tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18134411736934624652011-11-11T21:01:41.512-05:00crazybelovedMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.comBlogger1131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-40287622761323249362011-03-09T12:31:00.000-05:002011-03-09T12:31:56.632-05:00WW: Watch Your Back.....ground,
and your foreground.
Oh, never mind, just put the camera down you are running down my batteries.
Oh, I think I have the solution.
cleaning up, or
no, that wouldn't be any fun at all.
...and we take our fun pretty seriously.
I am proudly sharing these photos of the kitchen we renovated three years ago, that is just the right size for Paul Bunyan's wife; when we had noMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-71845219007238388622011-03-08T11:18:00.000-05:002011-03-08T11:18:32.629-05:00Long Past Due Update: AmazingYes, in practically no time at all, our 6 month post placement report is due. The worker came Friday. I had forgotten she was coming and I was so incredibly glad we were home. She said she hadn't meant to make a surprise visit. That's cool. The house wasn't half bad except for the fact that we had a week's worth of laundry standing around waiting. Mickey was home to fix the dryer and Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-20367507530139825162010-12-14T22:33:00.000-05:002010-12-14T22:33:24.673-05:00Worth the WaitI have been trying everything to get my kids to smile. Making them study, do their chores and wear shoes rather than flip flops when they leave the house in below freezing weather. Yeah. The smiles have come few and far between. Let's just put it this way, have you seen the commercial for a cruise vacation where there is a young teenage girl who doesn't smile except for when there is a tannedMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-58936728888247371912010-11-17T11:17:00.000-05:002010-11-17T11:17:28.909-05:00Wordful Wednesday in the Woods Several weeks ago, while the jet lag was still beating me down, we took this show on the road for a day trip to the nearby national park. No one fell in the water.
They were grinding corn in this mill the day we were there and if you wanted to take some fresh cornmeal home, you could.
Again, no one got wet. Really.
Remember I said, "Jet lag". It was about three a.m. And the sun is in my Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-73807894526573370512010-11-09T15:21:00.000-05:002010-11-09T15:21:07.974-05:00Right on TargetWhy am I running to the store again? This time for T.P. Another non-negotiable. He really doesn't use all that much more of anything. He really is just one small child.
Need anything while I am out?
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What an encouragement Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-46371247234343145912010-11-05T16:39:00.000-04:002010-11-05T16:39:42.969-04:00Tap Water:This conversation took place the first week. He was SO respectful throughout this precious conversation.
Thirsty Boy: (Looking around the table at every family member over the edge of his cup) Is this tap water?
Someone: Yes.
Thirsty Boy: (Sniffing the cup. Pulling a face.) It smells yucky.
Someone: Maybe you are smelling the dishwashing detergent in the cup?
Thirsty Boy: I think it is Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-52305007518436048842010-10-26T18:35:00.000-04:002010-10-26T18:35:05.980-04:00Warning: Cuteness Ahead This boy loves a map.
Which we needed at the Safari Park.
Did I say he really loves a map?
I was SO bummed that the Divas were not here.
Dude almost got eaten by a Giraffe. (Not really they are herbivores.)
There were a lot of babies.
(That is her baby's head sticking out under her arm.)
It was a wonderful day.
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We stayed at this hotel. Here is the view out front by day. Even with not much going on, it is spectacular for the sheer volume of activity. The reason I traveled when I did and stayed as long is because National Day was coming. The few days I was there prior to the beginning of this week long holiday allowed me to appreciate the increase enormous increase in the number of people on the Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-28637775887058222012010-10-26T09:03:00.000-04:002010-10-26T09:03:33.777-04:00Day One: China Having landed on Friday night, I bounced up Saturday morning for an appointment in the Civil Affairs Office for Gotcha Day. Okay, bounced is not really the right word.
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Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-30975736239430390262010-09-29T22:03:00.006-04:002010-10-26T15:43:56.080-04:00He said it best...Robert Pierce, founder of World Vision said, "Let my heart be broken with the things that break the heart of God."
Skin taut across her cheeks and forehead, tiny mouth and tongue trying to suck the air. No, she is on a schedule. She ate at 8:30. It was ll. There was another hungry baby, but she was asleep. I guess.
Another baby. Blue face and hands and crying. I picked her up and made Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-83996946659842292602010-09-26T04:39:00.003-04:002010-10-26T08:53:59.546-04:00"Nothing Hard Is Ever Easy."*While we were in the office, there was another couple there.
They had a baby with them, so I thought they were there to do the same thing we were. They were clearly also from another culture so I chalked their solemn demeanor to that.
When she stepped out to the toilet, her husband come over and explained. They had received their child a few days prior.
In less than a day it became clear Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-45506386992856471922010-09-26T00:22:00.003-04:002010-10-26T19:45:23.991-04:00We Are HereI could tell you about the most beautiful skies I have ever seen on the flight to Chicago.
