1. John had an interview last week for a great job in the same territory he had before. He wants this job soooo bad. On Friday the manager called and told him to relax and have a good weekend and not to worry. We hope that means a job offer tomorrow!!!!

2. I overheard Lily trying to teach Wyatt about the calendar and heard her say "tomorrow February, no January, January die".

3. I finally figured out why so many Suburbans are parked on the outer edges of parking lots, those buggers are hard to park and back up. I traded my Honda Odyssey in for a Suburban and well let's just say I love it but I am adjusting.

4. We have the crud going around at our house. Thankfully short lived and not too bad. But anything takes a while to go through 5 kids and maybe 2 adults...

5. We had a little ice here in SC over the weekend, something many Southerners panic about. That could be proved by the long list of churches that cancelled services today. Thankfully our church just posted that all services would remain as usual but please use your judgement as to whether or not to drive. No problem, ice was minor.

6. If you are ever in the hospital, seriously thank your nurse. It is a hard job. I cannot tell you how much it means to me to be thanked and surprisingly it doesn't happen enough!

7. I joined the Great Weight Loss Challenge at work last week. Hopefully it will be the motivation I need to get this weight off. I have such a hard time sticking to something so I hope this little contest will help. The winner takes home almost $1000 bucks! Now I can think of a lot of things to do with that.....maybe a HS?

8. I am going to have my first contest this week ever! Stay tuned for details......

Have a great and Blessed day!

When men stop believing in God they don't believe in nothing; they believe in anything.
—G. K. Chesterton

Want to know what someone is thinking about before being deployed to the Middle East? Then check out my brothers blog at Intheworldnotofit.wordpress.com . It just makes me appreciate our servicemen and women more, knowing what they have to go through.

Want to know how the family left behind is handling it? Then check out his wife's blog at janieboots.wordpress.com It makes me appreciate their familes sacrifice more, too.

Last week I celebrated a birthday...

Per my request John made me the Pioneer Women's Best Chocolate Sheet Cake Ever. It did not disappoint.

But the best part was sharing it and celebrating it with my family.

I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family. Thanks for a fabulous day.

Next year my birthday will mean something totally new...for I will be 40!

I finally updated Lily's Website. We only have 4 more updates until our One Year Gotcha Anniversary, so hard to believe. Just click on her picture on the left sidebar if you want to check it out. If you regularly check this block it won't be a lot of new stuff.

Just about everyone I know is on Facebook. Vote. Make a difference. This is BIG.



The contest starts on the 15th. The prize is $1 million. Just imagine.

During Upward Basketball Saturday Lily caught me daydreaming during the prayer. She said " mama put your head down, they're praying". I was a little embarrassed and chuckled to myself. She may not understand everything about our faith yet but she definitely gets praying.

A friend I have recently met is DTC for her precious son Hudson. They are raising money for their adoption. One way they are raising money is through selling t-shirts on Adoption Bug's website. The t-shirts are really cute, I just got mine Friday and it is so soft and colorful.

Please consider hopping over to Adoption Bug and buying a shirt for yourself or a gift for someone and help bring Hudson home.



My shirt:

Today John was informed he was being let go from his job. We were sure this was going to happen and were mentally prepared for it. He is job hunting in a very bad job market for a highly sought after job. We are focusing on the positives as much as possible. This morning on my way home from work I was listening to Air1, a Christian radio station from CA. They were talking about how we worry so much about how we are going to take care of ourselves, how we will provide for ourselves. They talked about a Bible verse I love. One that I have on a plaque hanging on the wall in my home. One that John and I talked about this afternoon while trying to reassure each other that it will all be ok.

Look at the birds of the air, they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable that they? Mathew 6:26

We know God is in control. We know that one day this whole situation will just be a distant memory. We know that God is faithful. We know that God will not forget us. We know that God can use this for his good. I have faith that he will.

Which reminds me of another plaque in my home I have mentioned before..

Faith: It makes things possible not easy.

Lily's choice of drink with Supper last night?

Eggnog. It was so hard not to say something but hey she needs the calories.

Overheard between Wyatt and Lily while looking at an alphabet book.

W: Are there a lot of people with names that start with W?
L: No, just two. Wyatt and Will.
W: Ah, cool!