Foster Parent Orientation

[I wrote this last night forgot to publish it]

Well last night I attempted to stay up all night and wait for David to get off work so I could maybe get some packing done and then go to sleep with him when he comes home. Well I am definitely not as young as I used to be. I made it to 3am and passed out (That was even after a Red Bull.)

Tonight we went to our first foster parent orientation meeting. It went well I think. It started off a little slow but by the end everyone was making jokes and laughing. There were four couples including us and one single lady. We basically went over a giant folder full of papers and forms that was handed out. I'm a little nervous because we each have to write a four page autobiography. EEK! I don't mind writing at all its just the writing about MY life I'm not so crazy about. Ive always been insecure about my achievements in life or lack thereof and I really think the devil is trying to to play on that with this assignment. David on the other hand almost seem excited about it. I'm glad one of us is. We also went over the requirements of our home study. We still have lots of things to do like vaccinations for kitty, inspections, smoke detectors, child proofing, ect. and with Davids schedual this may be a long drawn out process. What keeps going through my head is "If God sees you to it than He'll see you through it." Which I know is true. God lead us up to his piont so I have faith that he will help us through this.

Are you living the American Dream?

Im reading Radical by David Platt.

House, Nightshift and Orientation

Well now that we have a new house we've been working our butts off to make it nice. The previous owner left quite a mess. I was tole by them that they didn't like to clean and there is definitely evidence of that! We have been in a worlewind of cleaning, painting, refinishing cabinets and floors. David was supposed to be off on vacation but they called him yesterday and told him that if he wanted a promotion then he could start tonight. Ugh! Its a blessing but at the same time a curse. On one hand its a promotion which means he will now be out of the elements and get to sit in a truck all day and tell people what to do (he works in the oil field) but at the same time hes starting off working nights : (. That will definitely slow down out moving process. One good thing though is that tomorrow night will be our first orientation meeting for being foster parents and they let him off work to go! Yay! Were excited but at the same time a little nervous. I will definitely up date you on how it goes. The orientation is with Bair agency. We had researched several but this is the only meeting that we have been able to go to so were hoping that its a God thing and that this one is the right one for us.

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Wordless Wednesday!

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My blog mission statement of sorts

So you notice the Ole blog got another new name (hoping this one sticks). Yes I am aware of the cheese factor of it but I am cheesy(and tired of trying to think of names) so it works. After looking at my stats and realizing how many people from all over the world view this thing I got a little nervous using my last name and saying we live in TX. There are a lot of weirdos out there, not saying that you are of course!

This blog is like my little journal of sorts. I am not a scrapbooker and never plan to be. I am horrible at printing out pictures! I have a million on my computer and a huge photo album that's pretty much empty. If it wasn't for my wedding portraits being on the wall you could walk in my house and not even know who lives there. Its a little said and I hope to change that once we move. Ok, back to the point I was making. I plan to write about whatever is going on and not care about what people think of it so that someday I can print it all out or have a book made of it all. Then why is this blog public? Because I like to see how people live in other parts of the world and i am assuming that they like to do the same. Also I want to share information about fostering to people who are interested or just curious. Most importantly I want to share the God I have in following my Lord. I want people to be able to see the awesome things that He has done for me in my life and I want to be very real about my struggles and my walk with God.

Our Story (The longest post EVER!)

