Christmas ornament/Rearview Mirror Decor/Whatever you want it to be!
Item will be customized for you.
Starting Bid: $5
Bid in increments of $1
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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Bookmarks
Handmade Bookmarks
Jumbo paperclips with beautiful ribbon accent. Auction includes 5 of these!
Starting bid: $1
Bids should be made in increments of $0.25
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Saturday, February 4, 2012
Daddy's Corner - Daddy is confused...just go with it..lol
Hi Natasha, it's Daddy!!!
Well, my darling daughter it's been quite the awesome week. We are getting a spot at next month's flea market here in town where we will be selling some stuff and raising money to help bring you home hopefully that much faster. Another big thing we are doing to raise funds is coming up in April. We are going to have an Un Birthday party. An Un Birthday party? I know, I was confused too when I heard it. You see, in the movie Alice In Wonderland, they apparently have an Un Birthday party to celebrate that it's not their birthday...or something like that...that's why I'm confused Natasha...I've never seen Alice In Wonderland...(audible gasp)...yes, it's true...your dad is a goof...there's actually a Disney movie that he has not seen. Anyway, I digress....this party is going to be really cool. There is going to be people dressing up as characters from the movie and we are going to have food, a bake sale, items auctioned off....a whole slew of really nice stuff has all been donated in the hopes of bringing you home sooner to your mommy and daddy, your two brothers and your whole, huge fan club. Oh, by the way, every time I show off your picture, people are always telling me how beautiful you are. They say you are adorable and a few of them say you should be a model...you are already daddy's little princess. Tomorrow is the Super Bowl over here. It's the game played to determine the championship of football. For me though, since my team isn't in the game...GO BEARS!!!.....I will be watching it as usual for the commercials. There are usually some pretty cool ones and a lot of times people wind up talking the next day more about the commercials than they do the game itself. Now, your brothers are going to try and convince you to learn the phrase...go packers...Please, my darling daughter...do not listen to them...they know not what they preach...listen to your mother and father when we say GO BEARS...lol. Speaking of your mother...I went into your closet today to put something away and your closet is already filled with clothes for you. You might not wear the same thing twice for awhile. All the clothes are really cute though and I'm sure you will love them. Well my love, as I always tell you about this time...keep looking to the moon and stars, be thinking about us and know that we are doing the same thing over here. The time for us to be together is coming sooner and sooner. I love you Natasha and I'll talk to you again soon. Love, Daddy
Well, my darling daughter it's been quite the awesome week. We are getting a spot at next month's flea market here in town where we will be selling some stuff and raising money to help bring you home hopefully that much faster. Another big thing we are doing to raise funds is coming up in April. We are going to have an Un Birthday party. An Un Birthday party? I know, I was confused too when I heard it. You see, in the movie Alice In Wonderland, they apparently have an Un Birthday party to celebrate that it's not their birthday...or something like that...that's why I'm confused Natasha...I've never seen Alice In Wonderland...(audible gasp)...yes, it's true...your dad is a goof...there's actually a Disney movie that he has not seen. Anyway, I digress....this party is going to be really cool. There is going to be people dressing up as characters from the movie and we are going to have food, a bake sale, items auctioned off....a whole slew of really nice stuff has all been donated in the hopes of bringing you home sooner to your mommy and daddy, your two brothers and your whole, huge fan club. Oh, by the way, every time I show off your picture, people are always telling me how beautiful you are. They say you are adorable and a few of them say you should be a model...you are already daddy's little princess. Tomorrow is the Super Bowl over here. It's the game played to determine the championship of football. For me though, since my team isn't in the game...GO BEARS!!!.....I will be watching it as usual for the commercials. There are usually some pretty cool ones and a lot of times people wind up talking the next day more about the commercials than they do the game itself. Now, your brothers are going to try and convince you to learn the phrase...go packers...Please, my darling daughter...do not listen to them...they know not what they preach...listen to your mother and father when we say GO BEARS...lol. Speaking of your mother...I went into your closet today to put something away and your closet is already filled with clothes for you. You might not wear the same thing twice for awhile. All the clothes are really cute though and I'm sure you will love them. Well my love, as I always tell you about this time...keep looking to the moon and stars, be thinking about us and know that we are doing the same thing over here. The time for us to be together is coming sooner and sooner. I love you Natasha and I'll talk to you again soon. Love, Daddy
Check out my friend's auction :)
This auction is posted on my friend Christina's blog. She is not adopting the little girl who the auction is for, but she loves her so, so much! Go check out what she has to offer!!
http://loveforallchildren.blogspot.com/2012/02/saving-her-auction.html
http://loveforallchildren.blogspot.com/2012/02/saving-her-auction.html
***GIFT BASKET GIVEAWAY***
I had to delete the original post for this giveaway because I couldn't change something in the blog post URL, but this is the exact same giveaway, nothing has changed about it, it will still end at the same time. Below is a picture of the screen print I took of the comments on the original post so everyone who was entered, is still entered, I know who you are! If you haven't commented yet and you donated (I know 3 of you haven't yet!) please comment on this post so I keep everyone in one place. Thanks and good luck!
