Camping Out

We are camping out! Not in the woods.... no,we are camping out in our own house!

I decided that I couldn't stand the kitchen anymore and that it really needed updating. One day during a weak moment, I told Bo my plans and he said "go ahead and pull the trigger." So I pretty much got out the shotgun and blew everything up. Two weeks ago we got the ball rolling and now we are "roughing it". The microwave and fridge are in the family room as well as the table. We are living off of paper plates and cups and cooking with the microwave and the grill until everything wraps up (hopefully next week).

I love that saying that "All who wander are not lost", but baby I'm lost. Sometimes people say that I live in my own little world, and I am ok with that - they know me there.

So I'm wandering....I'm looking for my happy place and I am having trouble finding it.

The kitchen is taped off like E.T.

I have a terrible headache - maybe it is the paint thinner? Maybe we should open a window? Can't do that - it's 90 degrees outside!




Everything in the cupboards had to come OUT - what a bunch of junk!


ET Phone HOME!!!!!!!



Above: Our "campfire cookstove"

Going the Extra Mile

Today Anne had her confirmation ceremony at our church. She has faithfully attended every confirmation classes - every other weekend for three hours -- for two years! Initally she started doing it with the promise of a car for completing it. But she says that she really got a lot out of it. We are very proud of her and her commitment to God today. We celebrated with a pool party/ BBQ at the house. It was 90 degrees and a beautiful day. We had about 40 people over to the house and we had lots of fun!

I have been wanting to post this link to a u-tube video that I LOVE. It is about living a purpose-driven life no matter what you do. It is about how one person can make a big difference in the day-to-day life of their fellow man. It is about letting the God in you shine through to others.

In honor of Anne's confirmation day, please take a look:

JOHNNY THE BAGGER

It's A Girl!

Joy to the world! My sister just called and informed me that I have a new niece! I am sooooooo excited! After a 3 year wait, they got their "referral" today and fell in love immediately with their new 2 1/2 month old baby girl. Her Ethiopian name is Etame and she is gorgeous.

I am so amazed at how much you can attach to a child after only seeing a picture. My first experience with adoption up close was about 11 years ago when my older sister Ann got her referral for a six-month-old girl from Korea. I had always wondered how long it would take to bond to a child that you had not given birth to. Even as an aunt, not a mother, I was shocked to discover how bonded I was to a little 3 x 5" picture. Once I saw that picture, that baby was a part of our family. Picking them up on the other side of the world a few months later was just a formality.

I felt the same way when that same sister went on to adopt another child (an infant boy) from Korea a year later. Then just a few months ago she and her husband added a joyous 6 year old boy (a "waiting" child) from Vietnam. Now my little sister and her husband have added to her family (she has a four year old son)via adoption and again I am in love with the baby in the picture.

I can't wait to meet her in person! Thank you God.

Polygamy - What's up with that?

It's been in the news alot lately. This group of people out in East Texas who are a radical branch of the mormon church and believe in polygamy.

I tell you, it is a cryin' shame what is happening to these people. It makes me want to head on out there in the middle of nowhere and save those women!

What, you say, could one suburban housewife do? Well, I'll tell you what my plan is. I plan to load up my SUV with a bunch of professionals and hit the road. I am going to grab some of the best hairdressers they have up at the local Supercuts and get a few personal shoppers from Kohls and we are going to help! Those chicks have got to be SO SICK AND TIRED of wearing frumpy hand-made tent dresses. I can't wait to get a good silky tank top and some short shorts on them. They will thank me for freeing them from their cotton bondage! And the hair ... I can't keep typing because their hair is so bad that it makes me too emotional... you understand where I'm coming from, right?

I'm not really into the whole time-share husband thing, although I'm sure it has it's pluses and minuses. But I gotta tell you that I would LOVE to have a couple of extra wives around! Especially these drones who do all the cooking and cleaning and childcare. That would free up alot of my time for some other important tasks. Important things like manicures, massages and lengthy gossip sessions at Starbucks are SO hard to squeeze into my busy schedule! Get those pesky household chores out of the way and I could accomplish alot more in life!

Too bad the guys started going for the young gals. That IS horrible. Seriously, no jokes about that. The sexuality with minors is absolutely inexcusable. But even if you put that aside, we have definite proof that these men are insane. I mean you would have to be out of your freakin' mind to want a 15 year old wife! When a teenager does the cleaning up, it looks like you have Stevie Wonder as a housekeeper. No thank you!