I'll Be Sore Tomorrow

We started our day off today by doing the Epilepsy Stroll at the Dallas Zoo in honor of Kiersten!


She decided to sleep through a good portion of it and I don't blame her. I would have been asleep too had someone been pushing me around in a stroller. We most definitely enjoyed our time at the zoo and supporting the Epilepsy Foundation of Texas through this event. Next years event will be on April 9th so consider joining us next time for a fun morning at the zoo supporting a great organization and in Kiersten's honor. Praise the Lord for 3 months seizure free!

This afternoon we spent the day raking leaves and pulling weeds. My body is already sore as can be and I am pretty sure getting out of bed tomorrow will be close to impossible. The yard looks significantly better now but will still need a lot of work. Trying to figure out what we want to plant in our flower beds, how to get the tree pruned back so the grass can begin to grow. Lots and lots of work to do still, but a little bit went a long way today.

Abby has something against the weed eater...

New Job

Most of you probably already know this, but for those who don't...I started a new job over Spring Break. It was a very sudden change for me, but one I am very grateful to have made. I was nannying for my best friend so that she could go to school but had started looking for a job to replace that in May. I had applied at a number of places and had not so much as heard anything back.

I found a job posted on Craigslist that was for an Administrative position at a place called Christian Life Ministries. I was far more excited about the organization then the position itself. They helped find sponsors for orphans in Uganda and I thought that would be such a neat ministry to work for. I started my first week in the administrative role and at the end of the week the girl working the orphan side of the program quit and I was offered the full-time position.

This week is my first week as a full-time employee in about two years. It has been a change for sure, but a true blessing! I absolutely love my job and knowing that I get to make a difference in the lives of nearly 1,000 orphans! It has been fun brainstorming ways to better serve our orphans, ways to help with fund raising and different ways to find sponsors. I am so blessed to be in this position!!

Some Changes

I will be making some changes to my blogger account. This account will now be for Cody & I not just myself. It will mostly be used as a way to update friends & family about our life. I have yet to decide if I will change the domain from crazygal4god or not. And I have yet to decide if I want to make my blog private. Not real sure how many people read this anyway so making it private might be the best idea.

In case I choose to make it private you might wanna let me know to add you! (That is if you care to keep up)

Homeowner Blues

I've got the homeowners blues today! I have now lived in my home for a little over 3 years and have had a little bit of a love/hate relationship with it for a good portion of the time. I will say that it has been a great learning experience and a good home for me as a first time home owner. The following complaints or home makeover needs are in no particular order...

Need/Complaint #1&2: The tree in the front yard needs some serious pruning or could even use a complete extraction. It's nice that it's so big but I can't grow grass because of it and the limbs are hanging close to my roof. Mind you, I bought a new roof during the past 3 years so I would hate to have it ruined because of some tree. And about the grass, I desperately want grass in my front yard but nothing seems to like not having any sunshine.

Need/Complaint #3: Shortly after moving into this home it began to shift...and I mean a lot. Funny thing is that the inspector said it was a-okay regarding the foundation which is absolute crap because you can now see where the former owner covered up the cracks. My doors no longer close properly, the back door doesn't stay shut unless it's locked and other random ghetto things have occurred thanks to the foundation.

Need/Complaint #4&5: I desperately desire to have a privacy fence. This has been something I have wanted all along, but now more than ever. With two very social dogs it would be nice to close them in to where they wouldn't bark at every single thing that walked or drove by and I could purge the nasty bushes creating a hint of privacy at the end of my chain link fence. The nasty bushes are a safe haven for a few zillion birds that Abby loves to chase and bark at. If the bushes were gone then Abby would potentially have no reason to bark.

Need/Complaint #6: The master bedroom closet is for an infant and not two adults. So I managed to survive when I was single but it definitely does not have the space for both mine & Cody's stuff.

Need/Complaint #7: After recently replacing the toilet in the guest bathroom our master bathroom toilet decided to go ka-poot too! So it's time to replace yet another toilet...

Now regarding my own inadequacies which make my house even less appealing...

#1: I can't manage to organize the office no matter how badly I may want to. Any advice in this area would be appreciated.

#2: The dishes seem to never be done. I read recently on Ashley Ingram's blog how she cleans through out the week and I was inspired to never go to bed with the dishes undone.

#3: Dog fur...how do you get rid of it? It's seriously EVERYWHERE! It grosses me out to no end, but I can't manage to vacuum it up or brush the dogs enough.

#4: Tacking weeds and growing plants seems like a daunting task that I don't know that I am up for. I tried planting some stuff last year and it all died. However, I did notice that some of it has come back to visit. Thank you Lord for the rain every 3-5 days!