Foster Parents!

As most of you know, Jared & I have been trying to adopt!

Our social worker told us to tell everyone we know - because so many adoptions are "word-of-mouth" adoptions. There is most likely someone that knows somebody that is wanting to to choose adoption & knows us - ( I'm sure that all makes sense) and badah-bing, badah-boom! We have a baby :)

So, as we are on this wonderful journey - I can't believe it's so hard to get your foot in the door anywhere!

We've been referred to a couple of lawyers (both of which has not returned any of our messages), got the run-around with DHS & so on & so on. But we aren't losing hope.
In the meantime, we got approved to be foster dog parents!

We welcomed Chloe into our home Friday afternoon & we just smile seeing her so happy :)
She is an 8yr old lab from the Fayetteville Animal Shelter - they are renovating part of the shelter & need foster parents for the dogs, because they can't stay at the shelter until the renovations are complete.

Welcome to the country, Chloe!

Chloe & Bear hit it off & played hard together....

 ...relaxed together.......

sniffed around together.....

(This happened quite a bit... bear would jump over her, sit on her, but mostly acted like she was one of us - as you see here with his tail in her face.)




By the end of the day we were all exhausted -


This has been such a good experience for us & I urge you to go to the animal shelter's website
and see what animals are available to foster/adopt.
Everyone deserves a good home with lots of love, even if it's just for a short time. 
www.petfinder.com/shelters/AR47.html

 

Even though we love our furry babies, please remember us during our adoption process - we can't wait to become parents & need all the support  we can get. Love you all!

 

 

Woo pig Sooee!

I found this & thought it was hilarious, so I had to share it with y'all!

"Relieve Yourself" on Alabama ~ Go Razorbacks!

Forget the girl you've learned to love .... and buckle up! Because she's back... in black!!

Well, as you know - I love change, at least with my looks.

I've had every hairstyle from short to long and almost every color . . . until now :)

I've had some crazy-fun looks, but this one is one I NEVER thought I'd experience.

I think changing up your look is rejuvenating & almost liberating - 

I mean, who I am is very dimensional, my personality & style doesn't fit into just one "box".

You can't be scared to try new things,because if you don't then you will never experience the best things in life!

Personally, I LOVE sushi - but I had to try it first in order to find out that is was amazing :)

"Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have."

~Louis E. Boone 

Fall Is In The Air

Fall is in the air ~ you can feel the crisp bite in the midnight breeze.

I love fall & I love to decorate for the season! I just got my fall decor out & starting changing things all around the house...  ha ha I love it! I hope my kids love to bring out new decorations for the season too - so it can become a family tradition.

I have already "added to" & "fluffed" some of the pictures that I'm posting - enjoy!

 WELCOME !

(I took this at night, so you can't really see the details of it all-but I have little 

black crows nesting in each topiary on each side of the door)

( I've added a black spider to each napkin ring, which isn't in this shot.)

( There is a large, silver - hammered vase that has curly swigs & crows in it.)

Full Mantel

(I have redone a few things on the mantel... you will just have to come over to see them!)

Y'all Come Back Now!

Clean Up!

The past couple of weeks I've been cleaning house and I don't mean I just dusted, vacuumed & mopped. 

I went to that deep dark hidey-hole full of things that have come & gone, but never thrown out or given away...the place where you stash the things that you don't know what to do with. 

You don't dare open the door, peek through the curtain or pull out the drawer where the stuff might be stashed. 

If you actually have the nerve to look at the things in this hidey-hole & really confront them as a whole

- it's overwhelming & gut-wrenching to think how everything got there, then you get mad at yourself because you are the one that put it all there - because at some point we talked ourselves into thinking that throwing these things behind the door was easier than just dealing with them.

I have to admit that it was hard to deal with my "stash" of stuff. 

The whole process was very emotional & at 1st I was in denial.

I wondered how I could have caused this stash of chaos. 

Once I started pulling things out I got upset that I was making such a mess,then I got determined to throw out everything!!

My sentimental way of thinking took a vacation - because nothing was 

getting between this pile of nothingness & the trash can. 

Once everything was cleaned out - I felt very calm. I didn't realize how the stuff effected how I felt.

But isn't this also true in life? 

We have to deal with a lot of "stuff" every day.

And it's up to us what we do with it - whether we deal with it head-on & then file it away where it belongs or just throw it as far out of our mind as we can. I think we trick ourselves into thinking that stashing everything away will just make it all disappear - But we start stashing this stuff away & then push more stuff on top of it & keep adding more to the pile where we finally go on overload & then crack!

Believe me, I've almost "dropped my basket" a time or two ( Ya! Ya! )

Nobody likes to deal with the "junk" we get handed everyday by life - but once you face it, sort it out and then clean it up you feel peace & calm. And let me tell you, a little peace & calm never hurt nobody :)

 One way or another the stress that we let surround us starts infecting us.

I've done some soul-searching about the issues I try to hide - but I can't handle life by myself.

  But I take comfort in knowing who can take my cares away so I don't have to bear the burdens of life alone.

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."

~ Matthew 11:28

Thought For The Day

There is a choice you have to make, in everything you do. 
So keep in mind, that in the end, the choice 
you make, makes you.