breathing treatments

please pray - our girl is still sick - she has to do breathing treatments 3 times a day and go back to the doctor next weds. i talked to her on the phone and she was not as chatty as she has been lately. but she did end up saying a few things - and she called me gigi too. what an incredible love i have for that girl! her mommy & daddy are pretty special too. they are delaying the celebration of their anniversary (3 yrs! congratulations!!) until she feels better...

how could i forget - the biggest news yet

Little Miss R. actually used the potty for the first time yesterday...as a Gigi that is so very exciting. She is such a smart girl. I love talking to her on the phone now - she just tells me so many things. I cannot wait until I am smart enough to understand everything she says!!! Gramps is excited too. Looks like he will escape unscathed by diaper changing duties...haha!

a new car...Italian style

here's our new car - Brad will get it next week...

2 out of 3 - there is hope!!

Wow - 2 out of 3 couples that looked out our house this past saturday are thinking about making offers. I was beginning to wonder if anyone was going to like our house! Turns out they do. So that in itself has revived the spark of excitement and set me back in forward motion. I mean, I know God has already worked it all out, but when you are not seeing the big picture that He sees, sometimes it is easy to look at your circumstances instead of keeping our focus on Him. That is why a strong faith is so important...and He is always there to provide!!

Just talked with Gram (Mom C) and she said today it was 20 BELOW ZERO!! My goodness. And I thought it was cold here at 22 degrees. Ice skating anyone? I'm going to stay inside with a nice hot cup of blueberry tea with honey.

One week from today and the packers will be here - not the green bay packers - the packers that are going to ship our stuff to Italy... Sometimes the movers are as big as football players though. :-)

A friend of ours told me that you have to just take it day by day. And that is how God provides too - each day He gives us what we need to make it through. Please pray that one of these that came on Saturday would be the ones!!! Thank you!!!

snow!!

wish i could post some pictures of the snow - we got a couple of inches last night. (for anyone reading this that lives where there's REAL snow, don't hurt yourself laughing!!) it's so pretty in the country when it snows...however, the only camera i have is the cell phone and the resolution leaves a lot to be desired.

the funny part is that when i woke up and saw snow i let the dogs out and they loved it - they were all running all over the yard like kids. but that was not the funny part - it was that i rushed in and turned on the tv even though i could barely see yet and started searching for closings. all schools in the area - CLOSED! so i thought - surely i will not have to go to work today. but i didn't see anything... so then i opened up the laptop and practically blinded myself looking for the announcement. i just KNEW it was going to be there. nothing.

since we have lived and worked here for the past 6 years, whenever there was even a FLAKE of snow, we did not have to work. of course then we did not get paid either - we had to use our own vacation hours. now we have a new benefit that if there are up to 2 snow days we get paid and do not have to use our vacation.

so the pups came in and dried off and then hopped back in bed - and so did i! i woke up a little while later and STILL no announcement. i kept dialing the 'inclement weather' phone number. everything was open. finally, after doing this for an hour, the reality of having to work today forced me into the shower and out in the cold.

that being said - it's a beautiful day and i got so see 2 hawks fairly close up on the way in soaring in the blue sky. so that made it all worthwhile.