some good….. one not so good.
Burnng computer….not good.
I was burning a candle and I guess one of the boys pushed it a little too close to the computer… so when I pushed the monitor back to take the glare off the screen, I pushed it right over the flame… not long after I smelled something. [...]
Archive for December, 2008
17 Days until Christmas…
Posted in Adoption, Africa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia Trip, Family Life, Life, Parenting, The Boys on December 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So I didn’t get a post in for two days but I must say I am doing much better than the previous months, right?
Saturday I got to go out shopping (had a few free item coupons at Bath and Body Works, and we hit the huge Scholastic Books warehouse sale, and took back a few things [...]
I’ve got one minute….. 20 days to go.
Posted in Family Life, General, Mothering, cooking, crochet, projects on December 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Said I would post everyday so here it is a post. It is 11:59 pm…… sorry not very interesting… more later.
**UPDATE** Looks like it didn’t post on Dec. 5th… my computer clock must be one minute late. But hey it was the effort that counts right?
What we did today- got up, had coffee (me), played [...]
(21 days to go) Almost threw up today…
Posted in Family Life, General, cooking on December 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
didn’t, but almost.
Cooked my first whole chicken … and pulling the giblets out of the carcass’ cavity made my gag reflex go into overdrive. Not to mention the feel of the chicken’s skin… holding it in my hands to rinse it off made me think of a baby and washing my kiddos in the sink [...]
22 Days To Go ….
Posted in Crafting, crochet on December 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
and I am back again. I bet you thought I couldn’t possibly post three days in a row. HA!
So I don’t know what it is about the holidays, but every year before Thanksgiving, maybe even closer to Halloween, I get bit by the crafting bug. Now, I am not really a crafty person. In fact, most [...]
23 Days (until Christmas) and I’m Back Again
Posted in Family Life, Life, Pictures, The Boys, Utah on December 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Are you surprised?
Thought I would catch you up on some of the missing months of our lives. Let’s start with July and August
We left Utah the first week of July and arrived back in Shelton after the fourth. On our drive here our living situation changed and we ended up staying with some friends of [...]
One Year Ago Today
Posted in Adoption, Baby E, Ethiopia, Ethiopia Trip, Family Life, God, Jesus, The Boys, love on December 1, 2008 | 6 Comments »
we brought this little boy home. I remember the day like it was yesterday.
He left the arms of the three people he loved most in the world ….. and entered the arms of strangers…. It was a rough beginning for him… for all of us. He was sick and scared. We were just [...]
Count Down to Christmas
Posted in 1 on December 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have some catching up to do. I know….. I know…. It has been over 4 months since my last post and you have probably all been holding your breath waiting for me to reappear. HA Let’s just say things have been interesting these last few months and I haven’t known how to put it [...]
