Big Day!

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I just realized that today is a pretty BIG day for us!

  • J1 is home! We toyed with the idea of having him finish this week (Friday is the end of the quarter), but worried he’d just be a distraction to the other kids. So, he’s here! At 9am we’ll start ‘school’ – mainly he’s going to write letters to his friends at school – and at 10am we are going to go try and get more of the curriculum we need! I’m also hoping to squeeze in a trip to the skate park as a sort of ‘hurray-for-homeschooling’ celebration – but the weather says rain!
  • I’m going to call the foster care certifier. I plan to say “My name is Amy and you should have gotten paper work from ICPC last week RE our adoption. What can I do to bring my baby girl home as soon as possible?” I think. I don’t know. I’m pretty nervous about it! Please pray for us today! I still haven’t heard from the foster mom – emailed her a week ago, texted her 3 days ago. I’m hoping “Princess” is doing well. I hate not knowing! At least we are getting closer to being ready here at home!

Prayers on both of our BIG deals is definitely appreciated!

Upheaval

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Our house is in utter chaos right now! I will NOT show you before pictures because – shudder – it was bad. And I will NOT show you during pictures because – shudder – it’s 1:30pm and I have NOT had a shower and I’m now covered in dust! lol

We are moving all the books out of our bedroom…so we can move in a dresser and crib! Well, not a crib yet — yes, we are still waiting for SOMEONE to call us – but eventually! Plus, since Eric is allergic to dust – my friend, Robin (sadly blogless) pointed out that books hold a huge amount of dust!

I’m gathering all my homeschool resources into one place – it’s so exciting! Can’t wait to get it done!! I’m eating at my desk – hiding from Eric 😉 who won’t stop working to eat! lol Silly boy!

Praise & Prayer Request

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It appears that the Lord has heard my prayers (and the few friends with
whom I’ve shared this request). My husband has decided we are going to
home school our oldest son again!

Please, please, please pray for us. He is not an “easy” child….and
yet he’s a joy. I’m thrilled…and terrified. I’m sure someone out
there can relate!

So, in the midst of Everything Else going on in our life….we can add
this! I covet your prayers for my patience, strength and ability to
show him God’s love!

So much to say, but so little I can say

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1) No news on Princess. Supposedly our paperwork is in route from Oregon to California – or maybe it’s already arrived. I have to just wait to be contacted. I don’t want to wait. But I also don’t want to be an irritant. If I have not heard from anyone by next week – I’ll be all kinds of irritating! 😉 So, there is little I can say on this topic.

2) For those of you who know me in real life, you know of the constant struggle we have with one of our children regarding his heart attitude. For the last two years or so, I’ve believed that being allowed to homeschool him again would help. I’ve committed it to prayer and asked some friends to pray too. Last night was the first glimmer that maybe I’m not the only parent 😉 who believes homeschooling might be a good idea. Sadly, only more ‘bad news’ precipitated this glimmer. Not what I wanted. No definite answer yet….so, there is little I can say on this topic.

Everything else in my life is sort of ‘meh’ stacked up to those two things…they are my main focus of prayer and thoughts right now. So, unless I find more fun videos to share (I’ve got one in reserve for you all) or something interesting happens on either topic above…I’ll still have so much to say, but so little I can say.