Its been a long journey to this point and I know we have a LONG road ahead of us. As I mentioned in a previous post we have decided to become foster parents. How did we decide this you may ask. Well to make a long story...well long. God has been working on my heart for a really long time. My whole life He has been growing me and shaping me for something but I never knew for what. At a young age I knew of people who had adopted from other countries and always thought that maybe one day I would. On the other had I knew people first hand who had adopted domestically and thought that I would never be open to that. I thought the kids here are all crack babies and I didn't want that (horrible and untrue I know but honest). As time went on I noticed my love for children. Not just family members or friends children but ALL children. I could not and still cannot see a baby/young child in the grocery store and not smile and wave maybe even play peek a boo. Then I met David. I noticed his love for babies/children too. (He has the same problem as me in the grocery store). We had never talked about adoption let alone fostering. In our pre-marriage counseling our preacher asked us something that we had never considered before."What if you cant have children of your own?" David replied without missing a beat. "Then we'll adopt as many kids as we have to until we feel like we have enough." Ha! That made me smile. We got married and started living out life with no plans for children anytime soon. As the years went by God continued to prepare me. I had a chance to work with troubled children at the YMCA. There I saw that no matter how tough a child may try to look or act and no matter how much they act out they are all just children who need love. I continued to work with kids at church and found that I have such a deep love for children that I almost felt as if they were my own. Time continued to pass and David and I decided to try for children. We tried for a year on our own then a year and a half on fertility medicine. Finally we conceived and thought that this was it. We were going to be just like all the other couples our age and be content will our own little bio family. That didn't happen. At 8 weeks we were told that something didn't look right and that we needed to come back in a week. A week later I went back for another sono to find out that out little one had quit growing. I was sent home to wait on a miscarriage. A week later with still nothing happening and a snow storm on its way I was sent into to surgery to have a DNC and that was it. After that I wanted to take a break from all the meds and the stress of trying and even though the baby wasn't much it was my baby that I had pictured in my head and dreamed about. I had thought about whose nose it would have and what she or he was going to be when they grew up. just like that it was gone. I wanted some time to mourn. I was told by my doctor that right after a miscarriage its prime time to conceive so no break for me it was right back on the meds. After 6 more months of feeling horrible with every pregnancy symptom and no baby I decided to stop meds and doctor appointments completely. By trying to take my fertility in my own hands I felt like I was telling God that I didn't trust His plan or that it wasn't good enough for me. In the middle of all this we would go to Cicis pizza about once a month to eat with Davids mom after church and every time we would go there would be foster families there. I would catch myself just watching them thinking for the first time 'I could do that'. I began to pray for God to reveal His will to me. As I said before I felt so strongly that I was meant to be a mom and I couldn't understand why I wasn't already. As time went on and I prayed more things started happening around me. I would see a video about foster care and feel a little twinge. Our preacher would preach a message and I would be thinking about fostering the whole time. I even dreamed about having foster kids. I finally brought it up to David, and he completely shut me down. I was so upset. I felt like God had finally revealed a part of his will to me and now my husband was going to keep me from it. Then I found The Foster Parent Podcast. I listened to ever single one in a week. By listening to them I realized that this journey was going to take Davids full support and the only thing that I could do is turn it over to God and pray about it. So I did. God started working on him. I would talk to him briefly about the reason why I felt called to foster but tried not to push him. He would come home with stories about how guys he worked with were foster parents and he never even knew. Then he started telling me about how he told people that he was going to be a foster parent and their reaction to it. This was surprising to me since just a few weeks earlier he was completely against the idea. Then one night he was in the shower and I was brushing my teeth and he said "Babe, I have a feeling that we aren't going to have much support from our families." Surprised I asked what he was referring to. He continued, "When we become foster parents I know that its going to be really hard and we will get our hearts broken but I know that the good times will far outweigh the bad". I wanted to cry. He finally felt the way I felt. God had done the job. In a couple of weeks is the next orientation meeting and I was nervous that he wouldn't be able to take off for it but God has proven to me again that this is his will. The closing on our house was pushed back another week and he will already have to ask off in order to move. God is so funny sometimes. Keep us in your prayers as we start this journey. We are very excited and a little nervous but we know that Gods got this.

8 little updates on life

Here a little update on life lately:

1. Weather here in Texas has been awesome the last few days the temps have drop dramatically. I have actually been cold in the mornings and David has finally gotten to wear his much loved much anticipated new under armor hoodie. He has been looking for a hoodie like this for years and finally found one this summer. He hasn't quit smiling.

2. On the down side it has been EXTREMELY dry here. We have had tons of fires in our area. One of which was just a few miles from our house that burned over 3,000 acres. Ironically it was just down the road from the house we tried to buy earlier this year that didn't work out. Maybe God was saving us from that.

This map shows all the fires in Texas over the last week....so crazy! Please continue to pray for the people affected by these fires and all of the firefighters that continue to work hard to keep them under control. Thankfully all of the fires in our county are now contained. Oh yeah and pray that we get some rain soon!

3. I took Maxi (our weenie dog) to the vet last week and found out she has a hernia. The vet suggested that we get her fixed and the hernia repaired. So no more hopes of little maxis in the future. I scheduled her surgery for the end of this month.

