An Update Finally!

Well, if you have been looking on here for an update, I am sorry you have not found one before now! For some reason blogspot was not letting me access my blog page for well over a week so I could not make any posts. Sorry for the delay. I had typed up a nice email to send out to everyone, since I couldn't access my blog. Well, something happened before I got it sent. My "3 page" email is gone and now I have to start over here. Such is life.
Yesterday, Faith was sick so we stayed home from church. (She's fine today). We watched some movie "The Frog Prince" or something like that. A frog was teaching alittle girl how to be a princess - making her walk around with a book on her head. Well, guess what Faith is doing today!?! Yep, walking around with a book on her head.
What has happened since the last post....well, like I said, I had typed up a long email. I had these great plans to just copy & paste it, but as you know already, it's gone. I am not in the 'mood' to write another 3pg letter so I'll just give you the cliff notes version! 8-)

I am doing well, and was able to go to a "heart conferance" 2wks ago. It was basically a support group put together by my doctor, nurse & the hospital. The neatest thing for me was to be able to speak with the main speaker and his wife. He was born with a heart condition also, and I soon found out it was exactly like mine! I had never, ever met another person with my same heart condition so it was really cool! While we were born with the same condition, we have been down somewhat different roads. I have only had 3 surgeries and considering all, have been very healthy. He has had 10 surgeries and was a sickly child...being pushed around in a wheelchair in highschool. In high school I was taking care of 4 wild mules and chasing them all around the neighborhood! I didn't have time for a wheelchair. LOL
Honestly, I went to the conferance to gleen medical support. In the end I came away praising the Lord for his great mercy to me! While I have had to live with this limitation in my life, I have been very healthy and led a pretty normal life. The Lord also showed me that he created me very uniquely for a special purpose. No one can do the work He has for me as well as I can...just as no one else can fill the work God has laid out for you. (Yes, I knew this already, but sometimes the Lord has to remind us and show us his truths in a different light).

Another update would be our adoption. The Lord has provided for us financially and we were able to send our dossier (paperwork) to the embassy. Since sending it off, we've had to send 2 more documents. we are praying this last document will be the last and our dossier would go through as is without any problems. From the Embassy the dossier will go overseas where it will be registered. Once registered, we will be sent a travel invitation. When we receive that invitation we will be traveling asap. The common question is "when will you be traveling?" We do not know. However, it is very possible we will be going before the end of the year. It will be 2-4months before we receive our invitation.

With all that, we still have one more update! 8-) Two weeks ago we were blessed with another nephew! My "little" sister & husband had a baby boy. I was very blessed to be able to go down with my sister-in-law to see the new baby. We had a grand time with our 3 girls...driving 7hrs. We made many memories and had a great time. Let's just say I will never, ever look at "STEAK and SHAKE" (resturant)again without laughing! But you know, when girls gotta go, girls gotta go.... 2 Moms & 3 little girls went tromping through a sit down resturant to the potty, and tromped back out (Both Mom's wore their sunglasses in and their sunglasses out!!)

I guess that's about all for now. My breakfast dishes are staring at me as is my treadmill. Until next time........

Alittle Late

Well, I was in a pattern of blogging once a week - on Tuesdays. Something happened this week. It's Thursday, and I am just now blogging. oops...I'd better get my act together and be alittle more consistant with this.
Since my last blog - well, we went camping with my oldest brother & his family last weekend. We had a nice time and certainly enjoyed seeing them. The down side was that I won't get to see my brother for awhile as he is leaving this Saturday for Hawaii.....to live there! Who knows, maybe I'll talk my dear hubby into vacationing there so we can visit them....yes, I know 'good luck with that one!' But we did have a fun time with them, and it went way to quickly!
Faith is finding out what it's like to have bug bites. That poor girl is like I was when I was little...bug bites ALL OVER and can't leave them alone. She's had some nasty ones, that only got worse with her scratching & digging at them. "Mommy, I need a band-aide" is a very common phrase around our house.
Oh, a funny story....This morning I was working on the computer. I thought I heard the fridge door open & close. Then I heard Faith go outside and come back in several times. Finally I thought I had better go see what she was up to. When she saw me she asks "Momma, do you want to go check for eggs?" Sure, so off we set for the chicken house. Now, we have 21 baby chicks (that are about 2 months away from starting to lay). We have 3 adult chickens that lay 2 white eggs & 1 brown egg daily. We opened the chicken house door, and low & behold, there were 3 WHITE eggs. We only have 2 chickens that lay white eggs. (For those of you who do not know, chickens lay 1 egg a day....) I was coming to the conclusion that one of our "baby" chickens must have started laying earlier than normal! Then Faith started laughing and she said "I put those eggs there from the fridge!" Huh, that would be why they were COLD when I picked them up! That little stinker......I am not sure if her Mommy's ornery side is starting to rub off on her or what. I am still laughing that she put that much thought in to playing a trick like that!
Speaking of Miss Hilerious...she has been pestering me every since I started this post. She wants to play a game. I told her as soon as I was done we could either read books or play a game. I'd better go...
Until Next Time.............

August Already

I can hardly believe it is already August!! Where has the summer gone? The summer is almost over and my little girl is growing up way to quickly!! She will be 4 in less than a month!
It appears that of late, I have developed a habit of only writing on here once a week. I guess maybe I don't have any great news very often. So, what has happened since last week? I am continually getting stronger. I actually vacuumed yesterday. It wasn't the easiest thing to do, but I managed to get done what I had set out to do. The vacuum was already in the room so I didn't have to drag it through the house. I have not yet taken any laundry to the basement. I've been told I will be in trouble if I try it. Some of the oddest things still bother me. Sneezing is still alittle painful. Washing dishes makes me short of breath, but I can walk 3 miles. (No, I don't like doing dishes, but it really does wind me!)
This past Friday we had a family gathering at Mom & Dad's. It was nice to see 2 of my aunts (Dad's sisters) and a cousin that I don't get to see very often. I think the kids had alot of fun playing together also. Atleast Faith is still talking about it.
This afternoon the neighbor came and mowed our pasture. It was very nice to have that tall grass mowed (and eventually bailed). Faith enjoyed sitting out under the tree watching him.
Oh, another item of news would be our adoption progress. We were able to send our dossier (paperwork) to our agency for pre-approval. We have received the pre-approval and now will be sending it on to the embassy as soon as we receive directions for doing so. Things are progressing really well right now. We are praying that it will continue that way. If you think of us please pray the dossier is approved at the embassy without difficulty and that the Lord would provide the funds we need to pay for the remainder of our fees. If you have a great fund raiser idea, we are certainly open to suggestions!
I think that about sums up this past week. Have a great day!
Until next time..............