Words of wisdom

AMAZINGLY SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES

1. If you are choking on an ice cube simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat. Presto! The blockage will instantly remove itself.

2. Avoid cutting yourself slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold while you chop.

3. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by using the sink.

4. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to use a timer.

5. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

6. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you will be afraid to cough.

7. You only need two tools in life - WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40. If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape.

8. Remember: Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.

PS

For anyone who is interested....you can read it here;
http://www.journeytome.com/
Username: morning
Password: glory

Don't have time right now, but will figure out later how to post the link. I have done it before I just don't remember how right now. I guess it is my Halftimers kicking in!

Okay....I figured it out! :) Enjoy!

Bad blogger!!

I gave up making New Year's resolutions many years ago. That is because I usually broke them very quickly after January 1st! I will make one this year to post more frequently to our blog.



Life is very busy with four! Throw in a couple of holidays, school, work, prior commitments and MOVING to the mix and BAM! Life goes on! I started a new job in September, traveled to China in October, we took possession of our new house in late October and we have been busy slowly moving. We hope to have everything moved by the end of December. The girls will start January 3rd at their new school. We know it will not be easy for them, but we have weighed the cons and pros carefully and feel that this is the best for our family. I hope that the girls will learn to understand because right now we are ripping them from their friends! We are sad to leave all the friends that we have made in the three years here too, but we are really looking forward to all the things that our new home and area have available.

We are hoping to put the girls in dance, gymnastics and/or karate. That is something that I wished for as a little girl. In the *remote* area where I grew up, there wasn't much available, so I rode my bike, my horses and grew up the old fashioned way. Maybe I am reliving my childhood through the girls?!

Home from China!

ZoraLin and I flew to China on October 5th and returned October 17th with Jordis Li Meng in tow! I had heard that blogspot was not easily accessed in China, so I created a site to post daily updates to. I was glad I did because I COULD not access blogspot at all. I was disappointed because I wanted to read the post of others who were in China at the same time we were.

I will add photos and more later!

A little birdie whispered in my ear!

That our TA has been printed and is on it's way to our agency! IF it does arrive at our agency tomorrow we MAY have a chance to travel in September. IF it doesn't then our odds of traveling in September are GONE! Please say a prayer for us today!

Update!

Yesterday brought us an update that we had been hoping for! Three new photos of Jordis and new measurements! They say she is healthy and happy and she definitely looks it! If the measurements are correct, she is a lightweight! 28.2 pounds! While it is GREAT to see new photos, it just makes us all the more ready to bring her home!!

Once upon a time.......

In a beautiful country called China there were four babies who joined their forever families. (Okay, there were actually five, but one didn't make the photo each time!) These babies have grown and each year become more and more precious. Here is a then and now photo of the group.