Maybe I should try to write some things of substance once in a while. lol!!!
Monday, April 30, 2012
7,000 Page Views???
Wow! I mean, I know that's nothing to some of you with high traffic blogs, but I can't believe I'm at 7,000.
Maybe I should try to write some things of substance once in a while. lol!!!
Maybe I should try to write some things of substance once in a while. lol!!!
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Coincidence?
Yesterday my husband came home and handed me the mail and a piece of paper.
The mail was my info and magnet for being a prayer warrior for Nico and the paper was a printout from his work about the adoption benefits they offer. I didn't ask him to get the info. He just said he knew I wanted to know what it was.
I think God is trying to tell me something. I'm just not sure what it is yet.
Lord, enlighten me to your plan for us. If Nico is ours, please show us how that is possible. Because I don't see it. If Nico is not ours, please show me what it is you want me to do. Amen.
The mail was my info and magnet for being a prayer warrior for Nico and the paper was a printout from his work about the adoption benefits they offer. I didn't ask him to get the info. He just said he knew I wanted to know what it was.
I think God is trying to tell me something. I'm just not sure what it is yet.
Lord, enlighten me to your plan for us. If Nico is ours, please show us how that is possible. Because I don't see it. If Nico is not ours, please show me what it is you want me to do. Amen.
Friday, April 27, 2012
7 Quick Takes
Kyle's job situation is still stalling, but it should be picking up soon. As soon as it does, I am going into crazy house-finding mode. Whether it be to own or rent, I don't care at this point. I need my own place! Keep an eye out for me! :)
Ok... I've really got nothing this week.
Charlotte and Tessa had early intervention assessments this week. They both passed with flying colors. Tessa does need some speech therapy, but otherwise, she's actually ahead in her vocab and understanding. She sat the entire 2 hours playing, watching, and answering questions. They were impressed and I am so proud of her. Charlotte doesn't have sensory issues, either, which is good. They are pretty sure she just needs a gastro appt and some tests. Hopefully it helps. My poor baby.
LOL. I took German in high school and college, so I really loved this:
I am still waiting on Nico's grant to open up. I've had a blog post written up about him for about a week now, but I can't post it until it will actually help him. Hoping his momma comes soon before I have to watch him grow up in institutions. Click on his picture on my sidebar for more info on the little love.
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
7 Quick Takes
Trying really hard not to make this all about orphans. *looks around* *taps fingers* *twiddles thumbs*
I really have nothing exciting to write. Happy Friday!
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
7 Quick Takes
Hi, I'm Kara and I may or may not be really trying to be a better housewife (IE: clean more) out of pure hope that it will convince my husband that we need to adopt this baby:
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| Momma?! |
I also may be obsessed with looking up the orphans from Reece's Rainbow on the R*ssian listing site... and their regions, and the pronunciation of their names... and for more pictures through R*ssian sites.... and, and, and...
My kids also now fully understand that not all orphans are orphans because their parents have died, that some people don't care properly for orphans and let them starve, and don't let them out of their cribs to play...
It might also be of benefit that I was sick this whole week, so I had reason to spend more time browsing the web... looking at orphans... while my other kids trashed the house and watched too much TV.
On a non-orphan note, we rented The Muppet Movie tonight to watch as a family. It was hilarious. My favorite part was when they were the barbershop quartet singing Nirvana. Hahahaahahaha!!!! It was so fun to snuggle with all the girls and eat popcorn and Tessa even passed out right at the end. It was a fun family night.
I'm not even going to get into that democrat jerk woman who said that mom's don't work...
Or the fact that Obama said they didn't have the luxury of letting Michelle stay home with the kids because they would only be making $160k on just his salary at the time...
*headdesk*
Annnnnd, happy Friday! Here's our current favorite song:
Or the fact that Obama said they didn't have the luxury of letting Michelle stay home with the kids because they would only be making $160k on just his salary at the time...
*headdesk*
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Tomorrow morning...
