Cyber Monday

Hi everyone,

I promised to post a little something each day, right... well today - I'm going to cop out on you a little bit. I had a whole bunch of stuff planned, but time got away from me a little bit. I also am trying to finish up my New Testament Challenge by Sunday. I do promise to get a little something up everyday though!

It might just be in the form of pictures here for a few days.

Today, however, I wanted to give you all a little clue about my Etsy store - I'm offering free shipping for the holidays... so feel free to go check out the store - I'm adding new products right now, and doing everything I can to make your holiday shopping easier... so go check it out and see if there is something there that you'd like to purchase for some of those women on your shopping list.

Go check it out and see what you can find - you might even find a little something to put under the tree for yourself.


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Starbucks Giveaway

My bloggy friend Becky is giving away a Starbucks card over on her blog this week - so RUN don't walk over to her blog and enter to win.

I hope you're all having a GREAT Thanksgiving holiday. Mine has been incredibly busy - but I'm getting a lot done. It seems that I truly do need to fast track my next steps with the adoption process - so I'm trying desperately to get everything else done that I can for the holidays in order to free up some time to devote to our profile and paperwork after our meeting on Friday.

I promise to be back tomorrow - John is going to the Texans game - so I should have a few extra hours after church to come home and do some catching up on blogging. For now though - my new Christmas tree (we got it last year at the after Christmas sale) is kicking my butt. Off to do some more fluffing!



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Stick Babies Stick

My friend Summer had her third embryo transfer today, and it looks like she has gotten the best news about the condition of the embryos possible. So if you don't mind joining me in praying for her - I know that she would greatly appreciate being covered in prayer by as many as possible.

Summer is such a beautiful woman, and I truly think of her as one of my sisters... she brightens my days in ways that I can't even begin to tell you about. She's lifted me up when I've been down, and I've tried to be the same for her.

So here is my prayer for them:

Dear Heavenly Father, Please continue having your loving hands on Summer & Adam right now as she recovers from the proceedure of having her embryos transfered back into her body. Please keep those embryos strong and healthy during the transfer, and help them to find the best possible location to stick in and begin implanting. I pray that your will be done; and that Summer and Adam be able to add one, two, or all three babies into their family in nine months. I have gotten to know the people that those babies would have for parents, and I know as well as you do that they are truly a blessing. There aren't two more loving people ready to take on the experience of pregnancy and parenthood. Please help them get through the two week waiting period, and give them the courage and peace to wait for their answered prayer. In your name, I pray. Amen.

Summer - love and hugs to you... hang in there girl, and rest up... DON'T MOVE until those babies stick in there and get implanted. HAHAHAHA!


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Shopping on Black Friday

Because all of the posts floating around in my head are more of the serious variety - I wanted to start out with something funny before I start writing other things.

Black Friday is upon us once again, and I don't know about you guys - but I loathe this shopping day of every year. I feel like some sort of inadequate freak because I can't even imagine a world where I'd want to go out in the world to shop for Christmas gifts before the sun comes up.

I know some of you out there think this is the best day in the world, and I wish I had your warrior spirit. I just can't shop like that - I'm a much more slow and calculating with my shopping. I need time to process my budget, and figure out how much my budget allows for each person on my list... then I have to choose the best gift that fits in my price range. It's a tedious process!

I can't be forced to make those types of decisions at 6AM on the day after Thanksgiving. I just can't handle the pressure! Not to mention the fact that I sincerely think that Black Friday brings out the worst in humanity - during a time of year that is supposed to be wonderful.

The women shoving and jumping out of line to make sure that they get the last Barbie on the shelf is just not my kind of fun. I feel like I need to be armed with one of these in order to make it through that type of shopping experience.

I bow down to those of you that can handle it - you are truly my (S)Heros because you are shopping warriors... I would rather spend my day at Starbucks sipping something warm while shopping online... anyone out there want to give me an Amen on that version of Black Friday?



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I'm Alive

The title of this post says it all... I feel like such a loser blogger lately - but life is overwhelming me... and the holidays are coming.

Nothing brings on the panic quite like walking into your church the Sunday before Thanksgiving to see it completely decorated for the holidays... I almost had a panic attack. It is warming to the soul to see it - and to see the world transforming into the season that I love so much... but I'd like to know where in the WORLD I am going to find the time for all of the holiday things that I love so much...

My list of items on my plate that I care about without the holidays right now are:

1. Hanging out with my wonderful husband
2. Friends in crisis or just in need of love
3. Reading and Studying for my New Testament Challenge
4. Adoption
5. Nursery Decoration
6. Putting the rest of our house back together from clearing the nursery
7. Church Projects
8. Jewelry Business
9. Candy/Cake Truffle Business
10. Writing my book
11. Blogging

Now - lets insert the "To Do" holiday list on top of those things, and my head starts to spin...

1. Cooking
2. Decorating
3. Shopping
4. A big craft show that I must attend on Saturday
5. Baking/Candy Making
6. Christmas Newsletter
7. Christmas Cards
8. Parties
9. Cleaning
10. Adoption Profile
11. Hosting Family for New Years

Ya'll - I'm beginning to freak out again... DEEP BREATHS!! Sadly, I won't be enjoying the Black Friday shopping with family or friends this year - because I'm hoping to use that day to tick some things off of both of these lists. I'm going to need Starbucks and LOTS of it this season... or I'm going to have to start working out seriously hard so that I can add another hour to my day.

Although - is it truly adding an hour if you break even on the deal? Because I figure if you take an hour to work out - then you stay up an extra hour it's a wash... but then again... I'm just making excuses!

So I'm doing my very best to post as often as I can - and I do have a couple of posts that I want to write - I just need to get some work done before I can do that... maybe during my lunch hour I can squeeze out another post. I love blogging WAY to much to not be doing it more often than I have been.

Stick with me folks - I'm trying to get this train wreck back on the tracks and get us moving in the right direction again. Gentle prodding is welcome if you haven't heard from me in a few days! HA!

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