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The Stacy Chronicles

The Most Aggravating Part

about this whole foster/adopt, going through the state, DHR stuff is this one question that keeps popping up:
Imagine that the child welfare worker is at your door with the child or children you are planning to foster/adopt.  Pleas describe the child or children, for example: physical appearance, family background, personality, and school ability.

I’ll leave you with that.  I could rant and rave all day about this, but I’d like to leave that to ya’ll.  What are your thoughts?

What's Going on This Week

Wow.  I started thinking this morning about what all I have need to do this week and seems like everyday is full.

• Monday
1. work 9-3
2. get home at 4pm and work on paperwork for finally DHR class!  this includes our eco-map, a blueprint of our home for DHR's records (for fires, etc.), letters to parents and child (what do you say?), and all of our strenths and needs worksheets.
3. class from 6-9pm, hopefully we can squeeze in some dinner before.
4. get home at 10pm, do some laundry/dishes, go to bed.
• Tuesday
1. work 9-3
2. get cleaned up, do some chores
3. 6-7pm Practing Pure Religion with Youth Group (we visit the sick and shut-ins).
4. 7pm-? dinner with some old/new friends who moved into town, we were in the youthgroup with the wife about 11 years ago.  great.  now i feel old.
• Wednesday
1. work 9-3
2. try to run by Children's Consignment sale on way home to pick up crib, blankets, sippy cups, bottles, cloth diapers, maybe a carseat, etc.
• I have been saving yardsale money (money i've made from past two yardsales) to buy baby stuff.  It started out paying for our infertility treatments/meds about 3 years ago.  I still have enough left for our foster/adopt kids, bec/ a lot of our treatments have been free.  (I'll do a post about that one day too)
3. work on lesson for Wednesday night bible class (I teach the pre-school class).
4. 7-8pm Wednesday night Bible Study
• Thursday
1. work 9-3
2. get home at 4pm, pickup Jeff, turn around immediately to go back to Anniston
3. 5:30-? CPR class (required by DHR)
4. food?
• Friday
1. work 9-3
2. swing by consignment sale for extra 25% off (maybe)
3. possible maternity photoshoot
4. rest?
• Saturday
1. 8:30am- 1pm Ladies Day at JCOC
2. swing by consignment sale for 50% off (maybe)
3. praying for free time to spend with the hubster
4. 6-? dinner with friends at their house, BRING meat...their vegan. :)
• Sunday
1. worship the ALL MIGHTY CREATOR
2. take a nap.
3. pray for a good week, with some rest thrown in there!