What I'm Lovin' Wednesday

It's Here!  It's Official!  It is really, truly SPRING!

The sun is shining, the weather is warm, and my spirit feels renewed.

(We won't talk about the snow in the forecast)

What I'm Lovin' this week:

SPRING:  I love waking up to sunshine and birds singing every morning.  I don't even mind the rainy days (as long as we don't have too many in a row!)  The kids are outside every day~where they need to be!

Our daffodils are blooming, tulips are coming up, even my garlic is already about 8 inches tall!

ZUMBA:  Today I went to Zumba for the first time since my foot surgery in December.  It's always awkward the first few times you go....learning the routines, getting your foot moves, etc.  I totally feel like the most ungraceful, uncoordinated swan.  (Which I'm pretty ungraceful & uncoordinated anyway, this just makes it worse!)  But Zumba is a really good workout and I lovse to sweat!  I look forward to getting back in the swing of things to srengthen my body and lose some weight.

 

WIRELESS PRINTING:  OMG.  Can I just say that this is wonderful!!!  We got a new desktop computer and printer recently.  Our new printer has wireless printing, so I can be anywhere in the house (or backyard) with my laptop and print whatever I need!  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!! 

Have a great week!



Craziness

I apologize for my 2 week absence, but things have been absolutely C.R.A.Z.Y. around here! 

It all started with the arrival of the Girl Scout cookies.  You may not know, but for the 6 weeks following cookie delivery, there is an endless supply of them somewhere. 

That somewhere happens to be at my house.  I store them and people who were missed in the pre-sale, don't know a Girl Scout, or who already ate all the ones they ordered and need more can purchase them.

Troops also purchase them and sell them outside of stores or walk door-to-door selling cookies.

So for those 6 weeks I have to be readily available to anyone needing cookies.

And LOTS of people need cookies!

Throw in all of our other daily activities, Rylee participating in 2 sports right now, Evan's swim class and pre-school schedule, regular activities, oh---and the fact that we have to squeeze meals, homework, laundry, etc. in all of that, and I am left in a tailspin! 

So please forgive my absence.  Contrary to popular belief, I haven't been sitting around watching soaps and eating bon bons! 

But I will make more effort to be a better blogger and will post more often!

Happy Spring everyone!!!



Got Cookies?

The Girl Scout cookies are in!  Yesterday was the delivery for the Clinton area.  I get the cookies for all the Clinton troops and they come pick up from me. 

This is what my garage looked like yesterday:

 

What I'm Lovin' Wednesday

It's Wednesday!  We're halfway through the week!  Only 2 more days til the weekend!  Yay!!!

What I'm Lovin' this week:

SLEEP:  Maybe this should go under the "What I WOULD love" title instead!  Evan has a habit of coming into our bed at night and he is the worst person to sleep with.  He kicks, he flops, he hates covers and he is just too big to sleep between us anymore.  We have tried everything to keep him in his own bed, but nothing works.  The past 2 nights have been awful, we have been up taking him back to his room several times a night.  So today I am super tired and would LOVE sleep!!!

Cake Balls!  Here I go again with my junk food!  But seriously, these things are SOOO yummy!  I made a batch this weekend just for fun.  I've seen them everywhere and wanted to try it myself.  They were pretty easy and so good!  They really should come with a Warning:  Highly Addictive label!

Rylee.  This is my sweet girl!  She is 11 1/2 (going on 25) and she is one of the coolest kids I know!  She is funny, smart, athletic, sweet, and beautiful.  She is in 6th grade this year and yesterday she invited me to come have lunch with her at school.  I went once at the beginning of the year and she wasn't too sure about the "reaction" that would get!  Ha!  But I went yesterday and all her friends were excited and she was excited and it was so much fun!  Then this morning she asked me if I would come once a month from now on!  YAY!!  I guess that means I'm not the totally embarrassing mom that she won't be seen in public with!  Maybe that will come in the next few years, but I know several of her friends wouldn't DARE let their moms come to school for lunch, so I feel pretty honored.  And we'll just stick with the fact that it's because I'm cool!

And last but not least, I am LOVIN' the sunshine!  It has been bright and sunny for the past 2 days and it just makes me so happy!  It hasn't been very warm, but I love to look out the window and see the sun!

Have a great rest of the week everyone!



