Moody Tuesday...

After having an exceptionally crappy end of the weekend and Monday, I was feeling discouraged - in life in general. Although the mood had nothing to do with my immediate family, it is shocking how easy it is to lose focus when "sweating the small stuff." Has anyone else ever felt this way? When there is so much good happening in your life and you focus on the one bad thing or event? Well, consider myself sucked into this trap. I look back and see what a monumental waste of energy it is to look at life an not see the beauty in it. It sure is a snowy day with terrible roads, but it is like a wintry post card outside. This is a great place to come to feel supported by our friends and family and again, we are grateful.

Jeff and I have been trying to get together what little we can do while we waited for the loan to be approved. We went to our mix of friends and family to ask for character references (Thanks to all who have sent them), we made our doctor's appointments for physicals and have been in communication with our agency. We have our entire upstairs bedroom ripped apart getting things organized (and looking for a specific baby photo of Alli to put in her 6th grade graduation year book *tear*) and ready for the home study. I will take photos of this process which is funny. It is amazing how much "stuff" you can accumulate when you have a husband who keeps notes from his 3rd grade teacher! :-)

Some great news came today - we were approved for our loan. We sign our closing on Monday! Woo Hoo. Keep you fingers crossed that this is the only "money hurdle" we will have to jump! Now things can finally get moving. Maybe this will get me out of my funk.

I attached a photo above of Jeff and I this past summer. I know that in every photo I have a different hair color and length. I am impatient, so I cut and color on impulse.