If any of you follow my husband’s blog, you know we have been in training to become foster parents. Well today, finally, after long months of preparation, we received our first child! I am over the moon I am so happy. He’s a healthy, active one-year-old boy. I absolutely could not be happier. I have… Read More My best day ever – and his worst
Hubby and I have entered the world of foster care. We will be working with at-risk infants. That will be the ones born with drugs in their systems, or ones who aren’t gaining weight appropriately, or have feeding tubes, or need apnea monitors, or have broken bones, or are living with other similar issues. We… Read More Whatever you did for one of the least of these …
Selling fireworks was exhausting! I was so tired after my 10 days or so of selling them that I didn’t even set mine off until the 8th. I got to try Ground Bloomflowers, which are pretty cool, they spin on the ground and make a pyramid shape of fire that changes color. Gyro Blooms do… Read More Fireworks, when the selling is over
Selling fireworks is fun. Dealing with people who purchase fireworks – not so much. My church does a fundraiser every year by selling fireworks. We price our fireworks lower than anyone else, and sell a BOATLOAD of them. Sparklers, fountains, spinners, snakes, smoke balls, poppers, you name it. Even Uncle Sam hats! Over the two-week… Read More Selling fireworks, and applying it to backyard farming
One of the things that fits very nicely into my new office-less lifestyle is volunteering. I enjoy volunteering. There’s something about stepping up and doing a job for someone who needs it, who has no means to pay you back, that feels good. I guess it’s one of the things that proves to myself that… Read More I only feel old on Thursdays
