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New Shoe Drama

I'm a wear-your-shoes-until-they-fall-apart kind of a girl.  My sister, the shoe queen, hates that about me.  She also feels like I take the comfort over style idea to the extreme and has banned me from buying anymore Crocs or Sketchers for work.  :)  So when my trusty Crocs finally died on Monday morning when I put them on to go to work, I put on my brown loafers only to find that walking in the snow we had that day wasn't so wonderful because the holes in the soles caused my socks to be soaked!  Since both of my go-to shoes were now in shoe heaven,  I caved and decided it was time for some new ones.  I think my sister cheered. So we all drove the hour and 15 minutes to the "big mall" (yes, we live that far away from one!) and I actually found two very cute pairs in one store.  They would have been Amy-approved, too!  :)  Despite the fact that they weren't cheap, Matt convinced me that it would be worth it since I wear them out anyway...

What Do You Do All Day?

I was recently asked, "What do you do all day now that you're only working part time?"  Yes, it was a serious question. Lest you think I sit at home lying on the couch watching soap operas and eating bon bons, let me fill you in.  I work, during a typical 5-day work week, 17.5 hours.  My schedule changes every week, but just for kicks, let's say I'm working Monday, Wednesday, and half-day Friday. Monday:  Relieve nurse at 7.  Work 8-3.  Come home, get report from nurse, make dinner.  Feed Abby, do therapy, play with Caleb, bedtime routine, trach-tie change, make milk, empty or run the dishwasher (it has to be run at least once a day!) wait up for nurse until 11. Tuesday:  Relieve nurse at 7.  Matt is gone early for a Bible study.  Nurse comes at 8.  Take Caleb to school at 8:45. Run errands.  Clean. Watch my niece (which I love!) while my sister volunteers at her kids' school.  Pick Caleb up at 12:40....

Disclosure Post

In light of our medical bills and at the encouragement of many of you, I have decided to try to put my writing skills to work.  At times, I might be writing a review of a certain product or website.  These will be sponsored by advertisers and I will be paid.  I am required by the company I am working with to write a disclosure post so that everyone knows.  If this bothers or concerns you, please know that I am in no way trying to make money off of our current situation.  I hope that by now you can feel the depths of our love for Abby through my writing and we would much rather be a boring, normal family!  God has other plans for us though and I am actually hoping that taking this avenue gets our story out and that we can be an encouragement to even more people!  I am learning that God has given me the gift of writing and if I can use that to help ease our financial burden a bit, I figure it is worth a shot!  I will not accept any advertiseme...