Summer plans

Given that we are again extended I have made plans to be a delegate for my club to the Kiwanis International Convention in San Antonio. I am taking John and Sienna and we plan to have 5 days of fun. After which I will be returning for a minor bunion surgery (yuk). My company has also leased me a new office 9 miles from home which in LA is terrific as far as commutes. So I will be saying goodbye to Pasadena and ten years of commuting 30 miles each way. I am still trying to arrange for a new preschool for my Sienna to attend in the fall.

The not so good news is that John was recently laid off so we are taking our lifestyle spending way back while still saving for China. In a way the extra time is allowing us to save the $ we need without too much added stress.

I am working on my 100 good wishes quilt with a friend since I now have the 100 squares+. I have decided to start collecting for my Sienna and make her a quilt too. The baby's room is coming along and we did painting, pink, and did beadboard. Cleaning out the closets and old furniture was a big chore as this was our spare room and storage facility. We were given some wonderful girls furniture by my aunt and uncle who are scaling down. Just a few lady bugs on the walls and we are done.

So we have a lot of plans this summer while we wait and hopefully the time will go by fast!

come on!!!

Well here we are a month later with referrals only till November 7th, 6 days. Our agency didn't recieve any referrals as their next LID date is 11/8/05. There are only 29 days left to refer before us but could this go any slower? I am not expecting much better for the rest of the November LIDs. So we had two 6 day batches in a row which means 29 left/6 day on avg referred=5 (July, Aug, Sept. Oct. and Nov) months until we see that face. Travel 6-8 weeks after referral puts us in China for Xmas. Wow...who would have thought! That will also mean 23 months of waiting for the referral by this Nov, yikes!

The Roller Coaster

Well we began the month with some hype about this being a large referral batch and ending the month with the rumor of only a 6 day batch. If this is true then it looks like Oct/Nov when we are referred with travel in December. Earlier this month we thought we might see a referral in August....Wow. However, the referrals are not in so anything can happen at this point. I am personally expecting at least 3 more groups ahead of us so I am really not expecting anything until October. At least it will be cool/cold there then.

Other news...The office lease for my new space is being signed on Monday with a commencement date of August 1st. So I will be in August. The bad news is that the really great day care I have Sienna on the list for doesn't have openings and it looks doubtful she will get in. So now we have to go to plan 2. Plan 2 calls for the temple day care with days off for the last two weeks of August, the high holidays and sukkot. 14 days of vacation in total! Now here is the really big bummer. John is out of a job as RESMED ran out of work due to declining sales. So if he doesn't have a job he could be watching her in August instead of me taking vacation time. Hopefully, he will be working by then... He had a job interview today so keep your fingers crossed. The good news is that we have some options. Let's see how it all plays out!

I have almost the 100 squares needed to start the good wishes quilt. I will have to post some of the awsome fabrics and wishes that I have collected so far, mostly from swaps.