These are my pictures. They are by Greg Olsen. I absolutely love these. I can't afford the real thing, but I can afford an outdated calendar and frames from Family Dollar. I thought they turned out great and will look nice in my spare / little girl's / sewing room.
Long time, no blog... Of course it has been busy here. When isn't it?? I have been trying to clean out our 2nd bedroom, which had become a catch all room. We had been talking about doing foster care for one or two, but that idea has been nixed. I think we would enjoy it if I didn't work full time, so for now I will still work on the room in preparation for a little one someday. Since I am cleaning it out, I figured I might as well paint and decorate while it's cleaned out rather than waiting til later. I have the paint and the decorations for under $70.oo. I was quite proud of myself. Since we have Good Friday off, I am going to paint next weekend. I enjoy it! My pictures for the walls are gorgeous, if I do say so myself! At $5.00 a piece, I definitely can't complain. I'll try to post some photos of them.
I haven't said much about our international adoption lately. That's probably because there's not a whole lot to say. We are in the saving money stage. When we get enough to cover the contract fees we will move on to the next step - dossier preparation. that step will probably take 6-8 months and twice as much money as the contract fees. So, it's kinda slow.... All in God's timing, but sometimes I do wish He would hurry just a little.
Life definitely keeps us busy, especially at work! Still working on making it more efficient so it will go more smoothly and not keep everyone hopping madly about! We're getting there. Spring is almost here and we are very excited. I can't wait to get out in my flowerbeds and Mike can't wait to get his mower started.
Haven't done a whole lot with kids for a while, but recently started helping with our junior church Easter program. Been really enjoying it. I do miss being around kids, but we may fix that if we can squeeze it into our busy lives!
Today we went to Philadelphia and just browsed around Reading Terminal Market, enjoying each other's company and relaxing after a very stressful week. We shopped at a few other places, did our grocery shopping and came home this evening. Didn't get any housework done, but definitely had an enjoyable day!
Wow! Time sure flies! I haven't posted for a while. It's been busy so I'll try to catch up a little. I went to Lyndi's last weekend and spent a wonderful time with three of my sisters. We went to "Magic Maple" at a nature preserve, went shopping, out to eat and talked , talked, talked and took pictures. Lyndi has the most interesting ones as she posed us all for a photo shoot. Got home late Sunday night due to many flight delays!
We've had a couple tragedies here. Our kitty, Bonnie met with a terrible accident and went to "happy kitty hunting grounds." Our snake Grumpy also departed. Not sure why he died, perhaps he couldn't get out of his skin. He was about ready to shed again. So our pet count is down to 2 birds. I would love to have a dog but the landlord says"no." So, no more pets for now!