I could tell you about the instant connection with Sister Nelson in the waiting area at O'Hare.
I could tell you about the pleasant seat neighbors and the much better food on American than the airline I flew last time when I came here.
I could tell you a lot of things that might be interesting to someoneMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-28984830524692114042010-09-20T08:12:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:21.280-05:00Now...finally. Enough Pressure to Get Started.Remember in school? I guess I am the only one who did this. I used to wait until the night before a project was due to write it. Before computers. I had a typewriter, but I hated using it because if I made too many mistakes and ran out of correction ribbon... The second half of the paper would be filled with white-out or I would have to labor away with the little films... Ugh. So about 8:Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-75937534678653900662010-09-17T17:14:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:29.295-05:00Booked and Packed...or just bookedIt has taken 10 days, but I have an itinerary. I am completely mystified as to what to pack, though. And I need to get gifts for all the different people along the way. I'll need someMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-40353453952790317142010-09-16T09:08:00.003-04:002011-02-07T17:05:21.415-05:00IronicYes, I know I am supposed to be doing the 30,000,000 things I have to do before I leave for China a week from today to be gone for three weeks, but when I got Mama Kat's assignments this week... I found a new and brilliant way to procrastinate. I am really looking forward to being in a space between drama so I can blog for the heck of it.
We had been living with my Aunt(my mom's Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-31045212255182831862010-09-08T09:37:00.004-04:002011-02-07T17:05:21.436-05:00YESYes, This started out to be an adoption blog.
Yes, I promise.
Yes, It did.
Today, it is.
YES! We have Travel Approval.
(Today or tomorrow(at the latest Thursday. ~insert eye roll~), we should receive confirmation of our consulate appointment -- Sept 28 or 29; Oct 6, 12 or 13. Then back up 14 days and that is when I need to be in China. I may get to be in China for some national holidays Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-62942240406767426322010-09-08T09:32:00.000-04:002011-02-07T17:05:29.304-05:00Lord, You are GoodMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-25485063137238758172010-08-27T08:51:00.002-04:002011-02-07T17:05:21.448-05:00Wait? I Got Your Wait, Right Here. I am fit to be tied. I am a basket full of hag. I can't sleep. I'd like to say I can't eat, but, no. That doesn't seem to be a problem. I am barely able to put together a to do list; much less concentrate on the task.
We are SUPPOSED to have that Article 5 thingy. Actual documentation has not been confirmed. We are all humans here, if a ball has been dropped, just say so. I drop themMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-66981771686149743472010-08-24T08:15:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:21.577-05:00I am NOT...repeat NOT in ChinaThank you, friends, for all your encouragement following my last post nearly a month ago. The truth is I was acting like a seventh grader and I have realized that I do have a lot of friends IRL and blog. Some that I think are both... Thanks, y'all.
What happened is that so much was happening, I just kept waiting to share all the wonderfulness and more would happen and I lost control of my list Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-27077243704064660152010-08-22T20:39:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:29.312-05:00There is just too muchNow I have delayed updating and there is too much to say. Too much living. Too much talking. Too much answering. Too much progress. Too much time between movements. Too much to hope for and too much to do on my own.
Just like before. But now for some reason. I have no idea where to start or how to share.
MMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-70251355688792257332010-08-04T20:52:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:29.321-05:00Well, now... Ah! That was refreshing...
The last time I posted, was a Thursday. To anyone who read that generally dull, whiny bit, it was clear. I was in a lousy mood. I felt as though I had no answers. The next piece of redundant literature generated by a process involving two of the world's largest bureaucracies was late (run-on and on sentence-- Stroud Holt is broken out in a rash somewhereMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-55585121464584065362010-07-29T17:34:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:21.717-05:00Have You Ever...Have you ever tried to be friends with someone and they blew you off like they didn't realize you were trying to be friends?
Have you ever tried to convince yourself it was really just that they had decent boundaries and you are acting like a 7th grader?
Have you ever secretly entertained the wish that the situation would be reversed and she would try to be your friend, so you could do the sameMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-2023733431544765472010-07-23T14:01:00.002-04:002010-10-26T08:54:20.889-04:00The Real Cost of Adoption(Please take a look at the links included in this post)
I was so encouraged / challenged by comments made on the fundraising post, that I have taken every suggestion. To that end and, it is necessary to address how does the price tag compares to the value?
One adoption blogger compares it to the cost of a good used car. How much does adoption cost really? Fresh, Local, and Best Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-3026050261588640792010-07-20T18:15:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:29.332-05:00One Step CloserWe received an I-800 provisional approval today.
We can expect the NVC notification letter in one week.
Article 5 in two weeks
Travel Approval 1-2 weeks
TA to Consulate Appointment 2-3 weeks.
TA to travel departure 1-2 weeks.
