Moving fast!!!

2 months and 21 Days, and we are at #72!!! The referrals are moving fast the last week or so!! I feel like a total addict!!! Keeping busy helps, but any time I get, I'm online looking at what number we are. Lauren's room is just about done. All painted, Allyn hung the doors yesterday. And I'm starting to paint the family room!! I can't wait to get Lauren moved down stairs. She is so looking forward to it!! And I can't wait to have her old room open to clean and get it ready for Sahara!!! I love you baby girl!!!

Moving up!!!

We were at #80 for the longest time. Yesterday I checked mid-day and we moved to #77 and today we are #76!!! God is so good!!! As of today we have been waiting 2months 16 days.

Homeland Security mix up

I was at the mall yesterday and I got a phone call. Homeland Security! I had my finger prints taken on January 3rd at 9am. And I still haven't recieved my I171-H. (clearance) I could tell by his voice that this was a 7 foot, big, black guy!!! He said they never recieved my prints. I asked him to check my spelling of my last name, and there they were!!! He said I would get them by the end of the week!!! Yeh!!! It's comforting to know that they haven't linked your prints to some crazy cereal killer............

Waiting

We are still at #79 Everyone who really knows me knows I hate waiting!!!

Lauren's room is just about done. It's painted!!! The family room is just about ready for paint. I sanded the whole room, even though the professional said it didn't need it. Sorry Allyn..... He has been a real hunny about all this. He comes, does the work, leaves and I never even know he's been there. And he's not charging me full price. That helps!!!!!! It also helps that he's cute.

Tristan and his passion for the lunar eclipse

We moved up the list!!

We are now #79!! This is going to be a long process, but it will be in God's timing, for that I'm sure!! The basement is coming along nicely, thanks to the help of a friend. We are now painting Lauren's room, and the family room is almost plastered. We went to see the movie "Enchanted" tonight. I love it and will want Sahara to see it. I also got some great recommendations on some great books for her. "Shades of Black", I love my hair","Shades of us", and a series of "Jump in the sun fairly tale classics". A series of fairy tales like Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast... but the characters are black girls. I love it!!!

Fundraising and Selling

The worst part of this whole process besides the wait.....fundraising!!!! I saved quite a bit. I was going to buy a used Corvette, candy apple red, convertible, very sweet for a single woman!! But I had to weigh the instant pleasure of driving a sports car, and the long term pleasure raising children gives. The baby won!! I love my children and love being with them. I'm very selfish with my time with them. I'm not the mom that wants to get them out of the house for a little peace and quiet. I want my kids home, invite your friends over here. That's the only reason for making a family room in the basement. Which is getting further along, thanks to the help of a friend who isn't going to charge me what he should so he says. Let's hope!! We should be able to paint Lauren's bedroom some day this weekend if not next week!!! Yeh!! I had a fundraiser at church. I sold chocolates and Christmas candy for the season. I made a little there. I just applied to Shoahannah's Hope, and will apply to a few others soon. And I'm trying to sell everything not nailed down on Ebay. Lauren wondered how much we could get for Jacques?? If we need to sell every thing we have for 99cents, it will happen. God knows the way it will happen, we just need to follow His direction. God also knows the perfect timing of when Sahara will come home.