Faith

When I decided to start this blog I promised myself I would keep it real.  I want to chronicle this adoption journey honestly as it happens and that includes the good, the bad and the ugly.  One thing I have consistenly read is that adoption is not for the weak, and I am finding that to be very true already!  However, I am also finding that it is difficult to be strong. 

At least once every few days I have a complete meltdown full of worry and doubt.  I worry over everything from "will we be matched with the right child" to "how will we EVER raise enough funds?" and everything else in between.  Any given day can be any combination of worries or none at all.  But my biggest worry is raising enough funds.  Some people think that just because my husband has a good job we should just be able to afford adoption.  Affording to raise another child is one thing, affording the Adoption Fees is quite another!  Approximately 85% of adopting families have to to some sort of fundraising.  It is quite frustrating since there are SO many kids who need homes and SO many families with enough love to give them yet the fees often deter people from even trying to bring kids home.  It's sad.

So today I am in full blown panic mode over paying for the adoption!  Tyson and my mom keep telling me to just "let go and let God".  But on days like today that feels easier said than done.  I am trying to learn to step out in faith and it's a hard lesson for me.  I am the person who needs to know when things are going to happen, how the outcome will be, and then I'm fine.  The unknown is uncomfortable.  And it's hard.

But I am trying.

 And I guess it's no accident that I sat down at the computer to look up some articles on attachment and at the top of the very first webpage I found was:



"Do not be afraid, for I am with you;

I will bring your children from the East and

gather you from the West.  I will say to the North,

'Give them up!' and to the South,

'Do not hold them back.'

Bring my sons from afar and my daughters

from the ends of the Earth."

-Isaiah 43:5-6



So for today I will take comfort in that. 

My Target Haul

I mentioned in yesterday's post how much I love Target.  I went there last night and bought a few things that were on sale and I had coupons for, which made them either free or next to free.  Here's what I bought:

Mouthwash

Dental Floss

2 Bottles Ibuprofen

All Purpose Cleaner with Bleach

Panty Liners

Hair Spray

Dryer Sheets

Dishwasher Tablets

Most of the items were the Target Up & Up brand, but really, name brand isn't necessary.

Grand Total for all 9 items?  $4.00

Yep. 

$4.00

I love a good bargain, and when I get a super good bargain at Target......bliss!

What I'm Lovin' Wednesday (A Day Late)

Unbeknownst to me, people are actually reading this blog!  Apparently I disappointed a few people with my failure to post yesterday's What I'm Lovin'.  Sorry.  I'm a slacker.  Actually yesterday was crazy busy and I didn't get around to it. 

We had our Culver's fundraiser last night and it went really well.  We were a bit worried at first because it was cold and rainy and we didn't think many people would come out.  But we had a pretty good turnout!  We have another one scheduled for Wednesday, March 23.  Come see us!

OK.  Enough jabber....I know you're only here to see what I'm Lovin' this week....so here goes:

(Geesh, kinda feelin' some pressure now!)

What I'm Lovin' this week:

McDonald's Sweet Chili Sauce.  This stuff is heaven in a cup, I tell ya!  I LOVE it!  I wish it wasn't only a limited time item.  But I'll take it when I can get it!  It holds me over until the McRib shows up again!  (The McRib is truly an item worthy of its very own What I'm Lovin' post!) 

Hmm, starting to notice that all of my posts include some type of not-so-healthy food.  I really don't eat a lot of bad food.  I just really love it!  ha ha!  But if we could fill a Krispy Kreme with Sweet Chili Sauce.....

Ok, that maybe wouldn't be so good.  But you know.

Target is my all time favorite store!  Not just this week, but for-EVA!!  I HEART Target!!  When I walk in the door, I literally have this calmness mixed with sheer excitement come over me!  I can walk around that place for hours.  I don't even have to buy anything, just being there is such a delight!  My secret wish is that my sweet sister-in-law Heather lived closer so we could leave the kids home and spend HOURS upon HOURS at Target together!  Just the two of us, perusing the aisles, loading up at the $1 Spot,  invading the clearance racks...

*sigh* 

What I'm NOT Lovin' this week is that we are predicted to get another 4-8" of snow tonight.  Ugh.  I am SOOOOOO

done with winter.  I really hope the weatherman is wrong and it misses us.

Bring on Spring!!!