November 29, 2009
Dreams do come true! If you’ve been reading this blog back in time a bit, you can read about me being quite done with our old situation, wanting to move to Asheville, wanting to adopt a girl so that I can have the joy of raising a daughter and having a little girl in our family, wishing Trip would be home more, not quite sure how or when all of this would happen… Now it’s November – we moved this June, rented in Mars Hill, NC for a month and a half, closed on July 30th on our new house. Now we are all settled in to our new home in Asheville. Foster Adopt classes start in January! Trip has a new job he loves, plus has been helping me get my business all set up. I’m so happy to be here in this town, and in this place in life. I’m just grateful for everything. I’m not going crazy writing right now. Here’s a brief update:
In this last week I:
- Sewed and mailed Laura’s baby quilt. This was a big step for me as for the past several years I was completely unable to make any more baby girl things without having a little breakdown about it. Have enough fabric leftovers to make some more stuff…
- Made the design for my new cabinet to hold my fabric bins. They will be assembled from pre-drilled white laminate – I’ve been mulling this over for quite a white but I’m sure they are going to be just right.
- Briefly mourned the loss of Nathan’s Praying Mantis (her time had come…) but then somehow got over my squeamishness and positioned her body so that she can be mounted in a Riker box. It’s kind of like bug taxidermy. One word – Ick! This spring we will see how many of her 300 eggs hatch…
- Made French Toast for brunch this morning (with fake breakfast sausage and strawberries w/ whipped cream!) Only a mimosa would have made it more perfect…
- Took a trip with the boys to the WNC Nature Center this afternoon. We have a family membership, so the visit was paid for. Had a nice little hike on the Trillium Glen Trail. Browsed through the gift shop where the boys all carried on about stuff they wanted and I snuck back in and bought them for Christmas presents (and on the member discount!)
- Cleaned out the guest room tonight. It was the repository for all manner of junk but now is company ready, and hopefully before too long it will be the home to our foster daughter.
Lately I’m:
- Learning how to use Twitter – in the middle of reading The Twitter Book
- Stressing about my weight and need to fix it before I go home for my 40th Birthday party!
- Really behind in getting my business cards, brochure & portfolio set up
- Taking it all one day at a time!
Now I MUST clean my office/craft room. It’s a total wreck. See here:
Gotta get to work!