Friday, July 13, 2012

Blogs, Backgrounds, and Bargains

7:56 PM
You may have noticed my blog list has been missing.  I apologize.


You may also have noticed my blog has been redesigned.  LOVE IT!  You can find the wonderful designer listed at the bottom of the right side bar.  An added bonus is that a portion of her proceeds go directs to Home of Hope which helps babies in Kenya.


Unfortunately some of my sidebar items went missing in the process, my blog list among them.  No biggie and hopefully I've re-added any that you may have been following or linking to through this blog.  If there are any missing, PLEASE let me know!


I wanted to point out that I now have social icons available at the top of the sidebar.  You can easily email me, check out my Pinterest boards, or "like" the Little Did I Know Facebook page.  

Currently there are less than 25 "likes" on the FB page... if we can raise that to 100, there will be a GIVEAWAY!  I will be giving away $10 for Amazon (dot) com once that number reaches 100.  Feel free to share the page!  That page will be used for important blog updates, bargain sharing, and more!
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Camp Adventures

10:25 AM
Today my oldest leaves for camp.  But not just any camp... and not just any where... Camp Heartland... in Minnesota... especially for kids and who have or have close family with HIV.  (And it's all FREE for us... simply amazing.)  But since camp is in Minnesota, and we're not, transportation consists of small plane pilots who donate miles and time to flying kids in the midwest to camp.  And that's what we did this morning.





You can actually see her looking out the window at me in this one! :)




Can't believe I really just sent my daughter off into the unknown, just the pilot and her, so crazy!  Prayers for a safe flight and loads of fun while she's away!  She'll be back again next Thursday and I can't wait to hear about her adventures!
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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Summer Fun

9:53 PM
Today was gorgeous and we had plans to meet with some of our bestest friends for a morning at the zoo.  Both of us needed some "get out and hang" time, with thoughts far from what we were dwelling on previously and while it was short, it was just the ticket.










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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Why I "Thrift" Shop

12:57 PM
Because you can find things like this if you are vigilant...


A HUGE hard cover Dictionary/Thesaurus/Atlas, perfect for a young girl going into middle school, that was originally $40 + tax...


For only 25 CENTS!

Nice.
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I am a single mom to four amazing kids; each of whom just happen to have been adopted. The first three were adopted through foster care, and we just completed an international adoption from Haiti. Our family has grown through adoption and I am all the more blessed to know each of my children. I worship a mighty God, teach Special Ed, love bargains, and am inspired by Pinterest... come along with us for the ride!


Olivia - 14

Olivia - 14

Braeden - 11

Braeden - 11

Liam - 9

Liam - 9

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What you should know about HIV

-HIV can NOT be spread through casual/household contact. HIV is not spread through hugging, kissing, shaking hands, sharing toys, sneezing, coughing, sharing food, sharing drinks, bathing, swimming or any other casual way. It has been proven that HIV and AIDS can only be spread through sexual contact, birth, breastfeeding and blood to blood contact (such as sharing needles). - HIV is now considered a chronic but manageable disease. With treatment, people who are HIV+ can live indefinitely without developing AIDS and can live long and full lives. - People who are HIV+ deserve to be treated with love, respect, support and acceptance as all people do. Additional information on transmission of HIV can be found on the Center for Disease Control website: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources

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Orphan Crisis

• 147 million orphans in the world
• 50 million orphans in Africa 
• Every 14 seconds a child is orphaned by AIDS
• 16,000,000 have been orphaned by AIDS
• Every week, AIDS claims as many lives as American fatalities in the Vietnam War
• 854 million people do not have enough to eat
• Malnutrition is associated with the deaths of 5 million children under the age of five
• Every 2 seconds an orphan dies from malnutrition


Hence the title of my blog

Little Did I Know

Little did I know that the road would be so rocky
Little did I know that the trip would take so long
Little did I know that my heart could hurt so much
Little did I know that God is never wrong

Little did I know that love could be so powerful
Little did I know that a dream so far could go
Little did I know that God would place the right ones
Little did I know that my heart, so large, could grow

Little did I know that a dream has it’s own timing
Little did I know that this day would finally come
Little did I know that four souls would be sent to guide me
Little did I know that they would choose to call me mom

But God knew all along and He had a plan to follow
God knew all along that my dream would soon come true
God knew all along that we five should be together
God knew all along that I’d share it all with you

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