Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 26th, 2008
We arrived in Lusaka today! It looks like it’s going to be fun— we’ve already met some more great people. Lauren Osbourne is my roommate again and she is awesome even though she goes to that nasty old LSU! Victoria Falls was awesome-ya’ll will all be wanting to sign up with me next year once [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 22nd, 2008
We have safely made it to Zambia! After two long days of travel, we are at the Royal Livingstone, and it is awesome! There are lots of monkeys, ;one jumped up on my balcony and stole my pen— the people here said they are very naughty! We have met some great people that will be [...]
Posted in Africa on Jul 18th, 2008
Okay some days are the pitts and some days you hit the jackpot–today I hit the jackpot!!! We got an email earlier today that our hotel at Victoria Falls in Zambia had been overbooked, so we had been upgraded to the 5 star hotel right next to the falls!!!~~!! Check out how I will be [...]
Posted in Foster care on Jul 16th, 2008
After being a foster parent for 15 years, there children that I wonder about. There are many that I am confident they are doing fine, but I’d be less than honest if I said I didn’t worry about alot of them. Most of the time I don’t hear about them after they leave my house, so all [...]
Posted in Africa on Jul 15th, 2008
I am just one week away from heading off to Africa! Last year, while a terrific experience was really hard. The Sudan is much in the news these days for all the unrest that is happening there. Zambia, where we are going this year, is a country that is pretty stable. Poor but stable. We [...]
Posted in Preschool News on Jul 9th, 2008
Eight years ago I had the privilege of being a Pre-K teacher. All of my children were those whose parents chose to give them an extra year to grow before Kindergarten. My years in the Pre-K classroom were my favorite as an educator—I loved all of those children. I love it when I see them around town, [...]
Posted in Site News on Jul 7th, 2008
I have been taking care of my “grandogs” this weekend, so with 4 dogs I haven’t had much time for blogging! Children are so much easier than dogs—they at least wear diapers!! They were really fun to watch and it was cheap entertainment! I had lots of help with the dogs as these pictures will [...]