Time in China to complete the adoption process 2 weeks.Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-16140739926645691322010-07-20T14:12:00.005-04:002011-02-07T17:05:21.788-05:00Big Random Post This had to be random, because I spent all of yesterday making the buttons in the sidebar. How does someone with only 46 followers need a button? Because she only has 46 followers. One is for fundraising for our adoption. If a few of 46 people pray for Isaiah to be home and share in our story, that will be great. The buttons were a learning experience. The blog will be undergoing some Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-56206112929394494832010-07-19T18:51:00.004-04:002011-02-07T17:05:21.794-05:00Button, Button, Who's got...my button(s).
Please check it out.In the sidebar.One for the boy.One for the blog part.Hope it's right,and not too vain.I need the practice,and won't complainif you weigh in.Do they work?Are they cute?Does it make sense?Are they moot?(gimme a break I am trying to rhyme)Without Jennifer and Oikology 101,there would be nothing at all.I'm full of myself,but I am having a ballwith love and support Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-28567679528943978892010-07-16T10:14:00.003-04:002011-02-07T17:05:21.848-05:00Two Boatloads of Filthy Talk* As a kid I was taught that it was "gauche" to talk about money and characteristic of people who didn't know anything about money. If you know where I come from, you can laugh at my people for using the word "gauche" ( say 'Gosh' with a long o sound-- french for left, connotes in English...awkward ).
(insert sound of record scratching here)
I have to get over it. NOW. Time is running Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-24871229272214154722010-07-08T11:28:00.002-04:002010-10-26T21:29:45.517-04:00100 by 100There are 100 things I'd like to do before I celebrate my 100th birthday. Well, quite number more than that, and the fun stuff more than once. But you know...I have to digress in some direction(the jury is still out on whether I need some meds for the ADD). Since encouraged to take a moment to contemplate the future's starlit canvas ( what?), here is the list of things so I have it written Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-59584046510174282922010-07-07T10:12:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:21.860-05:00Wordful Wednesday: Disadvantaged YouthThe truth is; my children, who have always been homeschooled, feel that not enough attention is focused on them. When ordinary people go through an awkward stage in middle and late childhood, people were still stopping us to tell me how beautiful they were. They are, apparently, pretty fast runners. And if all this wasn't enough, they are...ahem....EXTROVERTS. They are 13. If someone is notMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-57363511457289338392010-07-06T21:36:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:21.913-05:00Who do I think I am? Ya know, things are just out of control here. Mostly just inside me, but the two not-so-little people outside my mind get in my head from time to time and that is why I have not yet told my husband that he has track for the rest of the summer. Hats off to parents of different age, different gender children.
Just to update you on the past several posts:
1) I now carry kleenex in my Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-47400006637289381532010-07-05T18:31:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:29.342-05:00Hee Hee, I was just killing a little time and thought this looked fun.
Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-76424168917162466972010-06-25T10:43:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:21.944-05:00Family ResemblanceWe hear that our son:
doesn't dig morning,
hates to lose any competition,
doesn't express sadness where folks can see,
and doesn't really care for fruit...
Just like his dad.
I wonder if he has an, "I'm clever" face that he makes when he cracks a joke he thinks is funny and doesn't really mind if anyone else does or not.
Hmm, I guess he does.
Can Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-26849152443712756992010-06-23T16:54:00.003-04:002011-02-07T17:05:21.949-05:00WE HAVE LOAWE HAVE RECEIVED OUR LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE FROM THE CHINA CENTER FOR ADOPTION AFFAIRS. JUST IN CASE YOU HEARD SCREAMING.
36 days from LID...Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-73047264547101616952010-06-23T10:03:00.002-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.004-05:00It's a Marathon Not a Sprint It has been awhile since I have rung the adoption bell around here.
To bring you up to speed, I have no computer skills. I started blogging because we began to pursue adoption and all the Yah*o group members asked if I had one. I started in October, thinking that the adoption would thunder along and we'd be traveling in April. Don't laugh. I really did think that. I had been Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-42343661197166538762010-06-22T10:52:00.005-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.008-05:00I Win. Again. Just like the runway walking model and the captain of the Titanic, I have again hit the humor lotto. I am not sure how this is happening, but it feeds my heart. I just love funny. Warning: if you are not yet a parent and/or have a weak stomach, you may not want to read any further.
I mentioned last week, that the girls made the competitive track team. It has made them so happy to Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-35283608272341126522010-06-20T22:43:00.028-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.016-05:00Who's Your Daddy? People say that a person's understanding of the love of God can be shaped by their experience of their earthly father.
Um, I would have to agree.
I always just thought that God was the strong, silent type, just like my dad. God is strong. He doesn't 'talk'. His Word is complete. If His response to my need is covered in there (and it is), then He doesn't have any reason to talk outMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-65707124411445497952010-06-18T20:17:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.088-05:00FridayWe are doing the garage sale to raise money for the adoption again... The unusual suspects were there.