4. I permanently got rid of my Facebook. I hadn't been getting on it much on account of it made me feel yucky being so nosy plus David hates Facebook and (jokingly) says its from the devil. In hindsight I'm glad that I did it. Its nice seeing people in town and them actually not knowing every detail of my life. It also is nice not knowing every detail of theirs.

5. We will hopefully be closing on our house on the 19th of this month which is pretty exciting! Were praying that everything goes smoothly. I will even give you a little sneak peek. Just keep in mind we have several things that we plan on doing to it (like cleaning flower beds etc.)

Its cute and simple which is the way we like things. Its also in in the school district where David went to school so hes pretty happy with that.

6. Fall is fast approaching and that means craft show season and a very busy few months ahead. I have been crocheting my little fingers to the bone and look forward to seeing some old faces and buying cool things and hopefully making a little Christmas money selling some stuff.

7. I really suck at coming up with blog names! I have no clue what to name this one but I don't want to use my last name anymore so hopefully I will come up with something soon. Also I'm thinking about moving over to WordPress. It seems a little less complicated and I heard that Google was making churches pay for there email addresses now which I don't like so we will see.

8. Big news! Ive been praying that God would re-veil His will for my life for a long time and He finally did. Or a portion of it anyway. Ive always felt like God wanted me to be a momma and raise my kids to live for the Lord wholeheartedly but I could never figure out why I wasn't being blessed with kids. Well He really been working on my heart for sometime now and Ive argued up and down with Him the whole way. God has put it on my heart to become a foster parent. Sounds crazy huh? Well at least to me it did a first. Ive talked to David about it and we have both prayed like crazy about it. We don't know for sure when God wants this to happen. Right now we are just running it past our family and friends and I have been researching agencies in our area. I will update you further and plan to devote a whole post to it soon. Ill leave you with this video. It gave me chills. Make sure you pause the music player at the bottom of the page before you play it.

Having a Martha House the Mary Way

I'm taking the challenge! I just bought this e-book and over the next 30 days I'm going to attempt to do it(I may have to skip a few days and rewind if we end up moving in a few weeks). Much like the author of this book, I hate to clean. I do it because it has to be done and because my husband enjoys coming home to a clean house. This book gives you something to think on and then gives you a cleaning task. Its pretty interesting.

Which type of woman are you?

"Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people. Hold firmly to the word of life; then, on the day of Christ’s return, I will be proud that I did not run the race in vain and that my work was not useless. But I will rejoice even if I lose my life, pouring it out like a liquid offering to God, just like your faithful service is an offering to God. And I want all of you to share that joy. Yes, you should rejoice, and I will share your joy."-Philippians 2:14-18

God has really been putting this verse on my heart lately. Its such a good verse to live by. I think everybody in Texas are having a hard time not complaining in this heat but its something that important to God and to our loved ones.

"It's better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home."-Proverbs 25:24

That may sound harsh but its true. As women we strive to make our homes welcoming by picking out the perfect paint color and the nicest furniture and take hours trying to figure out the best way to arrange it. We try so hard to make out homes welcoming for guest but what about our husbands? Are we making him feel welcomed and peaceful in him home? It is our jobs a wives to encourage our husbands and make our home peaceful for our children.

"A wise woman builds her home, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands." -Proverbs14:1

We may be working hard to make our homes look good physically but are we tearing them down emotionally.

Believe it or not I used to be a husband basher. I would talk bad and complain about my husband constantly to friends family and just about anyone who would listen. I talk about all the things that I had asked him to do and how he never did them. I would make fun of the things that he did and said. Sounds bad, I know but I really saw no harm in it. "Surely these people know that I do love him." I would tell myself. Until one day I was at work and I was on a tirade. I was just going on and on and some of the other women I worked with had joined in complaining about there husbands. We were all worked up in a tizzy complaining and laughing and making fun until an older lady spoke up. I had noticed she didn't have any input the whole time and just seemed to be listening and taking it all in. She looked at me and said "If you hate your husband so much then why are you still married to him?" I could not believe she would say such a thing! I loved my husband very much and I never wanted to not be married to him. The it hit me. If I love him I need to act like it. I realized that I was going to have to have a major attitude change. After that I made a promise to myself that no matter how much I get frustrated with David and no matte how many of my friends are bashing there husband I would not say anything negative about him. Instead I would say something good about him. Its been hard and Ive even grown distant from some friends because of it but my marriage and greatly benefited from it. Times when I was being o negative it made it hard to get along. I had no patience and no grace. Now I'm happy to get to spend time with my husband and look forward to it when we get to just sit and talk. My husband looks forward to coming home. Not because how nice and clean and beautiful it is but because I make him feel welcome. I make an effort to love on him and build him up before he has to go out into the world again.