I am meeting with a priest to discuss my family situation.
I am hoping to come out of there with some clarity or some reassurance. Either way, it will be good.
Please pray that I am able to think clearly and speak concisely so he understands the situation to the full extent.
Hopefully I don't cough all over him.
I am hoping to come out of there with some clarity or some reassurance. Either way, it will be good.
Please pray that I am able to think clearly and speak concisely so he understands the situation to the full extent.
Hopefully I don't cough all over him.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Lenten Recap!
This Lent was truly remarkable.
Ash Wednesday I started the Consecration. This was my second time, and it went FAR better this time. It is such an amazing devotional. You can read about my experience here.
I discovered Reece's Rainbow, which I had actually seen before, but I had never really looked through the babies' pictures. Now I am obsessed. This website is like a dream come true for me. I have always been big about adoption, (HELLO, my patron is Mother Teresa!), and this is a real, easy way for me to directly help orphans. I love it.
We saw Malcolm get to the Sizeable Grants page, then break $10k, then have a family commit (whom I am now proud to call my friends!), and then break $15k all before Easter. We also helped advocate for a few others, and help Heidi and Mike with their adoption process a bit! This will forever be in my memory as the Lent of the Orphans. I am hoping that we will be able to adopt soon. Kyle is going back and forth, but I'm okay with that right now. Lots of things have to happen before we could anyway. Until then, I will be advocating like crazy for a certain little guy, which will be in another post and over at Orphan Report, too.
One of the biggest things that happened during this Lent was that we had our marriage convalidated! It was a small little ceremony in which I left with a valid marriage. It was a GOOD day! And I was able to go to confession later that week with an amazing priest and receive communion the next Sunday. Oh how I missed the Eucharist.
We received news that Kyle's job situation was going to work out, just when we had lost all hope and he was about to go back to his old job. I am so proud of my hubby for taking the initiative and getting it done! He is starting his extra hours tomorrow and we should be good to go after that. Praise be to God!
Lent is never without suffering, and we certainly had a lot of that too. Drama with my family, a friend, and then an illness that swept through all of us and is still lingering, made things pretty difficult. But we made it through.
My goals of giving up soda and my Facebook app on my phone went okay. I can't say I stayed completely away from soda, but trying to certainly did add a lot of prayer to my day. And I didn't use the Facebook app at all. I am really trying to cut my computer/Facebook time down a bit, but I have no self control. I was able to FINALLY remember not to eat meat on Fridays and didn't slip on that at all!
My lent, of course, ended in a big bang, as my husband was finally baptized! We took communion together for the first time. I bawled like a baby in the front pew afterwards. I couldn't help it. I don't think I've ever cried as much as I have this Lent in my life. Mostly tears of joy, so you can't beat that!
Best. Lent. Ever.
I love you Jesus. Thank you for dying for us and rising again. Thank you for moving within my family and my husband and bringing us all closer to you. We are yours.
Ash Wednesday I started the Consecration. This was my second time, and it went FAR better this time. It is such an amazing devotional. You can read about my experience here.
I discovered Reece's Rainbow, which I had actually seen before, but I had never really looked through the babies' pictures. Now I am obsessed. This website is like a dream come true for me. I have always been big about adoption, (HELLO, my patron is Mother Teresa!), and this is a real, easy way for me to directly help orphans. I love it.
We saw Malcolm get to the Sizeable Grants page, then break $10k, then have a family commit (whom I am now proud to call my friends!), and then break $15k all before Easter. We also helped advocate for a few others, and help Heidi and Mike with their adoption process a bit! This will forever be in my memory as the Lent of the Orphans. I am hoping that we will be able to adopt soon. Kyle is going back and forth, but I'm okay with that right now. Lots of things have to happen before we could anyway. Until then, I will be advocating like crazy for a certain little guy, which will be in another post and over at Orphan Report, too.
