getting ready for the 'outdoors'

we went shopping yesterday. I’m so excited . . . we bought a hammock (finally!) w/ a hammock stand and some other stuff for the back yard. For the front yard, we bought ’porch furniture’ -2 chairs and a glass table. We’ve been wanting something for our porch since we’ve moved in (3 yrs ago). We had plastic chairs set out but it just wasn’t working for us. So, we finally found something that will work for a while, hopefully. :)

I’m allllllllmost done w/ Kryssa’s play room . . . I just need to move her train table upstairs and sort through some more toys and books (remembering what is just hers vs. daycare/community property -ha ha. poor thing has been sharing a LOT of her stuff).

I think I’m starting work next week . . . not too sure yet. It’s been a LONG vacation (something like 3 months?!) . . . it’s more like a "leave" -not vacation, ha ha. I’ve enjoyed it; there’s still so much stuff that I wanted to get done and haven’t yet. BUT at the same time, I really really really look forward to seeing all the kiddos!!! :D Kryssa does too.

So, we are heading outside to enjoy the wonderful weather and set up the hammock --and do some more ’spring cleaning’ outside. Chris is real motivated to get some serious yard work/landscaping work done . . . I’m excited because he’s SUCH a hard worker --when he wants something to get done, he does it ASAP!! and does it VERY well! God willing, in the next week or so, we’ll have our 12x15 cement ’patio’, gardening (front and back), walk way in the front, and treated grass. We’ll see . . . anyone want to come have some ’FUN’ w/ us?!?! hee hee ;)

Happy spring to you and hope everything is going wonderfully!


**TTC update:
6 days ’late’ :D Yay!
2 (-) results :( Booooooooo.
God willing my body didn’t just stop working again . . . ’cause then back to fertility treatments :( I hope I have GREAT NEWS as to why I am ’late’. I’ll keep you informed.
May God’s will be done. and may we be well prepared for whatever results come our way. :)

99 Balloons

At church, this past sunday, Pastor Doug talked about "what happens when you don’t get the miracle you’ve been asking for?"

This video was shared and I wanted to share it w/ you:









In case your curious about the connection of the video to the message, I will post the link as soon as it’s available, on http://www. brcc. net/Services/StreamingAudio/tabid/1056/Default. aspx.

A thought: Even though things don’t always seem to go the way we would like them to . . . what if the impact of a situation is much greater than the requested miracle itself?!

Stay encouraged!
:)

haven't started packing yet

I know, I know, I'm SO behind on packing for our trip but I have had so many other things that needed to be done first -having nothing to do w/ the trip- that I wasn't able to focus on 'the trip' until today!! Yikes!! BUT I'm soooooooo excited. :D

I've been wanting to buy Chris a nice watch -for his most recent promotion- and I thought "what better time to present it to him but for our Hawaii trip (that is due to his performance at work!!) . . . BUT because I am NOT so good at hiding (or keeping) a surprises, hee hee, I came up with a GREAT excuse to give it to him tonight, instead of Sunday (after settling in our hotel). See, if I want him to be able to wear and enjoy it WHILE on our trip, he would have to get it now so he could get it sized before leaving!! RIGHT?! hee hee ;)

So, I gave it to him tonight and I was as excited as a Kid giving out Christmas gifts!!! He loves it -just as I hoped!! I couldn't decide between Seiko and Bulova - I knew I wanted it to have 'some' diamonds and Seiko only offered a watch that had 32 diamonds . . . NOT IN MY BUDGET!! ha ha . . . So, Bulova had something more along the lines of what I was looking for (3 diamods -haha, much less diamonds but still very nice, I thought!). So, this is what I chose for him :D



Aaaaaand . . . I FINALLY did my shopping!!! Woohoo!! I have some really fun, cute, clothes for our trip!! I bought dresses. All I need to buy, well, I still have quite of bit, BUT, I still HAVE to buy an evening gown. how crazy is that?! An evening gown?! For the awards ceremony (where my Hubby will be recognized and receive his award!!!!!), the attire is "Black tie optional" -but for the women, it says "After Five or Evening Gown". So, evening gown it is. :)

so, so far . . . everything is running as smooth as possible . . .

"It's getting late!"

Kryssa woke up from a late nap and was waiting patiently for her peanut butter and jelly sandwich. She happened to realize that it was getting late in the day; so, she asked "Is it getting dark outside?" She went to peek outside to check and replied, "It's getting late! But it's not dark outside yet. It's 29-8-95 'o clock!!"

lol. I repeated it in question and she said "yes, it is." So, then I told her, "yes, it sure is late, huh?" She kept on looking outside and then said, "I'm good at counting numbers when it's getting late outside."

I think it's about time we start learning how to 'tell' time.

So, I must wrap this blog up; it's getting late. It's "29-8-95 'o clock already! Time for dinner.

:)

TTC update

So, I thought I would take some time to share a little about the latest 'ttc' news.

First of all, I want to say "PRAISE GOD that my body finally works!" -as it should, naturally, no fertility drugs to do everything for me. (the results from the surgery are still making it all worth it!) I sure feel like a woman!! lol. So, it's a bitter sweet emotion for us, currently. Here's why: once again, we didn't conceive this past cycle (so, yes, we shed our tears and emotions) -BUT- it's GREAT, Fantastic, absolutely wonderful to see nature taking it's course in my body . . . the very same body that knew nothing about 'womanhood' (natural cycles). ha ha, it had been exactly (to the month) 5 years since my body took care of its self!! wow, right?! although, it seems as though my body does remember how to make all of this soooo horrible! ha! It picked up RIGHT where it left off. Nothing new in that area --it used to be 8 miserable days!! and it seems to be on that same track

Well, I am so thankful that we have been fertility-drug FREE since 2008!! --and it feels Fantabulous!!! :D So, no baby YET But life is still so wonderful: no artificial chemical running through my body (they would give me a serious emotional case of the Coo Coo's!! ha ha), and Hawaii is calling us!! hee hee :D only 6 more days before we leave . . . and Chris might be right; he had been saying we would have a Hawaii baby -lol, TMI, I know! But he actually might be right!! ha ha! We'll just have to wait another . . .


Yes, it might be a little personal --but it's the update. And I know some of you reeeeeeeally wanted to know . . . ;)

Ha! I just did my counting and our 'window' IS 4 out of the 5 days in Hawaii . . . we'll just have to wait and see. Maybe March is our month . . .

???