grrr

what the heck blogger?!? why can't i change the font color on my previous post??

It's official

We have turned in our adoption application. That means that we will start the home study process, beginning with individual interviews and then a joint interview at our house. Which means I have some cleaning, and cleaning out, to do! We are really exciting about this bringing us one step closer to being parents and can't wait to get started with the interviews. So, the fingerprint post a bit back was regarding the FBI and ABI background check we had to undergo. We passed, by the way. So, any prayers you could send our way will be appreciated and I'll keep you informed.

Geo-caching

yesterday travis and i went geo-caching. if you don't know what that is, it is kind of like treasure hunting, with a gps device. i use this website and their app on my iphone. i was hoping to do this series of 8 caches that are located at the univ of south AL, but upon further investigation we hadn't allowed enough time to do them all. they are located in and around a extensive series of mountain bike trails on campus. we opted to leave the bikes at home (the tires need air again) and decided to walk it. we got to the location where the first one should be, but couldn't find it. we started hiking the first trail and realized it wasn't going to get us where we needed to go, so we back tracked to find another cache that was close by. it ended up being the last 7th cache that we found second. it was getting dark by then so we headed out of the woods and found a couple of more located on/near campus by car. we had a really great time and got a bit of excercise.

after that we went to zorba's and had some great greek food. ran by lowe's to grab something we needed and then went home and finally finished packing away the Christmas tree. slightly ashamed to admit that i still have to finish cleaning up the rest of the decorations, which will have to get done by thursday, since i have bible study at my house then.

i promise there is still an announcement coming, i haven't forgotten, just not quite yet.

Mystery

I got fingerprinted today. Wouldn't you like to know why. All in good time my dear friends, all in good time.

I'm baaaaaack

That probably sounds creepy, which wasn't my intention. Perhaps I should have tried something like merry Christmas! Just want to jump back in with this photo.

sunday sermon

when a sermon can hit on lady gaga and halo reach, and still be awesome you know you are missing out on something. check out Overlook Presbyterian Church

ABC's of me

since i'm trying (but still sucking) at blogging again, i thought i'd give this a go. got it from ellis' blog over at passmorefun

A is for AGE - 29

B is for BED SIZE - Queen

C is for CHORE YOU HATE - bathing the dogs? i don't really like any chores, but i do them just the same

D is for DOG'S NAME - harper and evey (they are both girls)

E is for ESSENTIAL "START YOUR DAY" ITEM - a nice shower. coffee is nice, but since i don't really drink caffeine anymore, not necessary. i still enjoy my decaf though and we've been having homemade smoothies for breakfast too. particularly nice while it is still so warm out.

F is for FAVORITE COLOR(S) - purple

G is for GOLD OR SILVER - Silver

H is for HEIGHT - 5'6"

I is for INSTRUMENTS YOU PLAY - i played flute and piano back in the day, don't really play anything now

J is for JOB TITLE - accountant

K is for KIDS - see "D"

L is for LIVING ARRANGEMENTS - a nice house that is not in any city limits (stupid wacky semmes city limits)

M is for MOTHER'S NAME - mary

N is for NICKNAMES - not applicable

O is for OVERNIGHT HOSPITAL STAYS OTHER THAN BIRTH - probably when i had surgery on my throat when i was 1.5 years and when i had meningitis when i was in 4th grade

P is for PET PEEVES - people mispelling queue (as in waiting in a line {queueing up} or "somethings on your queue to be processed")

Q is for QUOTE FROM A MOVIE - "time not important. only life important" "me fifth element - supreme being. me protect you."

R is for RIGHT HANDED OR LEFT HANDED - right

S is for SECRET CRUSH -nobody

T is for TIME YOU WAKE UP - 6:15 on weekdays- not by choice!

U is for UNDERWEAR - definitely, huge fan

V is for VEGETABLES YOU DISLIKE - carrots

W is for WORKOUT STYLE - non-existent =( i'm working on it, i'm just so busy

X is for X-RAYS YOU'VE HAD - teeth, sinuses, chest...i guess that's it

Y is for YESTERDAY'S BEST MOMENT - going to sleep? it was a pretty good day overall

Z is for ZOO FAVORITE - i guess monkeys, oh and peacocks! i haven't been in so long

link in the comments if you do this, so i can learn something about you too!