The girls made the competitive track team. When all the kids in school were signing up for activities, I signed up for library aide. So we are all learning something new.
It is hot like Africa.
We are 31 days past LID today, I saw a 61 day LID. We need to raise more funds, so I am Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-18095364354258974672010-06-15T10:57:00.007-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.119-05:00A Little Help from a Friend... Most of my blogging friends are NOT my age or stage in life. Most are younger because they came up with the computer as a household fixture, much as the color TV set and rotary dial phone were for me. Here is a little something to tuck away for the future. It may be useless, but it is all I have and if I can give someone else a boost into the lifeboat, that is what I would do.
My Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-15278487370328324022010-06-13T07:00:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:29.352-05:00Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-40035930908800959692010-06-11T11:32:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.128-05:00Can you hear me laughing????? On the way home from dropping the divas at Art Camp, I heard an advertisement on the radio. There is a new attraction in a nearby destination town...OK all you have to do is G**gle it...The Titanic in PF, TN. Well, this ad was all children telling what there is to do at Titanic. They listed off several things, like dipping your hand in 25 degree water and so forth, then one little voice Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-37769521383638764442010-06-10T12:04:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.133-05:00Thursday Thank-OffThis post will refer to God, if you prefer not to partake, I understand and look forward to connecting again another day.
This is a thank-off. I am thinking like a "Bake-Off" where everyone gets to participate who wants to, and not like a "flip-off" where there are only the flipper and the flippee involved. The idea is that if you would like to participate, then please post a comment thanking Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-57924420227899899162010-06-08T14:36:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.137-05:00Afraid to take a chair. Two. ~Families who were DTC (dossier to China) after us are now beginning to receive their LOA (Letter of Acceptance).
We are about to go for the second garage sale. The first was phenomenal. I hope the second can be as well.
I have been reading a book that was recommended by another Christian, Adopting, Blogging Mom (I can't find the entry on her blog where she tells about it). TheMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-31172568955920293002010-06-03T18:21:00.003-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.162-05:00I am hungryI have had a Weight Watchers Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, a fistful of peanuts(the kind you crack out of the shell), a peach and a PBJ. And I am still hungry. Really hungry.Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-7646850654068863972010-06-02T15:44:00.003-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.170-05:00I WinI saw the funniest thing ever. No matter what you saw today, I know for sure mine is funnier.
I was in Target(not even Wal-Mart. I know, right?). I was looking at the cool notebooks(yes, there is such a thing as a cool notebook on the day after school is out for the summer). A girl of about, oh, I'd say maybe 25 - 30 years old with straight, dark brown hair in a pony tail, in shorts and aMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-66573242770235753172010-06-01T11:25:00.004-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.174-05:00Mom Tip: Garage Sales Thank you to all who wished us well and prayed for a good result. The sale went well, as the weather was perfect every minute we were open, When we packed up after day two, we didn't have to imaginatively cram everything back in, and WE RAISED SOME FUNDS!!!
Having bargained with God for the last two weeks like a prisoner awaiting execution, I can now present the:
CRAZYBELOVED GUIDE TOMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com79tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-76159271561226124942010-05-24T17:45:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.180-05:00Fundraising EventWe are having a HUGE GARAGE SALE to raise money towards our adoption... sponsored by our lovely friends who are letting us have a sale at their house which is in a "garage sale neighborhood."
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
MAY 28-29, 2010
8:00a.m. to 3:00p.m.
If you are going to be in the Knoxville area and would like more information, please email me
IF YOU HAVE:
-ITEMS TO DONATE
-TABLES TO Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-89641220936072175892010-05-17T07:44:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.208-05:00I Know the Wait has Been Killing You, It is finally here...
Now is your chance to vote for the Divas and Superboy in Dumb Mom's DON'T HATE ME BECAUSE I AM BEAUTIFUL PHOTO CONTEST over @ Parenting BY Dummies.
Join us over there and vote, vote, vote. There are real prizes for this one, guys, and Grand Prize includes $50.
Because we have discovered what it takes to stem the flow of consciousness- an award...
Thanks so much Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-66692420895921239212010-05-14T12:37:00.002-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.244-05:00...And My Mind Went Completely Blank After quite a Wednesday, I woke up yesterday to a message from Glowin' Girl @ Sugar Tails telling me that she was giving me an award... What an honor from someone who encourages everywhere she goes and blesses through her writing and keeps her focus where it belongs...on Christ. And to be included in the AWESOME company of the other blogs she included. I'm not worthy. After six months of Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-43424101980683515952010-05-12T10:52:00.004-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.248-05:00thisboy
...has learned to swim and ride a two wheeler and read; in English(his second spoken language), if you please. He is not yet six.
His sisters...have always been similarly brilliant.
I can't even imagine how I was chosen for the privilege...
