Hi all,
I blogged a link to an adoption journal to someone who is a member of a group I am in called Families with Children from China ; the family will be leaving to the Hubei Province to pick up their daughter , Grace. Just reading their itinerary makes my heart skip a beat , because I think back to when we left for China. I envy this family. Anyway ... these jounals like this are so fun to read.

Today I ran some errons (sp?) and took the kids' to the park at the Land O Lakes Rec Center. The kids' loved it and they fussed when we had to leave.

This week I have been somewhat busy. Monday and Tuesday I stayed close to home. Yesterday my parents and my sister came over with her two kids', Adam and Kiah , and we all went to Cracker Barrell for lunch. Went to church last night.

Tomorrow I am meeting my good friend , Leah ( who lives in Bradenton), at her mom's house so we can do something.

I work on Saturday (ugh!!) and then Sunday we will go to church.

Not much going on ... I am looking forward to a Mom's group that is forming at church starting Nov. 4th.

It really gets hard staying home with the kids' when there is nothing planned but housework. I have been getting a little depressed about it and as much as I would like to put them into Pre-K , we wouldn't be able to afford it. I might look into calling some churches to see if they have a Pre-K for a few days a week for Rachel going about 3-4 hours at a time. I don't know.

Bill applied to Zephyrhills Water but they turned him down , they told him they had applicants better suited for the position , but it turns out that the friend he has that works for the company stated that they have a contractual agreement not to hire NFI employees ( Bill's current employer who is contracted with Zephyrhills to move their freight ). So Bill will continue to look for something else that will allow him to work less and therefore have more time to spend with the family. I get really down because Bill doesn't have a set schedule and too many hours. He works 15 hour shifts and only has 10 - 12 hours until he is due back to work ; it's crazy! And it is wearing on him and he looks haggard alot of times... not to mention the effect it has on his health and safety. We are able to have only 4 days a month together, since I work 4 weekend days a month myself. Please pray for Bill to find a new job. God Bless, Anita