Go Jackets!

Today is the BIG GAME for many teams; ours is GT vs. UGA! Doug and I are going to the game tonight in ATL; Aunt Amy and Uncle Ted are going to come over to stay with the girls! We are all excited and hopeful! Can't wait! Go Jackets....

November is National Adoption Month

My friend Shay posted this clip to her blog. I promise you that the guy talking could so easliy be Doug during our "decision" process to adopt Ally. So many things he said were exactly things that Doug said.. I guess it's a "guy thing" or a "dad thing"!



Everyone can do SOMEthing to help!!! I'm watching a show about families finding their adopted children. It's amazing to watch the reunions.

I Promise...

... that I took both of these pics in my yard TODAY!

That's right. Almost Thanksgiving and there is one bloom on my azaleas AND lots o' blooms on my geraniums! Gotta love this warm weather. I'm sure that ALL of the rain we have had contributes as well.

Now There are 8

We started a tradition 2 years ago. Santa with 4 little China girls in his lap (and 4 mommies standing close by). Last year the picture was similar. But, this year, Santa had 8 little China kids (7 girls and 1 boy) sitting close by with the same 4 mommies! It's amazing to see - all 4 families that we met prior to travelling to get Ally have all returned to China for another adoption.

Realizing that IT will never end...

For some reason, I think that I have a strange "block" in my brain.

Let me explain.

Please.

I tend to think in terms of "finishing" things. Like finishing the laundry, finishing the grocery shopping, finishing stocking up on things (paper towels, prepared spaghetti sauce, etc), finishing eating right, finishing exercising, finishing cleaning the house (cough, cough) ...

Then when I do make a batch of spag sauce and put it in freezer bags in the big freezer in the garage, I don't want to use them. The reason that I do this, is obvious -- to make life easier during the week! Then I get frustrated and want to totally empty the freezer - to "eat thru" everything (not me personally) so I can defrost it or something crazy like that.

I'm not that great of a finisher though. Just ask Doug - he will tell you that I'm a great starter of projects, but not that strong of a finisher... What does that say about me? What does all of "this" say about me? Maybe that is a rhetorical Q that I don't really want "you people" to answer!

I have to realize that I will never finish these things -- maybe that will make me a better person. This post is going no where...

Join Me

I know this isn't much "warning", but if you can, go HERE at 5 PM (Eastern time) to hear the "Cry of the Orphan". Nov is national adoption awareness month and this webcast will feature Steven Curtis Chapman among others... I'll be there -- will you?

Go GT!

Today was "band" day at Ga Tech. Doug loves this day because he gets free tickets to see GT play. The only catch is that he has to take all of his teenage friends with him and be responsible for them! A small price to pay, I suppose!

Tech won (against Wake Forest) in OT. I took the little girls (no small task either since GT is right in downtown ATL) and we had a great time. Of course, dancing/cheering in the bleachers, climbing to the top to look over, and eating cotton candy topped thier list of fun things. In fact, once the big gi-normous bag o' pink cotton candy was gone, they were pretty much done -- I mean, really... why did we need to stay any longer once the cotton candy was gone? Actually, and thankfully, we did leave a little early and beat the crowds!

While we were all at the game, Lauren was running around a corn maze birthday party! She hated to miss the game, but had a fun time with her friends!

Ozzy or Donny?

Last night, Lauren and I were watching "Dancing with the Stars" for a few minutes. They scanned thru the participants and I said, "I forgot that Donny Osmond was on this." She said, "No mom, it's his daughter, not him." I told her that he doesn't have any daughters. She kept saying how weird and ugly he was! Now I realize that Donny is not a Jonas Brother, but he is not weird or ugly! The conversation continued until I realized that she was talking about Ozzy Osborne! Funny - she doesn't really know anything about either of Donny or Ozzy!

Overload on Treats!

Trick or Treat was a big hit with everyone! Our little neighborhood doesn't get many kids stopping by anymore, but Ally and Alaina joined Sara and Daddy in our neighborhood. Folks were quite generous with the candy! Ally had a hard time deciding on her costume; with so may choices, it was difficult!