Peeptoe Pumps and Pearls

I’ve been traveling the last seven weeks. I noticed that my purse seems to get heavier and heavier everyday. I just can’t wait to put it down and I’m having a hard time finding things inside. Holding up the airport security line because you’re digging for your plastic bag with 3oz. liquids and gels doesn’t go over so well with the business travelers in line. So, I decided to dump everything out and see what’s going on. This is really what was in my purse. I’m not joking. No wonder my shoulder hurts. Maybe I need to take some time off work until it feels better. Just kidding… can you imagine asking for time off because my purse was too heavy?

Here's some of the highlights... :) Dining Out Book (so I can make good choices), Mileage log (company car), 2 Continental boarding passes, 3 pair of sunglasses, 2 hair clips, 5 lipsticks in the Vera make-up bag

4 packages of gum and a banana. The photo is of a banana peel. I decided to eat it before I took the photo~it was good.

6 pens and a Sharpie~ I can never find a pen when I need one. A tape measure~ John C. this is your tape measure. :)

I just watched the replay of Palin’s speech last night. Love her. I started to cry a little when she was talking about special needs (SN) children. She said if you have a SN child and they are elected, you will have a voice and friend in the White House. Cry, cry.

On October 11 I will be traveling to China to work in a SN Foster Home outside of Beijing. Due to sensitivity issues I cannot name the place where I’ll be volunteering on my blog. If you would like more information, you can email me. I will be updating my blog while I’m in China and I’ve been told I can post pictures of the activities we do with the kids. I'm so ready to go but it still seems surreal, even though I've been before. Here are some pictures from my 2006 trip to a SWI in the Fuzhou province.

Stairs to the orphanage. To this day, when I see this picture so many emotions stir inside me.

Babies sleeping. There is no mattress, just a towel separting their little heads and wood.

The Beach

Helping my new little friend find seashells. She was 4 years old and this was her first time to visit the ocean. She loved it! She got off the bus and ran yelling, "I'm so happy, I'm so happy." We had an interpreter.

The kids showing the nannies their new outfits; their joy was indescribable. It was the first time they got to pick out an outfit themselves and have someone buy it for them. It just breaks my heart.