This giveaway is going to feature TEN gift baskets, all of which will be given away to those who enter. In the below post you will see EXAMPLES of gift baskets, not the exact gift basket itself. This was a kind of spur of the moment idea so I didn't pre make any baskets, but I did troll the net for pictures, and got some fabulous new ideas!
Here are the 10 that are up for grabs:
1. Movie Night basket (2)
*** This basket will feature a family friendly movie, popcorn, candy, soda, popcorn bowl, throw blanket....everything you need for a great night in!
2. Family Game Night Basket
*** This basket will feature a game that can be played with the family, candy, popcorn, soda, etc
3. Dinner and a Movie Basket
*** This basket will feature everything you need for a warm meal, complete with recipe, and a romantic movie to watch together.
4. Cold Night, Good Book Basket
*** This basket will feature a good book (selected from a top seller list/popular book list) and everything you'll need to cuddle up and relax on a cold night!
5. College Days Basket
***This basket is perfect for your college kid, or teenager...or just someone who is a kid at heart! Features lots of yummy snacks and other fun time-passers
6. Baking Lover's Basket
***This basket features everything you need to make some delicious baked goods!
7. Welcome Home Basket
***This basket is perfect for a housewarming...a very practical gift containing common/popular kitchen/household items
8. Pamper Me Please Basket (2)
***Candles, Bubble Bath, and all the trimmings. The ultimate "me time" basket!
There are 2 baskets (#1 and #8) That are always a hit, so I'm offering up 2 of them, so that's a total of 10 baskets!
Here is how this is going to work:
Each entry is $5
you can get an entry for free just for reposting this on your: blog/facebook/twitter/emailing your momma...whatever! Let's get the word out!
Please comment on THIS POST so we know who entered, and how many times:
Example: "I donated $10 and reposted on facebook" (BOOM...3 entries! WOOT!)
If you don't let us know you entered, we can't add you to the drawing! This giveaway is going to run until Feb 15th so if you enter today for $5, but next week you find a $20 bill on the grocery store floor, you can come back and enter 4 more times!
On February 16th we will select the people who will receive prizes using a random online generator and post the results promptly.
Good luck!
Friday, February 3, 2012
Quick update :)
Wow life has been kinda crazy lately! (gee I wonder why? lol) I used to get bored during the day but lately there is always SOMETHING that needs to be done and I find myself wishing I had time to get bored! haha
Yesterday my hubby was off so we took a little drive to Nashville. First and foremost, we wanted to give our boys a family day, no computers, no tvs, no video games, just the 4 of us. A lot of people don't realize how much WORK an international adoption is! It's like a full time job in and of itself, and when you throw fundraising into the mix it becomes TWO full-time jobs! Sadly, that means that everything else tends to get put on the backburner and Dave and I have made a pact to never let one of those back burner "things" be quality time with our boys. Yes this adoption is an amazing journey, and yes we feel blessed to have been called to save our sweet girl and call her our daughter, but we also know that God would never want us to lose sight of the miracles that are right in front of us, our sons. They need mom and dad to be physically, mentally, and emotionally present...and it's tough to juggle that sometimes but we're making it happen. :)
While we were in Nashville, we stopped into the Down Syndrome Clinic at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital and met some wonderful people and got some really useful information. We're so grateful to be within a couple hours of what I consider to be one of the best children's hospitals there is. They also have an international adoption center, and you can have your child's medical report looked over by doctors who have experience in deciphering the jargon that is used by doctors abroad. I'm sure we'll be taking advantage of that pretty soon! If you want to find out more about Vandy's DS clinic or the international adoption center, I'll post links below.
We got home around 11pm last night, the kids were knocked out, I was wired and so was Dave so we decided to keep the momentum of quality going, and we decided to just hang out together in the living room and watch a couple movies. :) It was really nice to spend time together just the 2 of us. I'll admit though, during the 2nd movie I started working on a project for our unbirthday fundraiser....I'm sorry honey but there was no way the movie "Moneyball" was going to hold my interest. Not even Brad Pitt could keep me invested in a baseball flick! LOL
So, as for the project I was working on the the unbirthday party, I made the drink menu! It's really cute and has pictures for the kids to choose from, and I gave all the drinks Disney related named. It's going to be a dry event, so these drinks are "mocktails". I'm not a drinker, but on top of that I think it would be really hard to justify having an event that almost caters to children by using a Disney theme, and then serving alcohol...that's just not classy...lol
So, that's where we're at! Tomorrow I'm going to contact our agency and see what's going on with our visas, find out what I need to do, etc...so we're plugging along!
Don't forget about the gift basket giveaway my friend has offered up. Ten awesome gift baskets are up for grabs and the giveaway ends soon so check it out. Here is the link to that post:
http://love--conquers--all.blogspot.com/2012/01/guest-post-gift-basket-rafflegiveaway.html
if you repost the link on facebook, twitter, whatever...you get a free entry so tell your friends!
Have a great day!!!
