Whew... Whatta Week

Whew... whatta week!!




Still havent heard about the house... so I have begun to look for another.



My BFF's kids, Josiah and Candace just left... they were here since Saturday.

I love (LOVE) this family. :o)

Usually, Mike has off on Sundays, but he has to work tomorrow so he can have of next Saturday (YAY) for a party we were invited too, so tomorrow the girls and I are going to church ourselves!! And I have to say, I am actually excited to go to church. I havent truly been able to say that in a while... and I didnt even realize it. I was going to church because I "had" too. Its what good christians do... so I did it. BEfore that, even when we were leading worship I went because I had to. I wasnt enjoying it. I was just doing a duty. God has really been dealing with me, and I actually have a fire and a desire to hear the Word, to worship with fellow Christians, and to have fellowship with people... even if I dont know them. So, tomorrow is gonna be a GOOD day, even if Mike has to work!!

If He Calls

Ok.  So we made a decision on the house.  Its all settled in our minds... BUT.... the landlord hasnt called me back yet.

Seriously, I might am having an anxiety attack.  Panic attack?  Stress Attack?  I dont know, but I am about to scream.  The crazy what-if thoughts are steam-rolling over ANY normal thought process trying to occur in my super charged brain.  What if he doesnt want to rent to us now?  What if he changed his mind?  What if he died and his kids sold the house already?

WHAT!?

Seeeeeee.... no normal thought processes here!!! 

Um... I called him this morning @ 10 and already Im FREEEEAKING out.  My stomach is in KNOTS!  Deerr.  Seriously Dana... RELAX. 

Just pray that I can keepmy mind in one peice until he calls.

IF he calls and says yes, we will be renting a 4 bedroom, 3 full bathroom 150 yr old farm house.  With an INGROUND pool.  And 3 HUGE living rooms.  Yup.. see my previous posts.  But fixer-upper.  I love it.  Im super happy and very excited about the possibilities. 

IF HE CALLS. 

AUUUGGGHHHHH!!!


:o)

A Blog of a Different Color....

So guess what?


Im not going to post about the housing crisis! Haha.. seriously.. dont beleive me, read on!


Im going to post about my marvelous weekend!

Friday night we dropped off the 2 stinkers kids at their respite family we could all have a break from each other.  Im so happy that they love their respite fam.  They ask to go there, and thats so cool!! 
Then we came home and packed up our stuff for our weekend away to VA! 

Saturday morning we packed up the car, the dogs, and Madi and took Mike to work for a half day.  After our errands... we took off down the highway.

Why were we going to VA?  Oh, nothin special.  Just my best friends son's birthday!!  :o)  Little Josiah turned 4 on Saturday, and we celebrated at a park with a Lightning McQueen cake!  YUM!!  Seriously... they have a grocery store down there called Safeway and their cupcake cakes are AMAZING!  The icing is the best! 
Afer the party, we spent the evening with the bffs and her bro and sis.  We played Apples to Apples and chatted.  And LAUGHED!  I so needed to laugh like that!
Sunday, we went their church, where they are the childrens pastors and enjoy some awesome worship and a great Word!  Let me tell ya tho, Sunday was HOOOOT. WHEW, like 100+ hot.  So what did we do?  Went to an outdoor church picnic.  Really?  Yea.  Lol. All I can say is... it was HOT! :o)
Then came Monday.... hehe.. we were all so excited for Monday... because Monday was ZOOOOOO day! :o)
We went to the Washington DC National Zoo.  It was hot, yes, but a lot of the zoo is shaded, and it was so much fun, it didnt matter!  We saw lions, tigers, pandas, hedgehogs, turtles, and tons more!  Madi's favorite was the Flamingos.  WHy?  Cause they are pink! :o)  I took some super cute pics of them and we are going to blow one up to put in her room. 

really, it was a great weekend!  We spent a lot of time talking and laughing and loving on each others kids.  I didnt think very much at all about the house or anything else.  Madi hardly had any fits and was mostly obedient the whole time!  And her and Josiah are so good together! They play well and never fight or argue.  Its wonderful!  It was such a peaceful good time for us.  We needed it, and we HAVE to thank our bffs for showing us love and hospitality. They were Jesus to us this weekend, and probably didnt even know it!