"A worthy wife is a crown for her husband, but a disgraceful woman is like cancer in his bones."-Proverbs 12:4

Are you a worthy wife or a disgraceful one? I am happy to say that I am striving to be a worthy one.

Ive never been so ready for fall! All I can do these days is eat Popsicles. We have had record breaking heat not to mention that I cant even remember the last time it rained.
God has really been testing lots of people in our church and community. We've had people lose everything in fires, ranchers having to sell all of there livestock and so many people getting sick. As trying as times like these are, now is when I can really see God working and moving in the lives of people around me and in my own. Sunday the alter was so full of people on there faces praying that the were leaning on the back of other people. God is so awesome and I love to see people praise Him. Ive had some very big things laid on my heart these past few weeks and I hope to share details soon.

In the mean time I have volunteered to plan the Christmas program at out church! I'm excited but a little nervous at the same time. (I'm not exactly the most organized person) I know God will help me with it since hes the one that wanted me to do it. : ) Also we are in the processes AGAIN of buy a house! We really feel like this is the house that God wants us to have. The owners are awesome and have been such a blessing to us! They have such a love for God and they told us that they feel that they are meant to be a blessing to us by selling us the house for much less than they initially were asking.

"Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to Him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen." -Ephesians 3:20&21

Our God is not only good, He's extravagant. He wants to bless those who trust in him far beyond they could imagine!

A Gold Ring in a Pig's Snout

Oh my closet is so bare! We will hopefully be moving soon and I suddenly got the strong urge to complete rid my closet of anything that I don't wear. It was ridiculous! I had two huge trash bags FULL of clothes. One bag went to a friend who has a teenage daughter and the other will be added to my mom garage sale stuff. I couldn't believe some of the things that I had been hoding on to.

• Clothes from my freshman year of high school

• Clothes that don't fit

• Clothes that are worn out or faded

• Clothes that were too hootchie for a street walker (from my wilder days)

I made up my mind one way to be modest is to get rid of all the questionable clothes. Modesty is something that I struggle with regularly. I know that modesty is part of being a woman of God but at the same time my human desire is to be noticed. As a woman I want to be found beautiful and the world tells me beautiful is being hot and sexy and showing what you've got. Well I made up my mind about a year ago that I was not going to seek the ways of the world but the ways of God. He is my reason for living and if I am not seeking to please Him my life is empty.

Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. Galatians 1:10

I am tired of trying to win the approval of men. The truth is you can never win the approval of men. when i say men I mean this world. No matter how sexy you try to be there is always someone who will be sexier.


Back in the day when I dressed sexy I would tell myself and my husband that I was just following fashion. That i just wanted to dress "in style". Now thinking back the reason that I dressed the way I did was strictly to get attention. You can think what you want about me but I when I got dressed before we went out I consciously made the decision to wear the shirt that showed a little too much cleavage or the shorts that showed off my legs or the heels that made me look...well hot. I'm not saying that being sexy for your husband is bad. You should do that for him but its the being sexy for other people's husband is were we go wrong and that's what happens when you go out in public like that. When I dressed like that I wanted everyman to want me and I wanted every woman to want to be me. Now it sounds really messed up to me but at the time I thought there was nothing wrong with it. I wanted all eyes on me!

So some people might say well whats the harm in looking? "Men will be men." or "Its fine to look as long as you don't touch." Right? Wrong! The bible clearly addresses this in Matthew

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery. ²⁸ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. -MATTHEW 5:27-28:

So what Matthew is say here is that if a man looks at you lustfully then it is the same as him committing adultery. So then you ask "Why is that my problem. He shouldn't look at me that way" Well men are very visual creatures and it is human nature to want to look. We are all sinful and there is not one person in this world that doesn't struggle with sin.

As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one;- Romans 3:10

So if we dress sexy to get attention then we are causing people to stumble.

