Wow, over a month since my last post. I seriously needed to unplug for awhile. Well, with a little help from my new friend, itouch. I have found myself checking email and facebook, you know the crucials, with my new friend. I also joined a gym, yay! And have been working out a few times a week at night instead of sitting in front of the computer or watching tube. But I have felt the urge to get creative again with words, pics, and music. I actually started a scrap book for Elizabeth. A smart friend of mine, who has four children, gave me some advice. A page a year for each child. 10-15 favorite photos from the year. This weekend I did Elizabeth's first page. Sooooo many do-dads to pick from. I found myself lost in the craft store among papers, glitter, stamps, brads, trims, cut-outs, etc. It was fun, easy, addictive. I am secretly super psyched about Jude's. Technically has changed since Elizabeth was born. The pictures of Jude were taken with my fancy digital slr. I showed Elizabeth her first two pages this morning and she lit up! I only worry that the sticky with wear off all the do-dads. Oh and my new best friends, glue dots! Never knew they existed. I am going to officially call myself a scrapbooker now. Of course, my 20 yr old babysitter took a scrapbooking course in high school. I am so old.
Work is work, pluggin' along. Finally, feeling like my head is above water. It feels great to almost have this first year of teaching at a new school under the belt.
Elizabeth and I are going to church. We are loving it. So happy to be able to give her a spiritual background. We send our kids to school for everything else, why not religion? At least she will be armed with knowledge to make a choice for herself.
And.....we bumped into her birth father at CVS. Totally unexpected after four years of no contact. I thank God for giving me the strength and that's about all I can say about that one.
The picture above is me giving in to picnik and having a little fun! Sigh....its nice to be back! xoxo
