Referrals, Predictions, and Next Batch...

June referrals came on 6/19 and went through 3/20/06.

CCAA Status

Reviewed through:
June 30, 2007

Placed through:
March 20, 2006

Based on that, the predictions for the coming months are:





When will the next batch of referrals arrive?

That is a very good question and here is how Rumor Queen attempts to answer that...The last 12 referral batches arrived at 28, 35, 22, 27, 37, 36, 18, 24, 39, 32, 47, 30 days.

The average is 31 days. The shortest interval is 18 days and the longest is 47. But, the 47 was hopefully an anomaly, meaning we should probably use 39 as the longest. (Though, with the current H1N1 rules still so undefined, it’s hard to say.)

That would mean the soonest we’d expect to see them would be Tuesday, July 7 and the latest would be Tuesday, July 28.

The most likely arrival date based on time between referrals would be Monday, July 20.

The most likely arrival date for those who believe they always arrive on the first of the month would be July 1. I’m not holding my breath on that one, though.

Of course, the July 20th date isn’t even as much of a “probably close” as I think it normally is. With the current pandemic stuff going on, things are even less predictable than normal.

These When posts are about managing expectations. If we expect them to arrive around July 20th then we’d probably start seeing early rumors as early as July 9th, and we’d see possibly accurate rumors the week of July 13th.

Happy Father's Day...

I'd like to wish my husband a Happy Father's Day! He truly is a wonderful dad to our boys and our daughter will be one lucky little girl to have him as a daddy!!! I love you, honey!

This day has also now become one of reflection for me and it goes without saying, there is a twinge of hurt wishing I could pick up that phone, just one more time...to say "hi Dad" and hear his casual and easy, "hey honey" or "hi daughter #2" in reply.

Today, I wish I could hear his voice as I remind him how much I love him and wish him a Happy Father’s Day. I hope he hears me, I hope his presence in my heart is as real as it was when he was with me in life. Something deep inside tells me there is some truth in that.

Happy Father's Day, Dad.

I love you. :)

One Year Without My Dad...

Today is the one year mark of my Dad's death. It has been a difficult year for our entire family; we have all missed him so much. He was such an important influence in my life growing up and I have really felt his absence at times.

My sister and I drove up by my Mom and we spent time together as a family with my brother and his family. It was a nice day and in the afternoon we met at the cemetary to say a prayer and release some balloons with personal notes we had all written. When they went up into the sky they actually formed a cross! We like to think that was Dad's way of saying that he knew we were there. Then we went out to dinner and celebrated his life with stories and memories. He left a wonderful mark on this world in the family he created with my Mom and the many lives he touched through his friendships; we are all better people for knowing him!

Here is my Dad during the time he served in the Navy; I'm very proud of him!


Here is a picture of my Dad and me on my wedding day - I love this picture!


This is a picture of my Dad and our oldest son, Justin, just after he was born. He was his first grandchild - that is one proud Grandpa!!!


This is my Dad and me at Christmas when I was 5 months pregnant with my 4th child; we were comparing belly sizes:) He gave me a run for my money!


Here is one of my favorite pictures of my Mom and Dad.


Here is my Dad with my oldest son, Justin. They loved hunting together; he taught Justin everything he knows!


Here is a picture of the last time that I saw my Dad; it was my son Justin's graduation - this was the day before he died.