I interrupt your regularly scheduled post to bring you this scintillating collection of “what’s on the horizon” blips from my oh-so-exciting life:
* I have discovered 2 interesting things about myself over the past 86 days.
1. I function well under strict food “law”…
Some sugar = never works. After all, “some” is relative.
No sugar whatsoever = no problemmo!
2. I suck at recording my journey through said sugar hiatus. I realize I didn’t try very hard to keep up, but it was getting redundant. And boring. And I didn’t really think anyone cared to read about it. So there you have it. Right behind eating chocolate in 14 days…is the thrill of removing that silly little lime green button from the right side of my menu bar. It’s sticks it’s tongue out at me often and simply reminds me of how sucky my progress tracking skills are.
* We’re heading out to Grand Rapids tomorrow for a conference. We are so looking forward to listening to Robby Dawkins {who was one of the pastors interviewed on the documentary Furious Love}.
We’ll be staying with a friend/host family who will be taking in 13 people from our little church. 6 of them are from my family alone! Not counting our 2 little ones. It’s going to be delicious madness.
* My mom and I will be speaking at the Royal Oak Vineyard women’s conference next weekend. So excited! Not only do I get a whole night away with JUST “the girls”, but I get to teach alongside my sweet momma, love on other weary women {mostly young moms}, and be filled up myself. Squeeee!
* I’ve been writing a lot. I realize that If you’re reading this blog, that may seem like a daft stating of the obvious…but there’s more! I’m delighted to have the opportunity to be contributing to 2 gorgeous communities of women by the end of the year. One is the fabulous Dayspring oasis, {in}courage. The other ezine is, well…you’ll just have to wait and find out. But here’s a hint. Aren’t I cruel? Don’t answer that. And then there’s the lovely devotionally-minded Inner fulfillment blog that is featuring some of my posts. Cool beans. Who woulda thunk it?
* Some exciting news on the not-really-enjoying-driving-around-illegally-while-married-to-a-cop front {everyone shriek with delight}: I just received notice from the USCIS that my application has been received. After my hubby made a call to a Congressman in a last ditch effort to expedite this process, we learned that once the USCIS has my app on file and all my current information is entered, I should be able to go to Social Security and update my information {read: my married name}, which would enable me to return to the Secretary of State and finally renew my stinking driver’s license. Far better than the previous information we received: 6 months until you can change your name with the INS and get your license renewed. Holy cannoli, what an unpleasant, nerve-wrecking ride this has been! I have learned a profoundly uncomfortable lesson in why I should not procrastinate about the what I deem the “silly stuff” {like…um, registering my new name with the SSA when I got married…7 years ago…long before the proverbial poop hit the very real fan}.
* Our delightful {growing-like-a-weed} Cricket is just blossoming into the most amazing little woman. We still have days so full of sass and ‘tude that I’d rather rip my toenails out with needle nose pliers than parent another moment…but overall, she’s a darling. She’s so independent. Not so much in a “don’t help me!” sort of way, as in a mesmerizing, play-with-her-baby-dolls-for-an-hour sort of way. She is so maternal it’s ridiculous. She asks to give Bug his warm milk every night before bed. Coddles him, strokes his hair, kisses his cheeks, and runs to his rescue approximately a bajillion times a day. It melts me. I was told about this sibling love. It is even more beautiful than they said it would be. She’s nailing her ABCs {thanks to fridgephonics}, adores coloring and painting, is overly so helpful in the kitchen, consistently sets her clothes out – neatly – the night before, and would play hide-and-seek for 4 hours a day if it were possible. She’s lovely!
* Our delicious little Bug is growing fast, has 14 pearly whites, just had his first hair cut {compliments of mum} and has his next appointment with his cardiologist on December 3rd. We’ll be discussing the possibility of weaning him off his beta-blocker and anti-arrhythmic again. I’m excited. And terrified. But hopeful, either way. I can’t wait to talk about SVT as a thing of his past. It will happen. But until then, we just have to trust God’s timing and purpose for this precious little life. He is practically running now, babbles all the time, eats everything, delivers lavish amounts of affection, adores his sister {and all the entertainment she provides}, does not like to be more than 5 feet apart from his momma {unless sleeping. gulp}, and is all round, an astonishingly wonderful babe.
P.S. The two loin-fruit related paragraphs above are chocoblock full of photo-drenched hyperlinks – all set to open in new windows {you’re welcome}…you should click on them…because they’re practically edible. Just sayin’
* My husband rocks. He’s cool. And sexy. What more do you need to know?
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I now return you to your regularly scheduled post: a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gaze upon my little lady, looking for bees through her papa’s binoculars…
Over and out.