So let's stop condemning each other. Decide instead to live in such a way that you will not cause another believer to stumble and fall.-Romans 14:23

Now that I have a close personal relationship with Christ I don't want to do anything to effect the walk that others have with him. Ive come to a place now in my relationship with God and my husband that my body was created for my husband to enjoy and for his eyes only. Let me tell you, it is so freeing! The Bible says whoever lives a sinful life is a slave to sin. I'm not saying that I am without sin and that I don't struggle with it but with an obedient heart sin no longer has a hold of me. I refuse to be a slave to sin or a slave to this world. God put this on my heart a few weeks ago. While reading my bible one morning this verse stuck out to me.

A beautiful woman who lacks discretion is like a gold ring in a pig's snout. Proverbs 11:22

I am proud to say that I am no longer a gold ring in a pig's snout!

The simple life.

last night david and i stayed up late talking. i told him about how i want to learn to play my mandolin. he told me that he wanted to learn to play the banjo. i want to learn to play the banjo. i told him how i love bluegrass and he told me he does too. i told him how my dream is to someday have a farm and try to live off the land. it was a good talk. i never knew we shared these interest. it may sound crazy but i would love to have a farm and live off the land. home-school my kids. teach them to love God and to love themselves just the way He made them. i want to play an instrument and tech all my kinds how to play one too. i guess i long for a simpler life without all the distractions of the modern world. i think they had it right back in the day. so now all i need is someone to donate a few hundred acres to make me dream happen. lol

Trusting God's Plan

Well as you can see I gave my blog a little facelift. Ive been on a little hiatus from blogging because frankly, I was burned out. Not just on blogging but on life in general. Some things have happened these last few months and God has really been working on me in so many ways. Ive come to realize that right now in my life this is only a season I'm going through. Even though its been hard I don't want to just wait for it to pass. I want to live in it. I want to let God work through me. I can honestly say that this has been the hardest year of my life but at the same time in a way it has been the best. David and I are stronger now then we've ever been. That is the awesome thing about staying faithful to God through hard times. Ill admit there were times when I got frustrated and wanted to question him but I always came back to Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."This is my go to verse. I love this verse and I can honestly say this is the verse of this year for me. Every time when I felt myself starting to doubt Him and His plan this verse would pop up somewhere to comfort me. God is awesome! Right now I don't know Gods exact plan for me but I know that its better than anything that I could think up and I'm so excited to see him reveal it to me.

P.S. David and I have started praying out loud together before we go to bed and it has been one of the best things that we have ever done. If you don't do it I suggest you try it. Especially if you tend to fall asleep praying like me.

This little dude has my heart. I had forgotten what a cat person I am. Our newest litle fur baby, George.

Its my blog and I can write how I want to.

*Tonight I'm sitting here wasting time waiting for my sheets to dry.
*Blah!
*Hubs is staying out of town tonight
*I'm so lonely.
*I went to my little nephews games tonight and almost saw a fight between two grown people acting more like children than their children. I finally get home late and realized the I put my sheets on to wash before I left. Yes, I have spare sheets but I don't like them.
: P
*I passed my state board! Now what? the salons still not done and I have people calling me to do their hair.
*I hate doing hair at peoples houses! I never have what I need.
I'm really whinny tonight
sorry
David and I took old fashion photos when we were in Branson and I will definitely have to post them. There really cheesy but I love them! ha ha I'm really cheesy though.
Since I don't feel like scanning them tonight and I feel bad for not posting pictures here are some random pics.

I love this man! Hubs playing baby dolls with Haylee (he was really into it).
I had this picture blown up and put on a canvas. Hubs and his grandpa and the big bass he caught. He has never loved a gift as much as he loved that one.
Maybe one day Ill let him hang his fish on the wall next to it. (It would have to be in an office or spare room nobody goes in though) hehe ; )


Davids 21st birthday cake I made him a few years ago. I was so proud of myself.

This is my favorite picture from our wedding. It was taken when we were walking out together after the ceremony. I love how you can see the relief and excitement on our faces. Every time I look at this picture I go back to that moment.

Me and my 93 year old granny with a giant bra on out heads. Good times : )

I lost my marbles and then found most of them...

