Happy Hallowe’en!

  
Our Rotary Club’s exchange student  from Argentina came over last week… we went out to the farm, picked out pumpkins, and then carved them on the dining-room table.  Pretty good for an Argentinian’s first jack’o’lantern, I think!
 

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Shout out to Thailand

Hey D! 

My brother’s fiancee is gallivanting about Southeast Asia… and having an amazing time.  Of her adventures so far, I am more envious of a retreat in a Buddhist monastery… sounds wonderful. 
Anyway, we haven’t forgotten you even though you are on the other side of the world! Have fun, and we can’t wait to see [...]

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Expectingmomosaurous

 
Allow me to introduce you to the expectingmomosaurous, a sub-species of the adoptingmomosaurous.
This rare species is seldom seen outside of a home office, as she is particularly attached to her computer and needs to refresh her email inbox every half hour. She eats paperwork for breakfast , lunches on expectations and sups on unappealing disappointment.
Although she [...]

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Picnic Photos

 
It was a great time this afternoon in Osprey Park… we had several families show up for our first ever Okanagan Families With Children From Africa gathering. 
You can see lots more pictures here, on the OK FCA website.
Keep tuned for our next gathering, a couple months from now:-)

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Special Moments Continued

I think it’s time, for us waiting and for our friends waiting, to post some more ”special moments.” These keep me going -
New (on my blog)

Happy Referral Day
Picking Up Abi
Happy Adoption Day
Our Adoption Journey
One Year Later
Meeting Deacon
The Miracle of Adoption
Eva Adoption Video
Half a World Away

Others Previously Posted (but worth another look!)

When Love Takes You In
Meeting Robel
Somewhere over [...]

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Renovating is our hobby

and, recently, our all consuming task.  Jrock’s parents just came out from Saskatchewan for the week to help us out…

I do stuff too! but noone takes a picture of me painting

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Making Due in Total Chaos

One of the down sides of renovating is that you are surrounded by total chaos until it’s all done.  Thank goodness, our house has a small kitchen upstairs (upstairs was used as a suite) so we have that small space to cook in. 
Did I mention SMALL?  I only have 1.5 sq ft of counter space. [...]

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Tagged

I got tagged by my friend Debbie, so here are my answers. Can you tell I’m a pisces?
Jobs I’ve had (in no particular order)

Receptionist, then development coordinator at cultural centre
Wellsite referral technician
College Professor
Logistics coordinator for VIP tours, films, corporate retreats, etc.
Cashier at Shopper’s Drugmart
Proposal writer for enviro organizations
Marketer for a Realtor
French Immerision Teacher
Meat and cheese slicer [...]

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A little bit about Ethiopia

Population
77,431,000
Capital
Addis Ababa; 2,723,000
Area
1,133,380 square kilometers
(437,600 square miles)
Language
Amharic, Tigrinya, Orominga, Guaraginga, Somali, Arabic
Religion
Muslim, Ethiopian Orthodox, tribal religions
Currency
birr
GDP per captia
$823 US (175th in the world)
Life Expectancy
42
Literacy Percent
43

Land and Ecology
Ethiopia is a landlocked country in the northeast African region known as the Horn of Africa. The country has a high central plateau, with some mountains reaching more [...]

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Getting Ready

Jrock says that I’ve got everything I can possibly buy without knowing the age and gender of our kids.  Maybe this isn’t completely true, since I went to the Thrift Store today and bought $11 of toys ($11 goes a long way at the Sally Ann!)
But we have been nesting away – see my latest [...]

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The renos continue

So we’ve been acting as our own general contractors for the renos, and so far, so good. 

All the locks have been changed and doors fixed.
Our windows are all ordered and should be installed within 6 weeks. 
The electrician is coming by next week to punch a couple of holes in the wall to put in new [...]

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Our first baby gift!

My sweet friend A who is about to have a baby herself in the next month, sent us our first baby gift last week!  Thanks A!  It was the nicest thing to get in the mail!!!
Love me.

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Report on the Transracial Parenting Workshop

Last weekend we attended Part 1 of the transracial parenting workshop held by the Adoptive Families Association of BC.  Thanks for a great workshop, D and O! We met families who are adopting or have kids home from China, Ethiopia, the States and even the Ukraine.  That in itself was worth spending the day in [...]

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Family Potluck BBQ Sat Oct 27 in Kelowna

Our first get-together for the Okanagan Chapter of Families With Children From Africa!  How exciting!!
Saturday, October 27th, noon – Kelowna
OKFCA Family Potluck BBQ in Osprey Park
Bring your outside toys -there is a playground and ball dimond with lots of room for games at Osprey Park on the corner of Osprey and Richter (enter off Pandosy Street) [...]

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