I linked this post to Wordful Wednesday at
Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-75715194085093451062010-05-11T10:34:00.006-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.306-05:00Invited to the Table...Afraid to Take a ChairBecause there are a lot of kinds of waiting...
The events of the past couple of weeks have left me shaken and weak. I have only one friend who knows about one of the events and only Mr S. knows about the second.
I am poised to be in awe of the power of God, but I am too impatient and short of attention to wait patiently for all that will happen.
I was blessed to have a conversationMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-42656115965029011852010-05-11T06:27:00.002-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.345-05:00Exclusive Update
5/11/2010 11:45am Shipment delivered. Beijing And Surrounding Area, China, People's Republic
Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-42916599375289505262010-05-10T20:15:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.352-05:00Late Breaking News:DHL says about the package containing my dossier...
5/11/2010 3:26 am Depart Facility Beijing And Surrounding Area, China, People's Republic
Yes, for those of you who could not hear the screaming or who heard something and went to hide under the bed...it is almost to China Center for Adoption Affairs. They will have it for a week or so before we are Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-43002028925776664522010-05-07T10:35:00.005-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.357-05:00Photo Oppor-two-nityJust to keep things fair...I am entering this photo of Diva E. in Dumb Mom's Don't Hate Me Because I am Beautiful Unbelievably Cute Baby Photo Contest @ Parenting By Dummies... You can vote starting at 6 a.m. May 17, 2010.
Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-63415402127270676642010-05-07T10:15:00.008-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.385-05:00Photo OpportunityI am entering this photo of Diva M. in the Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful Photo Contest for unbelieveably cute kids...(or something with the longest name ever)@ Parenting BY Dummies. You can vote for this photo starting at 6 a.m. on May 17, 2010.
Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-22939955998439996972010-05-06T10:49:00.012-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.396-05:00Dossier Drama After months of warnings that it could happen, yesterday I sent off to Madison Adoption Associates the documents that will become our dossier for China.
It was a really weird day. I felt happy and irritable. Even though I was trying to get it all done in an orderly manner, I was assaulted again by that feeling of unworthiness. In the end, I squeaked in just before the arrival of Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-75000201050561157972010-04-26T06:53:00.002-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.405-05:00All Y'allGood Morning! I am @ parenting BY dummies for Make New ifriends Monday... I am so excited the stalking worked to be invited to share on my favorite topic.
Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-28026392554303577482010-04-22T18:05:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.461-05:00Twenty-Five Years of Thank Y'alls The nephew I mentioned earlier in the week is turning 25. That intrigued me, because apparently, while my future sister-in-law was pushing, I was at the prom or some other such serious minded task. Yep, My Faithful 14, this year is the silver anniversary of my high school graduation. I didn't attend the 20th reunion. I really don't remember why, but it seems now it was for the best. Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-9509138152208012892010-04-19T12:08:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.506-05:00Identifying with My People We have a lot happening in our lives this week. Today is birthday to my Nephew(on my Husband's side), my Great-Grandmother (on my Mom's side), and my Cousin (on my Dad's side). Happy Birthday everyone!
Thursday is a true holiday...My husband was born on this day in 1969.
It is also the date in 1889 Oklahoma was opened to homesteading. At the gunshot that morning, Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-60116908566667180042010-04-15T16:45:00.009-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.576-05:00A Little Something for the Newlyweds: Nobody's Feminist I remember the day. The week, the month and the terrible, teeth-clenching year. Sometime during our first year of marriage, some smart aleck one in our Sunday school class threw their wise head back and let out a hearty laugh and said, "Whew, the second year was the hardest. I have heard a lot of people say so." When Mickey and I got in the car later, I looked at him and he looked Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-33972286287175015732010-04-14T09:08:00.003-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.584-05:00Wordful Wednesday: Happiness is...I feel that I am always complaining about the view out my little window on the world. Which is wrong because really...this is what I see.
And this...
And this (Yes, that is her on the right).
Both dog and DIR* are bigger now.
See this kind of happiness can only be had when you leave a man in the car with a camera while you go in the party goods store.
I Hate Easter Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-60621816610527792902010-04-13T12:45:00.004-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.804-05:00Ground Zero: The Mom Tip Tuesday Edition{Warning: This is a long post. But there is a reward for getting to the end.}
Almost everyday of my parenting life, I have said...
"We can't go on like this."
And yet we have.
Right, now there is a child pouting and muttering to herself in the upstairs bath/laundry room while she folds beautiful, fresh, sweet-smelling laundry.
It has gotten to be a disease in our home...this Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-23975795621014922502010-04-09T16:20:00.004-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.836-05:00Friday Fragments: Sort of, Like CrazyEncouraged to gather up the random fragments of thought and experience of my week, I realize that I miss the humor of my life. People used to say, "Maggie, you're so funny." Or, "You're so funny, Maggie." They have stopped. Is it because I am exposed to people who are so funny that I exercise that need and don't have to supply it for myself anymore? Or is it because I am not funny anymore? Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-620642798817044992010-04-07T21:51:00.022-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.850-05:00Thank me later Thursday: adoption{My dear elegant eight, I know several of you are adoptive parents already and these are things you know. Please feel free to weigh in heavily in comments to illuminate or correct. As I know you know the passion to share this miracle with whosoever will...}
You need to know some things when you jump in.