Too bad the relaxation of my vacation couldn't last into this week. As soon as I don't home Monday the I realized that my state board test was this week! Eek! I wasn't that worried about it until I went through all my stuff and realized I didn't have half the things that I needed. I pretty much lost my mind.

This is after a trip to Sally's, Wal-mart and the Dollar Tree....complete chaos.

This is two days later and another trip to Sally's and Wal-mart.....a little better

and this is today. everything packed and ready. I even layed out what I'm going to wear tomorrow. I'm still pretty nervous. Say a little prayer for me!

Warning: Photo Overload!

Well, I'm feeling pretty discouraged today. I just got back from the Dr. and the PT was a big fat negative. :( Ill be OK though. God truly blessed me with such a sweet husband. He always has words of encouragement for me. Sometime I need some of his positivity to rub off on me. So here we go on to another month.

On a lighter note we just got back yesterday from a much need vacation. It was defiantly last minute. David came home Thursday and told me that he was off until Tuesday so Friday morning while David fished with a friend I packed for our trip(see I'm such a good wife!). Around 5:00 That afternoon we were headed to Arkansas! We drove all the way up to north west Arkansas stopping at state parks on the way to enjoy to beauty. We saw damage from the recent tornados that tore through Arkansas. This was a house that was completely distroyed.

This was a church fellowship hall.
Remember to pray for the families devastated by the Tornadoes on Arkansas, Missouri and Mississippi

Since Branson, MO was only 30 min from were we were staying we hit up a few shows. Ive always thought Branson was for older people but it was so much fun! We went to the Dixie Stampede. Just another creation from the great Dolly Parton.
They dont let anyone have cameras inside. We were a lot closer than this pic.

They had a heard of buffalo run through in one part.

There were awesome stunt riders!

We also went to a wax museum.
David stealing Forest's box of chocolates

Me and Leo on the Titanic

Me and Genie


Me and Heff

A little update on the baby front. I went in Monday to get my monthly blood test to check my progesterone level. This month we are trying a progesterone supplement. The nurse called me yesterday to tell me that my progesterone was awesome and she cant wait to see me next week. They have never called with good news like that so I am praying like crazy that this is the month. (If its God's will of course). So I go in next Tuesday to take the test. (If aunt flow hasn't shown her ugly face by then.) I will keep you posted on what happens. Hopefully Ill have good news!

"I see that the Lord is always with me.
I will not be shaken for he is right beside me.
No wonder my heart is glad and my tongue shouts his praises!
My body rest in hope.
For You will not leave my soul among the dead
or allow you Holy One to rot in the grave.
You have shown me the way of life and
you will fill me with joy of your presence"
Acts 2:25-28

This is how I feel right now. I am so over joyed with his presence! I wish that I could stay this way forever. I'm so looking forward to church tonight and spending time with awesome Godly women.

This week I went to some talent shows and watched some of my favorite kiddos perform.

First I went to My nephews talent show

I saw Parker

Loren

and Braeden

He really got into the funky chicken!

Then I went to see my Bff's daughter, Kylie. She sang and danced but my stupid camera acted up and none of the pictures of her turned out. All the ones that Asher took of me and himself did. (Of course)

Silly Boy!

My Strange Addiction

You know that show "My Strange Addiction" where people are addicted to wired things, like eating glass and sleeping with a hair dryer? We'll if I was on that show my addiction would have to be Hobby Lobby. I am completely addicted to it and cannot go to Tyler without going there. I know it sounds harmless but I haven't even told you the bad part yet. I cant just go in and look at a few things and leave. I have to go in and look at EVERYTHING. I go down every isle sometimes more than once and I have never went in there without buying something. My husband cringes when he hears that I went. We'll today I went to Tyler (which is an hour away) for a doctors appointment only to discover that its not until next week. Grrr! So I could completely waste the day so of course I had to go to Hob Lob! I spent forever in there! My parents 40th anniversary is coming up and Ive decided that I'm throwing a party for them. I spent my day digging in all that clearance items for picture frames and decor for there party. I ever took pictures of thing that I wanted but wasn't sure about just yet.

Just some proof of what a crazy person I am and that's not even half of them! I did make it out just spending $20 so I think I did pretty good.

Coming in a close second is Etsy. I could (and have) spend all day on etsy. I love finding weird cool things.

It amazes me how talented people are.