Once upon a time we were two people with two incomes and normal expenses. We didn’t know we’d have a ginormous adoption bill to pay, or hospital bills from multiple surgeries. We didn’t know we’d have fertility drugs to buy or specialists to see. So if we wanted something, we’d usually figure out a way…

I was visiting my sister Sara Sunday and she showed me the coolest thank you gift she had just received. Sara had taken some food and goodies to her neighbor who had just given birth to her 4th child, and the neighbor brought over the cutest thing. How this woman had time to whip up…

My nephew Jake started pre-school today. How on earth? He’s only 2 & 1/2. He’s so excited though and showed off his turtle backpack and his little lunch box on Sunday. So cute. Man, it seems like he was just born! Joey’s now 8 months old. It hit me that he’s about the age my…

As part of my fall cleaning pre-homestudy spree, I pulled all the slip covers off the sofa and arm chair and washed them. Ike and Kea were not thrilled. This meant I found their secret hiding place for rawhides. While I was putting the slipcovers into the machine, Kea made sure to remedy the rawhide…

Our Social Worker, Teresa, visited this morning and it went great. The house looks great and we got a lot of things crossed off our home project list like paint mailbox post, paint front door, transplant flowers for front porch, paint both up and downstairs hallways, the half bath etc. Teresa was so friendly and…

This is what our front door looked like when we bought the house. Country blue and in dire need of a good sanding and paint job. Frankly it was in dire need of a mercy killing, but a new door is not in the budget. So I painted it. And this is what happened: At…

You guys are the best. Thank you for all your kind words and support. I took a sleeping pill last night and finally got a good night’s sleep so today I’m so much better. And I just got an email from my SW that she has to reschedule to Sunday morning due to a death…

Our home study is on Friday and I’m a nervous wreck. I’ve literally made myself sick over this. I’ve been throwing up for the past few days. I’m so nervous. Everything is riding on this one day, this one lady, this one opinion. This woman can make or break our chances to have a family.…

The techno geek in me is going insane. Why did all these cool new gadgets have to come out right when I couldn’t be more cash strapped with the adoption and all. I mean, my priorities are in line and I’m not out maxing out my Visa, but man, the temptation is there. First there’s…

The yard sale went great! We were up way too late Friday night putting out signs- we were delayed a bit by a friendly police officer. Then the alarm went off way too early Sat morning. I couldn’t believe I was up and dressed and dragging stuff out to the driveway before 6. Shannon arrived…