Wow - what a busy week - and what an awesome result! Last week I spent countless hours with my circle group from church preparing for a YARD SALE! With most of us having never put a yard sale together before, we had our work cut out. I learned one thing, though. If you ever ask for donations for a yard sale - from your church family, no less - be prepared. It was as if our request was a huge incentive for everyone to get rid of their junk. Don't get me wrong - we received A LOT of really nice items - tons of clothing, some furniture, baby toys galore... a little bit of everything. It was the sorting and pricing that took FOREVER. We sorted all the clothing by size and gender. Then there was the never-ending assortment of trinkets, home decor items, electronic gadgets and well...just stuff!
We worked from 7:00-10:00 Thursday night, from 6:00-10:30 Friday night and we started at 6am Saturday and I didn't get home until 3:30 that afternoon - but - it was ALL worth it! You see, we were raising money for MISSIONS! The awesome part is that we made almost $900!!! We will probably be giving about half of that to a local women's shelter. The shelter is a Christian-based safe house for women and their children who are victims of domestic abuse or who have just fallen on hard times and have lost their homes. While staying at the shelter, the women and children's physical needs are met with food, clothing and shelter. In addition to that, the women are also counseled and witnessed to and provided with opportunities to learn job skills and receive training that helps them work toward getting off welfare so they are able to work and provide for their families. The ministry that runs the shelter also houses a thrift store to which we were able to donate all of the items that did not sell! AND - the clothing that did not sell went into our church's newest ministry - a clothes closet! All in all, I'd say it was a very successful event and the cause was so much greater than our sacrifice of a little time and effort...and miscellanious junk sorting. :-)
In other news, Jonah is continuing to do well in school. He's gotten in a little trouble this week for talking, but his teacher assured me that spring fever is in full force and all the kids are more "animated" than usual. He's having a great time playing t-ball and says he likes it a lot better than soccer.
Isaac is improving with his walking. He seems to be making more of an effort to get up and get around on his feet rather than crawling. He walked all the way across the den the other day, then sat down and clapped for himself. It was adorable!
Chad's birthday is coming up in a few weeks and I am hoping to arrange for a sitter so we can have a date night. I'm ashamed to say I don't even remember when the last one was. I think he wants to see the Wolverine movie. I guess since it's his birthday and all, I'll go along. :-)
I think that's about it for now. I think I might go catch a few zzzzz's while Isaac naps. Chad had to work last night and I never sleep well when he's not here.
Night all!! :-)
We worked from 7:00-10:00 Thursday night, from 6:00-10:30 Friday night and we started at 6am Saturday and I didn't get home until 3:30 that afternoon - but - it was ALL worth it! You see, we were raising money for MISSIONS! The awesome part is that we made almost $900!!! We will probably be giving about half of that to a local women's shelter. The shelter is a Christian-based safe house for women and their children who are victims of domestic abuse or who have just fallen on hard times and have lost their homes. While staying at the shelter, the women and children's physical needs are met with food, clothing and shelter. In addition to that, the women are also counseled and witnessed to and provided with opportunities to learn job skills and receive training that helps them work toward getting off welfare so they are able to work and provide for their families. The ministry that runs the shelter also houses a thrift store to which we were able to donate all of the items that did not sell! AND - the clothing that did not sell went into our church's newest ministry - a clothes closet! All in all, I'd say it was a very successful event and the cause was so much greater than our sacrifice of a little time and effort...and miscellanious junk sorting. :-)
In other news, Jonah is continuing to do well in school. He's gotten in a little trouble this week for talking, but his teacher assured me that spring fever is in full force and all the kids are more "animated" than usual. He's having a great time playing t-ball and says he likes it a lot better than soccer.
Isaac is improving with his walking. He seems to be making more of an effort to get up and get around on his feet rather than crawling. He walked all the way across the den the other day, then sat down and clapped for himself. It was adorable!
Chad's birthday is coming up in a few weeks and I am hoping to arrange for a sitter so we can have a date night. I'm ashamed to say I don't even remember when the last one was. I think he wants to see the Wolverine movie. I guess since it's his birthday and all, I'll go along. :-)
I think that's about it for now. I think I might go catch a few zzzzz's while Isaac naps. Chad had to work last night and I never sleep well when he's not here.
Night all!! :-)