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Vandy Links:
http://www.childrenshospital.vanderbilt.org/interior.php?mid=254
http://childrenshospital.vanderbilt.org/interior.php?mid=259
Yesterday my hubby was off so we took a little drive to Nashville. First and foremost, we wanted to give our boys a family day, no computers, no tvs, no video games, just the 4 of us. A lot of people don't realize how much WORK an international adoption is! It's like a full time job in and of itself, and when you throw fundraising into the mix it becomes TWO full-time jobs! Sadly, that means that everything else tends to get put on the backburner and Dave and I have made a pact to never let one of those back burner "things" be quality time with our boys. Yes this adoption is an amazing journey, and yes we feel blessed to have been called to save our sweet girl and call her our daughter, but we also know that God would never want us to lose sight of the miracles that are right in front of us, our sons. They need mom and dad to be physically, mentally, and emotionally present...and it's tough to juggle that sometimes but we're making it happen. :)
While we were in Nashville, we stopped into the Down Syndrome Clinic at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital and met some wonderful people and got some really useful information. We're so grateful to be within a couple hours of what I consider to be one of the best children's hospitals there is. They also have an international adoption center, and you can have your child's medical report looked over by doctors who have experience in deciphering the jargon that is used by doctors abroad. I'm sure we'll be taking advantage of that pretty soon! If you want to find out more about Vandy's DS clinic or the international adoption center, I'll post links below.
We got home around 11pm last night, the kids were knocked out, I was wired and so was Dave so we decided to keep the momentum of quality going, and we decided to just hang out together in the living room and watch a couple movies. :) It was really nice to spend time together just the 2 of us. I'll admit though, during the 2nd movie I started working on a project for our unbirthday fundraiser....I'm sorry honey but there was no way the movie "Moneyball" was going to hold my interest. Not even Brad Pitt could keep me invested in a baseball flick! LOL
So, as for the project I was working on the the unbirthday party, I made the drink menu! It's really cute and has pictures for the kids to choose from, and I gave all the drinks Disney related named. It's going to be a dry event, so these drinks are "mocktails". I'm not a drinker, but on top of that I think it would be really hard to justify having an event that almost caters to children by using a Disney theme, and then serving alcohol...that's just not classy...lol
So, that's where we're at! Tomorrow I'm going to contact our agency and see what's going on with our visas, find out what I need to do, etc...so we're plugging along!
Don't forget about the gift basket giveaway my friend has offered up. Ten awesome gift baskets are up for grabs and the giveaway ends soon so check it out. Here is the link to that post:
http://love--conquers--all.blogspot.com/2012/01/guest-post-gift-basket-rafflegiveaway.html
if you repost the link on facebook, twitter, whatever...you get a free entry so tell your friends!
Have a great day!!!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Vandy Links:
http://www.childrenshospital.vanderbilt.org/interior.php?mid=254
http://childrenshospital.vanderbilt.org/interior.php?mid=259
Anyone care to try a "Princess Jasmine"? Message me for the recipe! They are delish!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Matthew 5:44
Sometimes I forget to let God show me the lesson He's teaching in "hiccups" that occur in day to day life. It's easy to let things snowball, and to make mountains out of mole hills, and give things more "weight" than they deserve. It's the nature human reaction, go into defense mode when being attacked.
I'm trying to set aside that normal human reaction, and take up the armor of Christ and react according to His wishes. That is not always easy to do.
Today it was really, really hard to do.
I won't go into detail, because details aren't necessary, but today I was made keenly aware that there is an individual out there that wants to destroy our adoption process. Before anyone gets freaked out, it isn't a big deal. There will always be people who are against you, your decisions, etc...I know who the person is and its just silly so enough about that. The point is, the "old" me would have been angry, resentful, and seeking revenge. The "new" me, the person my faith has made me become, wants nothing more than for God to touch this persons life and heal their heart of their sadness, or bitterness, or whatever painful feelings they have. It is not for me to judge or punish, God will handle that part. It's my job to pray for them.
So, today, I was hurt, and sad, and confused...but I learned to pray for and love my enemy. So, it was a good day. :)
Please remember, these blogs are amazing for fundraising, orphan adoption awareness, etc...but they are a wonderful ministry for showing Gods love, too. <3
I'm trying to set aside that normal human reaction, and take up the armor of Christ and react according to His wishes. That is not always easy to do.
Today it was really, really hard to do.
I won't go into detail, because details aren't necessary, but today I was made keenly aware that there is an individual out there that wants to destroy our adoption process. Before anyone gets freaked out, it isn't a big deal. There will always be people who are against you, your decisions, etc...I know who the person is and its just silly so enough about that. The point is, the "old" me would have been angry, resentful, and seeking revenge. The "new" me, the person my faith has made me become, wants nothing more than for God to touch this persons life and heal their heart of their sadness, or bitterness, or whatever painful feelings they have. It is not for me to judge or punish, God will handle that part. It's my job to pray for them.
So, today, I was hurt, and sad, and confused...but I learned to pray for and love my enemy. So, it was a good day. :)
Please remember, these blogs are amazing for fundraising, orphan adoption awareness, etc...but they are a wonderful ministry for showing Gods love, too. <3
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