One of the biggest things that happened during this Lent was that we had our marriage convalidated! It was a small little ceremony in which I left with a valid marriage. It was a GOOD day! And I was able to go to confession later that week with an amazing priest and receive communion the next Sunday. Oh how I missed the Eucharist.
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| Collin, Kyle, me, JoAnna, and baby Gabriel! |
We received news that Kyle's job situation was going to work out, just when we had lost all hope and he was about to go back to his old job. I am so proud of my hubby for taking the initiative and getting it done! He is starting his extra hours tomorrow and we should be good to go after that. Praise be to God!
Lent is never without suffering, and we certainly had a lot of that too. Drama with my family, a friend, and then an illness that swept through all of us and is still lingering, made things pretty difficult. But we made it through.
My goals of giving up soda and my Facebook app on my phone went okay. I can't say I stayed completely away from soda, but trying to certainly did add a lot of prayer to my day. And I didn't use the Facebook app at all. I am really trying to cut my computer/Facebook time down a bit, but I have no self control. I was able to FINALLY remember not to eat meat on Fridays and didn't slip on that at all!
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| Come to mommy! |
My lent, of course, ended in a big bang, as my husband was finally baptized! We took communion together for the first time. I bawled like a baby in the front pew afterwards. I couldn't help it. I don't think I've ever cried as much as I have this Lent in my life. Mostly tears of joy, so you can't beat that!
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| "I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen!" |
Best. Lent. Ever.
I love you Jesus. Thank you for dying for us and rising again. Thank you for moving within my family and my husband and bringing us all closer to you. We are yours.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Attacks, Attacks, Attacks from all angles!
Ahhhh, where to begin?
Lent started out pretty well, actually. But the past week and a half has been insane. Not just a little bit either.
The first one came in a couple of emails from my aunts. Telling me that I needed to forgive my mom and stop being so unforgiving. They said I was teaching my kids bad things, that I shouldn't be poisoning my kids against their grandma, and a bunch of other things. When I responded, upset, they attacked me more. I'm not Christian-like, etc.
Neither one of them had bothered to hear my side of the fiasco with my mom before sending these emails. That itself is just annoying. I thought that by remaining quiet through it all, that it would pan out better. I was wrong. Because my mom is an expert and turning things around, for moving the blame from her to the other person. And that's exactly what she did to me. As usual.
When she couldn't get through to me, the mass emails to everyone in the family started. Because I didn't say anything, and no one asked, besides my grandma, they listened to only my mom's side and formed an opinion on the situation.
Here, I will clear it up. My mom had a temper tantrum. After 31 years of dealing with my mom's temper tantrums and being spat in the face anytime we've gotten close, I asked for some space. She refused. She badgered, and pushed, and badgered some more.
Now if asking for space makes me a bad person, then so be it. If someone wants to take sides without listening to my side and actually understanding the situation, so be it. I never intended for it to get this bad. But I also didn't do that. I apologized during the initial argument. My mom continued it until the point of no return. I'm not going to deal with that anymore.
So anyway, back on track. All of this came the last day of my consecration. Which I blogged about here. Interesting timing. I almost didn't pray that night because of it all. But the Lord brought me through.
Right after that, I got sick. I started to get better, and it was Lily's birthday weekend, so I pushed through, making sure she had a special birthday. She did. But, the day after Lily's birthday, I got worse, and now Kyle and Amelia have it, and I think the other 3 are getting it too... Someone is trying to discourage us from making it to mass on Holy Week. Well, it worked tonight, because we are saving up for the baptism on Saturday. And we WILL be there. I know the Lord and Our Lady will help us get there. Sick or not.
Family attack? Check.
Physical attack? Check.
Next?! Friend attack.
Yesterday a friend of mine posted a blog post she had written about Easter being Pagan. (Which, by the way, is hidden from her timeline now, but it's still there because I have the direct link to it.) She always posts this nonsense, so I was expecting it, but I had just watched a good video on that subject, and wanted to share it with her. She wasn't at the computer, so she popped in a few times while another friend and I discussed it. Later that day she popped in with an attitude, called me a bigot... twice... then told me she loved me anyway, despite the blinders I wore, and then expected we still be friends. I'm sorry, but I do NOT do friendship that way. I do not think it's acceptable for people to call each other names, and the things she said about me were pretty telling of how she sees me as a person, so why would I want to be a part of that? It hurt my feelings. I've considered her a friend for a very long time.
