I’m kind of shaking as I write this, but, my wonderful blog readers…I have a new son! Well, obviously he’s not officially ours yet–we haven’t even accepted the referral in writing, but we intend on doing just that. It’s only been a few days, but we’ve already mentally added him to our family. He is […]
I am not one of those moms who has tons of fun plans for the summer. In fact, I have hardly any. But I knew I needed to get started on some sort of agenda to keep us from going insane at home. I read about an idea in a magazine, and I stole it. […]
I think I’ve mentioned before that Syd’s language development is delayed–especially compared to her very verbal brother. But the doc (and Trent’s colleagues who are speech therapists!) has said that as long as she is a)attempting conversation and b)making progress at all, then we don’t need to do anything about it for a while. But […]
Our second yard sale for Baby T went really well! If you remember, last year’s June yard sale was ridiculously profitable. I mean, who makes $3,000 at a garage sale? But I’m completely convinced it was God-ordained, b/c we had a $3,000 payment due later that summer. My goal for this sale was $1,000. We […]
You will not hear from me for a while. I am the girl who got eaten by her own garage sale. Once again, we are overwhelmed by the generosity of so many people who have donated their used stuff for us to sell and raise money towards our adoption fund. But right now? I’m drowning […]
I spent Friday and Saturday helping my sisters-in-law (one for real and one practically) at their children’s consignment sale. It’s a twice-yearly event that has completely caught fire. WOW! They had an entire gymnasium crammed full of clothing, toys, gear, etc. Over 13,000 items for sale. Within 15 minutes of opening, we had two lines […]
Sometimes the innocence of a child is just so totally precious. Or “totes presh” as my friend Lori would say. Like when a little one looks up at the sky and says “It’s so beautiful, Mommy! God made that!” [Ok, full disclosure, none of my children have actually SAID that, but they’ve said things in […]
There’s this blogger, Missy, who doesn’t know me from Adam, but in my mind we’re BFF’s. Yes, it’s a little Single White Female-ish, but when someone makes me laugh like she does–you HAVE to read her post about the Marriage Bed–and nod my head with that “Uh-HUH. AMEN!” thing when I read this post, then […]
Oi. I haven’t blogged lately. Our lives have been crammed full to max capacity, and will continue to be for at least 2 more weeks until we have our garage sale on June 10-11. Also? I have been kind of not wanting to process through the tornado in Joplin. About 10 years ago, I did […]
Each May our town has it’s special festival–almost every town has their thing, and ours is the third weekend in May. As part of the festivities, they bring one of those chintzy carnivals to the Target parking lot. You know the ones–rides that can fit on semi-trucks that last 22 seconds and cost $4 per […]