Thanks Tammy & Josh.  Your amazing!!

Another house blog...

Yup, another house blog.  YEa, it rules my life, so Im posting about it. 

I tried to talk myself into renting a house today. 

I told myself that we canfix it up. We can afford to buy all the things it needs to be nice.  We can handle all the different projects that will be a part of this house.

We cant.  I really wish we could.  It could be an amazing (HUGE) house.  I was excited all day.  We went to look at it this morning, and then brought my mom back this evening.  So much potential.  Seriously, I think this home could be a showcase home if it was giving a huge dose of TLC.  But it needs sooo much.

So I am feeling super let down.  And the stress and worry of finding a house is weighing so heavily on me.  I just really want to find a house and get this whole mess situated. 

Please pray for us.  For me.  Im so stressed and worried and burdened.  :o/

House... House... Heeeeerre Housey Housey

Yea.

Still no house.

We looked at one today... in our price range, in our area, right amount of bedrooms, and bathrooms, fenced in yard.... seriously... I had my hopes up.

Lets put it this way.... We have a queen sized bed and IM not sure there was a room in that house... other than the MASSIVE kitchen for our bed.  And since our foster agency just might frown on us sleeping in the kitchen... I think that house just wasnt right.

SERIOUSLY... the kitchen was gorgeous and BIG... the living room and the rest of the bedrooms were TEEENY tiny! 

AUUUUGGGGHHHHHH!

So, I continue you high pitched cry... House!  House.   Oh little housey-wousey.  Come here House!!


Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere Housey House!

Way back in the day....

We have been visiting churches in York lately... since we are moving there... (the Lord only knows when..).

Last night, Mike and I were talking about where to go, and we kinda decided, eh whatever, lets just go to "Church A". No real reason... just thought, why the heck not.  Waaaaay back in the day, when Mike and I were youth leaders, our youth group and this one had done some functions together, so we knew basically that it was a church a long the lines of what we were looking for.

So, we get there this morning.. and right away see 2 people we knew from (haha, gonna say it again) way back in the day. 

A nice suprise, for sure!

The second thing we noticed... it was so very empty!  One of our friends from the past was the guest speaker for the day and told us that the church was going through a LOT... a huge split, they have no staff and scandal and AHHH... My heart was immediately hurting for these people.  Our friend then introduced us to one of the elders (who are running the church right now) and said, "Dana is a great worship leader... she could help out!"  Uh... HOLD UP there buddy! lol!  :o)

Anyways... the worship... hmm.  Musically... not awesome, but God was moving and the 3 women on stage had hearts seeking strong after Him.  And that, my friends, was music to my ears!! 

The word... our friend gave a great (hard to hear, but so true and sooooo needed) message on Repentence. 
And... our friend got a word from God for us... it was so awesome.. I want to get it on CD.

Lets put it this way... my mail was READ!  I needed that word... I needed to hear it so much.  Thank you JESUS!

I felt a very strong connection to this place.. to these people.  These wonderful people who were so so so welcoming to us.. amazingly welcoming!!  I dont know if its my "mommy-fix-it" mentality, or what.  But this huge part of me just wanted to jump up and embrace these people and tell them, its ok, Mike and I are here... and we want to help.... PUT US TO WORK!

PATIENCE is NOOOOT my virtue!  :o)  I need to wait on the Lord and He will show us when and where.  But if He has us going to this church and helping in anyway... I would be totally (seriously, totally) ok with it!


 Praying!!!

SAD. FACE.

We just got a call from the people that own the super cute Blue Farm House.

They said we were #2... but #1 still wanted it.. and they got it.

:o(

Of course, super optimistic, Mike, says, that just means there is something better.  Pft. 

Ok, ok.  Im sure there is.  I know there is deep down, but right now, Im just feeling down and out and like its impossible.  Sigh.

:o(