But you know what? It's Holy Week. I don't care if I'm hacking up a lung, my husband is running a fever, my daughters all have buckets of snot running out of their noses, if 10 more friends decide to call me a bigot, or if someone in my family throws yet another temper tantrum. I'm a stubborn redhead. I'm a thick-skinned Catholic. I joined this Church after years of searching and researching. Guess what? The Lord always wins, and He is most certainly alive here in this house.
Lent started out pretty well, actually. But the past week and a half has been insane. Not just a little bit either.
The first one came in a couple of emails from my aunts. Telling me that I needed to forgive my mom and stop being so unforgiving. They said I was teaching my kids bad things, that I shouldn't be poisoning my kids against their grandma, and a bunch of other things. When I responded, upset, they attacked me more. I'm not Christian-like, etc.
Neither one of them had bothered to hear my side of the fiasco with my mom before sending these emails. That itself is just annoying. I thought that by remaining quiet through it all, that it would pan out better. I was wrong. Because my mom is an expert and turning things around, for moving the blame from her to the other person. And that's exactly what she did to me. As usual.
When she couldn't get through to me, the mass emails to everyone in the family started. Because I didn't say anything, and no one asked, besides my grandma, they listened to only my mom's side and formed an opinion on the situation.
Here, I will clear it up. My mom had a temper tantrum. After 31 years of dealing with my mom's temper tantrums and being spat in the face anytime we've gotten close, I asked for some space. She refused. She badgered, and pushed, and badgered some more.
Now if asking for space makes me a bad person, then so be it. If someone wants to take sides without listening to my side and actually understanding the situation, so be it. I never intended for it to get this bad. But I also didn't do that. I apologized during the initial argument. My mom continued it until the point of no return. I'm not going to deal with that anymore.
So anyway, back on track. All of this came the last day of my consecration. Which I blogged about here. Interesting timing. I almost didn't pray that night because of it all. But the Lord brought me through.
Right after that, I got sick. I started to get better, and it was Lily's birthday weekend, so I pushed through, making sure she had a special birthday. She did. But, the day after Lily's birthday, I got worse, and now Kyle and Amelia have it, and I think the other 3 are getting it too... Someone is trying to discourage us from making it to mass on Holy Week. Well, it worked tonight, because we are saving up for the baptism on Saturday. And we WILL be there. I know the Lord and Our Lady will help us get there. Sick or not.
Family attack? Check.
Physical attack? Check.
Next?! Friend attack.
Yesterday a friend of mine posted a blog post she had written about Easter being Pagan. (Which, by the way, is hidden from her timeline now, but it's still there because I have the direct link to it.) She always posts this nonsense, so I was expecting it, but I had just watched a good video on that subject, and wanted to share it with her. She wasn't at the computer, so she popped in a few times while another friend and I discussed it. Later that day she popped in with an attitude, called me a bigot... twice... then told me she loved me anyway, despite the blinders I wore, and then expected we still be friends. I'm sorry, but I do NOT do friendship that way. I do not think it's acceptable for people to call each other names, and the things she said about me were pretty telling of how she sees me as a person, so why would I want to be a part of that? It hurt my feelings. I've considered her a friend for a very long time.
But you know what? It's Holy Week. I don't care if I'm hacking up a lung, my husband is running a fever, my daughters all have buckets of snot running out of their noses, if 10 more friends decide to call me a bigot, or if someone in my family throws yet another temper tantrum. I'm a stubborn redhead. I'm a thick-skinned Catholic. I joined this Church after years of searching and researching. Guess what? The Lord always wins, and He is most certainly alive here in this house.
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