to post a lot more pictures.

Happy 2009

I've decided that I will not live 2009 waiting for "Some Day". I still think of Amanda, still hope that one day I will receive a referral and travel to China, but I'm not going to live in a waiting mode.

We had a wonderful Christmas and New Year celebration. Now it's back to normalcy. Hopefully, I can catch up on some of the things I let slip in 2008 including keeping this blog up to date.