1) this is a pain in the rear. A 14 year-old in the backseat of a Buick can become a Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-1802630878412716202010-04-06T10:11:00.004-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.921-05:00Mom Tip Tuesday: "In these days of want and woe..."*One of the things, I was known for when I was a young mom, was thrift. Yet with exhaustion to the point of burn out, and having for awhile, the ability to keep up with the Joneses (both the neighbors, and my cravings); I lost my edge. I mean it. Totally, just vaguely remember the skills of enjoying life for less. My biggest problem, is not wanting to cook my food.
Today, I am combining "No Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-19109173792101709892010-03-31T10:02:00.004-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.950-05:00If Wishes Were Horses...we would have to move, because you can't keep them in the city.
We had to get out of the house yesterday, so after the library and Sears Optical (who hasn't gotten the frames in to replace the ones she broke when she was mad ), we mysteriously found ourselves in Target. I no longer enjoy going there when I have no money to spend. When it was just Mickey and I, my average Target bill was Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-50022088864663938272010-03-30T12:35:00.009-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.978-05:00Mom TipTuesday: Do Something while You Are Waiting I am a failure of the typical "To-Do List". You see, more and more, I am finding that I am a rebel at heart. I loved, loved, loved, making that list. It was a good, comprehensive, impactful list. Yet, day after day, I would do everything EXCEPT what was on the list. One day, a couple of year's ago, I ran across a Bible verse* that spoke to the reason I would not do what was on the list.Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-9249642221188159952010-03-29T12:06:00.003-04:002011-02-07T17:05:22.996-05:00Monday Media Center: Grab Your Spacesuit We're Going to China No one was more offended than I, bookish introverted classic that I was when I moved from a top tier traditional classroom to a modern open concept school that didn't have a library, but a media center. I determined for myself, as a fifth grader, that media center was the same as library with fewer books.
But that is another story.
Since it is only right that I learn all I can Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-37609532494153512592010-03-28T18:17:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:23.002-05:00Sunday Snapshot: On the seventh day thou shaltDo no labor.
Notice the flip flops next to the winter coat.
Well, yeah, a lot of this is mine.
The viewfinder could not grab wide enough of an angle.
Okay, really this has been worse.
Just as I suspected. I am the only one who notices.
No wonder I hate Mondays.
Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-77988468254498712582010-03-26T17:05:00.001-04:002011-02-07T17:05:23.011-05:00reallyrebelthe rules are made for people; not people for the rules. Yet, they are more than guidelines. And today, I am getting in touch with my inner Fred Sanford. Here is what the community at large needs to know.
1. the rules of the road. Yes, really. If we all go by the 9th grade driver's ed handbook, we will still arrive at our destination in the same amount of time, maybe quicker. Generally Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-8136190136927443312010-03-24T11:18:00.005-04:002011-02-07T17:05:23.014-05:00wednesday wordWe are overwhelmed.
We had a blast.
It is not about luck or strength. It is what happens when people just love. HE shows up.
Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-19161941376929677412010-03-12T09:42:00.004-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.023-05:00celebrateupdateYay! Please help us celebrate the following list of events, listed in no particular order:
We have received the I-800A receipt, which precedes the finger printing appointment.
A particular legal document that we needed has been executed and is, as I write, winging its way here by U. S. Postal Service.(One day when I can't think of anything to write about, I will tell you about my strange Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-47189043284658602562010-03-11T10:26:00.006-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.033-05:00tdaytipThank me later Thursday is changing to Mom Tip Tuesday. It just is. I tried to read DM's post, but I hadn't had my coffee and the bolts holding my chair to the base snapped. The chair fell to the right side, slamming my head in to a piece of furniture(she may have explained the change, but I had to go be Mickey's "life caddy*" for a few minutes and drink some coffee...)
I can tell you, I am Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-26697410092829094142010-03-10T11:01:00.003-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.050-05:00herignorificanceIf ignorance is bliss, this must be nirvana.
I am so devastated to realize what my expectations have done to cause hurt to others.
My kids have been driving my NUTS with their entitled thinking.
THEY APPEAR TO HAVE GOT IT FROM ME!
This is totally adoption related. Our first adoption was really easy and I was told not to expect that again, but apparently I never guessed to what extent that Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-22460958675314387712010-03-09T12:29:00.010-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.103-05:00tuesdayfortuitousHappy Tuesday. I decided to go Jen* style who is going Un-Mom style, today. Which is great because, although I am not named Jennifer, I am feeling pretty un-mom today. My six followers will tell you, I am random all the time. I feel that it is "a major award" to celebrate Random Thoughts Tuesday because random thought is really my wheelhouse as far as brain activity is concerned.
