After hearing about this contest: I decided to look back over my history of blogs. I got a very slow start. I've officially had a blog for about 2 years. But the first year, I only made about a dozen or so posts. Most of them were pictures. But over this time, I've done quite a few things. I thought about linking the topics below, but I guess I'll let you search! :)
* I've posted lots of pictures (mostly of the kids!)
* I've set some goals:
Creating a prayer journal
Becoming creative in my correction (ala Lisa Welchel)
Post at least once a week. (And then I waited a whole year to post again! Oops!)
* I've shared insight from a variety of sources:
My MIL's garden
My son's recovery from surgery (and disappointment at his first step)
Potty training
New Hearing aids
Growing older
* I've tried to win some prizes and get referrals to programs.
I've had a lot of fun. And I'm going to try to be consistent in posting. Thanks for reading.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Black Friday
Yesterday was quite an adventure! My husband was (hopefully!) on the mend after a 5+ day migraine and 2 days of intensive (prescription) drug therapy. My MIL was sick, so FIL and I (both NOT cooks) had prepared Thanksgiving dinner with directions from MIL.
After that, I needed to get out. I didn't make it to the early bird sales. Heck, I didn't wake up until 10: 08 am. (But, in my defense, I was awake from 2 am to 6 am with the 2 year old!)
So, armed with cash (okay----gold dollar coins "borrowed" from the Disneyland bank) and my three angels (almost 10, 4 and 2). Oh did I mention that after 80 degree weather on Monday, we were looking at snow on Thanksgiving and following?!?! We live in the desert! So we bundle up and head out. My throbbing head just intensifies with the cold blast.
We headed to store number one. I decided to grab some food for energy (especially since I had nothing to eat this morning.) Everybody else thought the same thing. Our "quick" stop for a snack took about 20 minutes (for a pretzel and chicken tenders!)
The store was crowded (although I'm sure it was worse at opening time 6 hours earlier.)
After making our selections, we head out to the car and buckle up. As we are leaving the parking lot, 4 year old cries out, "Potty!" Since this is a recently mastered skill, I know not to mess around. No time to park and get everyone out again, so we head to the gas station across the street. We made it just in time.
After that, I needed to get out. I didn't make it to the early bird sales. Heck, I didn't wake up until 10: 08 am. (But, in my defense, I was awake from 2 am to 6 am with the 2 year old!)
So, armed with cash (okay----gold dollar coins "borrowed" from the Disneyland bank) and my three angels (almost 10, 4 and 2). Oh did I mention that after 80 degree weather on Monday, we were looking at snow on Thanksgiving and following?!?! We live in the desert! So we bundle up and head out. My throbbing head just intensifies with the cold blast.
We headed to store number one. I decided to grab some food for energy (especially since I had nothing to eat this morning.) Everybody else thought the same thing. Our "quick" stop for a snack took about 20 minutes (for a pretzel and chicken tenders!)
The store was crowded (although I'm sure it was worse at opening time 6 hours earlier.)
After making our selections, we head out to the car and buckle up. As we are leaving the parking lot, 4 year old cries out, "Potty!" Since this is a recently mastered skill, I know not to mess around. No time to park and get everyone out again, so we head to the gas station across the street. We made it just in time.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Vacant Quivers
John and I are working on an Infertility and Adoption workshop at our church. It will be January 19th. We are working with a team of doctors, lawyers, adoptive parents, and others interested in the process of building a family. The title Vacant Quivers is a play off of Psalm 127:3-5, "Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth. happy is the man who has his quiver full of them..." (NKJV).
We first thought of using empty as the opposite of full but then felt that this might alienate the adoption crowd. So,we finally settled on vacant feeling that this would be inclusive of both groups. Many families have "vacancies", even if there are already children (by birth or adoptIon).
Here is the link for promo material: http://myweb.cableone.net/vacantquiver/event/
Here's the promo video:
We first thought of using empty as the opposite of full but then felt that this might alienate the adoption crowd. So,we finally settled on vacant feeling that this would be inclusive of both groups. Many families have "vacancies", even if there are already children (by birth or adoptIon).
Here is the link for promo material: http://myweb.cableone.net/vacantquiver/event/
Here's the promo video:
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