Events of the Day

I have to say that although we did almost no school, due to the fabulous spring weather, and some meet and greets with the neighbors, it was a very productive day. I was beginning to wonder about my neighborhood, it is soooo quiet. No one ever seems to be out, even the other 6 or 7 children that live here. A week or so ago when I was out walking on another beautiful day, I heard no sounds of life from anywhere in people's yards. I was listening for people eating out of doors, working in their yards or walking their dogs, but nothing was to be heard. Today while walking I met an elderly couple that just had some recent landscaping done that I like, so I stopped to chat and they said "come back often, it's just the 2 of us." 5 houses up from me live 2 men that just had a pool put in their back yard over the winter. We talked for 1/2 hour, and they invited the boys and I to swim this summer any time we want, since they are gone mostly during the day. Yea! I was so happy about that because the boys will probably be taking swimming lessons again this year and now they can practice close to home a lot more often, and I can work on my tan in privacy. All he requested was to be invited over for dinner once in a while or have me donate a home cooked meal to him and his partner since neither of them know how to cook much besides a hamburger or chicken breast on the grill. I am also pretty excited about being able to show genuine Jesus love to them. I only hope I can keep a reign on Luke's indiscriminate mouth.

In adoption news, I heard from my friend Christy (sidebar) that a friend of hers who is adopting from Haiti and has been stuck in parquet for about as long as I have been just got signed out today. Yea! That is really good news even for me because that guy was refusing to sign documents, so this means that something has happened to change his mind. It at least gives me hope that he won't sit on my file for years to come. It does not mean that I will get signed out anytime soon, but it is a good sign nonetheless. Christy said that they had all got together on Wed to pray for her, and today she hears the good news. Maybe I should throw out a fleece and hold a blog prayer meeting. My next project is Dania's room, I will be purchasing a mattress and bedding within the next few weeks and start pulling her room together.

I started taking some whole foods vitamins today after meeting with a nutritionist here in town that does free evaluations. You fill out a big ole questionnaire about your health history and issues and they tell you what vitamins you are lacking. In case you think this is a giant scam, it's not. The whole foods vitamins are very cheap. I paid $9 for one and $10 for the other, hardly more than the synthetic vitamins at walmart. I was really lacking in the B department, and surprise, surprise sugar is a B robber in your body. I am also taking a multivitamin. I will let you know how this progresses and works for me. I am setting my sights on getting Nate to do one, because I know he is messed up.