The word Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-1735323480521787602010-03-08T10:10:00.003-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.248-05:00mondaymoodMonday. Or if you live in the country, Mundy.
I love morning but until recently, I didn't get why people disliked Monday. It was a fresh start. Over the last several months, I have begun to understand the "I hate Monday" person. I have been getting up and doing the hand motions to the same old song that I have heard too many times to enjoy any more and the irritation never stops. I feel Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-3825410780540627252010-03-03T13:09:00.005-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.256-05:00quittintimeI found myself aimlessly looking at the "blogs I follow" for the blogs I follow. Somehow, I stumbled into...
again. This is the third time I have read her writing and every time I am shot through the heart. Today being no exception, and I wanted to run screaming through the house in practical disbelief that someone out there said what I had been thinking. And so well. She is right. WeMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-77155282593630986372010-02-27T09:39:00.003-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.267-05:00itsgoneThe letter is gone. The USCIS application is gone. Now we wait.
While I am waiting. I am going to let off steam. And I am glad for the opportunity to do it.
I am going to flush out the friends I haven't seen since we moved and bring them on board. Somehow.
I'm gonna join more silly parties if I find them. I'm gonna link up with more silliness(why does that sound sort of crass?). I might Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-67755935686281424262010-02-25T18:18:00.006-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.288-05:00hopeyou...thank me at all.
THEY ARE WORTH IT. I don't care what your kids have served up today.
There has been some strident criticism served up to the private adoption practioners in the United States lately. A famous money guy, who shall remain nameless, says that it is too expensive because of this and that and blah blah...
The Emperor has no clothes.
Emperor. You. Have. No. Clothes.
Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-31875667189893190702010-02-24T12:12:00.006-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.307-05:00heregoesLater today, I will mail out a *letter. Although,this is strictly a fundraising effort for our adoption, I have run into myself again. It is interesting where the rubber actually ends up meeting the road. I really really tried to get this letter out before the end of the year. I was really trying to get the DTC by the original deadline of January 12. Yeahno. There was crying and whatnot. Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-7621373197982967242010-02-23T12:03:00.004-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.321-05:00currenteventsDue to a tax time miracle, there will be advancements on the adoption front.
Isaiah's foster sister has been Skyping with her forever family and he is frustrated because he can't see his family. Sandy is frustrated because we can't tell him and we are frustrated because we have been skyping from time to time and can't tell him. It is like a Christmas present you are really excited about. It'sMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-39195168329133829412010-02-18T14:54:00.002-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.354-05:00thinkingthursday I came across Cornbread and Chopsticks while trying to figure out what a blog was because people were asking if I had one. I have come to respect and truly enjoy Annie's approach and her voice. Her post today is so eloquent for what she doesn't force. Please go for this link and consider what your heart may prompt you to pursue. It may not be international adoption. It may be something else.Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-10764726890784726352010-02-18T08:29:00.001-05:002011-02-07T17:05:29.383-05:00thursdaytiredUmm, yeah...that wasn't decaf. I was up all night. Thank you Target Starbuck's kid.
Thanks be to God; good things happened this week.
--yesterday the girls and I had good fun getting our face on(yeah, that took three people).
--I hung out with some gals while the kids were at Wed. Nite Church.(see above). It was a fun time.
--an author that I just found and love is not only from Oklahoma, Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-31270022402892852422010-02-17T16:57:00.002-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.367-05:00wildhairYou know sometimes you are in God's Waiting Room(a term I dislike), and something silly comes along and you are swept away... that is me today. I don't know how I got here. This isn't me. I don't have the skills. Or the organic gifts, but it seems like a fun time. So Tator Tots and Jell-o said that Stories of A to Z said...
So I said...
Here it is in all its nature...Now this is a bigMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-9782589259567784972010-02-11T17:08:00.009-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.377-05:00permissionslipMy only task this afternoon is to overwrite the dismally grim previous post. To that end, I am publishing the essay that is to blame for this blog in the first place. You can thank me later, but remember to thank DM at PBD too.
Grandma v. Guilt:
I was fortunate to have two grandmas who knew how to get the job done. I could go on and on about the ways Lucy Bernice or Mary Emily might go Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-57210158211172854682010-02-11T12:46:00.011-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.388-05:00headlinesYou can...Thank Me Later.
A man shot two women in an elementary school yesterday. He was a fourth grade teacher in the school; he had not been offered a position for the '10-'11 school year and felt that gunning down the principal and assistant principal was the go-to strategy for being understood as an asset the school shouldn't overlook.
I can't help but think of how I would feel if my Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-19580117342527385082010-02-05T17:32:00.003-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.406-05:00todid I have not made a big enough deal about what has gotten done.
...besides looking out the window.
