The rest after the marathon was short lived as we jumped feet first into the final repairs to our house after the tree hit it in August. The chimney is repaired, the roof is repaired and the gutters are back on. While T busied himself mastering the art of drywall taping, I experienced deja vu up on the extension ladder scraping, priming and painting the exterior second floor of our house where the damage was repaired plus the areas I couldn't resist scraping as the paint was peeling. Last time I attempted this, I was about 10 years younger, obviously in a lot better shape and a lot less scared of heights. Perhaps I am wiser in my old age, or just more aware of the consequences of a misstep. Needless to say, I clung so tight to the ladder, I have bruises up and down my legs where each rung was! After the weekend, I am half done and look forward to finishing the other half, yah right! In our spare time, we have had a chance to get to one of the local pumpkin patches and a very nice halloween party.
On the adoption front, we were excited to hear this week that at least 3 families received referrals for baby boys! Congratulations! For those keeping track, the families that received referrals submitted their dossiers to Ethiopia in mid March. Ours was submitted in mid August. If the process continues at this pace, it should be about 5 months before we might see a referral, though we have heard that a lot of dossiers went to Ethiopia over the summer, so that might slow things a bit. 5 month, that should be plenty of time to learn Amharic, right?
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