Gong Xi Fa Cai

Better late than never...Gong Xi Fa Cai...which is pronounced as "Gung Hei Fat Choi." This is used to wish friends and family a Happy New Year in China. It's the Year of the Pig. It began on February 4th with Chinese New Year Day on February 18th.
The pig is one of 12 animals on the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac. People born in pig years are polite, honest, hardworking and loyal. They are also lucky, which is why many Chinese like to have babies in a pig year. You never know, Layla could be born this year!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I can hardly believe that V-Day is here again! It was a lovely day. First of all it's also teacher appreciation week so the PTA organized lunch for us and they did our lunch supervision too! They gave us a smorgasbord of delights for the palate. It ranged from Baked beans to Pea soup, Caribou Burgeon to Chili and Curried Carrot soup. YUM!!!! Then my secret cupid left me another beautiful gift. She gave me Laura Secord chocolates in the shape of ladybugs which were wrapped in printed ladybug foil paper. I also received earrings from her. My mom, myself and three of her friends went to Taste of Thai for supper and boy, oh boy was it ever scrumptious! I highly recommend dining there if you live in my area. My mom gave me jewelry and the rest of us exchanged chocolates. Rob and I exchanged cards. We'll wait until we're together again to celebrate. Here's to hoping that next year the world will be closer to the love and sense of peace I have today.

OHGWQ

Layla's quilt is really coming together. Don't get me wrong...I haven't cut or stitched anything yet. BUT the plan is in the works and I begin physically working on it on Monday, February 12th. It's very exciting! I can hardly believe that I'm going to be making a quilt for my DAUGHTER! Okay, so today is a happy day...take advantage of it...there will be not so happy posts as the wait wears on. I'll try to post pics as the quilt takes shape.

My Bum Hand

I haven't been posting as much as I would like to because I have a bum hand. I went to my doctor yesterday and the verdict was Tendonitis. She told me to keep wrapping my hand and to take an anti-inflammatory. You'll never guess why I have the bum hand. It's the result of shovelling so much snow! I will gladly admit I almost NEVER shovel. Rob does that job and I give him full credit for it. Since he can't do it now either Bernie or I manage to shovel the white stuff. Bernie is going to Florida next week to see the Daytona races so I have my dad on standby. I can barely hold a pen let alone lift a shovel, maybe I need a trip down south myself!

Referrals are Here

There are a lot of happy people out there because the CCAA posted this notice on their website. They have finished the review of dossiers registered with their office before March 22, 2006. Also, they have finished the referrals for families whose dossiers were LID before October 13, 2005. Congratulations to all of the new moms and dads!

Referrals

So far referrals have been received by people who are LID up to and including Oct. 13/05. This is really good news but we're still holding out for LIDs up to the 16th (Cross your fingers).

Deb and Kirk have Olivia now!!!! Check out the link to their site.