I have taken "Before" pics.
We have gone to the Nature Center...
Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-19794985001633581982010-02-04T13:36:00.006-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.435-05:00youcan... I got this great idea from Dumb Mom over at
It is the perfect gift to give my kids. Instead of telling them for the "umpty-millionth" time, the "why" behind the outlandish things I say(request, suggest, offer, or command); of which they, themselves, ask to be informed. I Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-28855997064984232882010-02-03T08:53:00.002-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.457-05:00gravypleaseI went a little crazy on my yahoo group today about the cost of adoption. I thought I might need to have it to look back on later. I am afraid I took too forceful of a tone, but it all rang true for me. I will need to know what is really inside me later when I am sad that a pound of hundred dollar bills hasn't fallen from the sky.
Yet.
...I do not see this as more or less expensive than the Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-32079123333159550152010-02-02T18:50:00.005-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.486-05:00biggestloser My husband says that I have a "reality tv" problem.
No. I. Don't.
I have a coffee problem, and a Target problem and a magazine problem, and, starting just recently, a blog problem. When I was in college and weighed one twelve and looked like I was carved out of tan, I had a swimsuit problem. Believe me if there is a problem it is not reality television.
But I Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-17619586684629429782010-02-02T17:21:00.005-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.493-05:00coffeeis ...hot.brown.rich. legal. cheap.socially acceptable. a little substitute personality. "the false
anointing". cool. soothing. understanding. mediating. beautifying.
sustainable. politically correct. on every continent. movie stars
drink it. missionaries drink it. educators drink it. I drink it. you drink it. we drink it. they drink it. mmm. Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-29637003780732292022010-01-30T11:55:00.003-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.537-05:00fulldisclosureI feel like it is for the benefit of the archival nature of what I am doing here that I be perfectly candid about why I seemingly took a break from the brain battering job of putting together all our paperwork.
I really did expect that the Lord was going to do this on a timeline that was roughly established in my mind.
Oops. I know. Right?
When I realized that was not going to happen, but Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-80450758271931759402010-01-30T11:08:00.001-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.549-05:00onceagain...I have worried and dreaded an worried and put off and fretted and complained and whined and it took me an hour last night and under thirty minutes today to complete two little tasks that have been at the top of the to do list for a month. YAY!!!!!Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-90672651854025003922010-01-28T13:45:00.003-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.572-05:00womaninspiredSurround your family with language. By taking them there!
Travel to Paris, Madrid and Barcelona with Homeschoolers from all over the United States. Join Rosetta Stone Homeschool, Heart of the Matter and Fusefly on the inaugural Homeschool Language Learning and Networking Trip August 2-11, 2010. Become immersed in new lands, explore history, culture, art and community. And truly speak to the Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-51171474823570883622010-01-23T10:12:00.001-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.575-05:00gonnahafta...face it I'm addicted to blog.
I'm not sure how I got here. I think I am behind the times. The adoption people are responsible for starting me out on the mild stuff. A nice way to keep up with the journeys of those who are anywhere along the process with you... Then they get home and share how the adjustment is going for everyone. They are cute and imaginative, so you think,"Hmm, I wonderMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-36080167305174901762010-01-23T09:35:00.002-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.579-05:00hauntedhouseOur neighbors had a group, who checks your house for ghosts, come to their house because they were curious. It turns out, their giant craftsman style house was once a convalescent home. Apparently, it was standing room only for the "spirits". I was thinking of having them come by. My house seems to be haunted by a drunken well-digger who hasn't washed his hands and has to hold both walls to Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-12004700967469885752010-01-21T07:50:00.001-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.582-05:00timeline2I haven't posted in awhile, because I have kind of had a block... I have been looking at others' blogs so much that Mr is looking for a 12 step program blog addicts-- blog. I got kind of intimidated that others are having so much fun and their blogs are SO co-ordinated. I thought mine was cute after I added wallpaper. Uh. No.
This morning I woke up with so many ideas. In fact, liking them.Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-9963087233218245122010-01-07T10:49:00.004-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.626-05:00royalgreeting George Washington declined to be referred to as "His Exalted High Mightiness" in favor of "Mr. President". He also didn't want to be president. He did it anyway. He didn't want to be elected to a second term. It happened and he served. The right way. You see, Americans were concerned that the office of president would become just like a king. George stood up and lived it with no one toMaggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813441173693462465.post-3950092252290245212009-12-30T09:37:00.001-05:002011-02-07T17:05:23.669-05:00turnsout...it's not just paper pregnant; it is paper labor, and there is no epidural available.
...there is no laundry fairy.
...when you stop taking the sleep med that is making you nearly psychotic, you don't sleep.
...there is no kitchen fairy.
...when you only get 3 hours sleep, sometimes you forget your job description. ("What is it that I do here?" "You are the mother." "Ah, I see...What is it Maggie Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868420054002987499noreply@blogger.com0