Diary of a Rad Fat Woman

To say the past 36 hours have been a whirlwind would be the understatement of the year!  Our licensing worker visited us on Friday for our final walk through, sent our paperwork off yesterday in the morning to the powers that be and POOF two hours later she got word that we're licensed!  It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that there is probably a great enough need related to our licensing specifications for age and quantity that it probably won't take long for us to fill up! We were already planning to attend a social last night for Foster Parents and really didn't want to back out of that, as 1.) we could use the support and 2.) I had spent the whole day toiling away on some AMAZING cupcakes that I wasn't about to let go to waist. (see what I did there?) We zipped off to Effingham for the gathering, sat around with many other new foster parents and were VERY grateful for the opportunity to network with others, all the while thinking about everything w...

Today's another very important day for us!  We're expecting a visit from our licensing worker for our final walk through!  It seems there's a pressing need for homes willing to accept kiddos between the ages of 12 and 14 so it wouldn't surprise me if we're opening our doors before Spring even arrives! We're settling in nicely, all of our rooms are set up and "livable", just have to attack the last of the cardboard kingdom! It's so nice to have storage space and not have boxes stored away in every nook and cranny of every room in the house!  The garage and basement are invaluable! While I have a LOT to say about what's going on in the world, I can't possibly formulate thoughts that would take less than 10,000 words to "pen", so I'm just going to keep them to myself and try to pray my frustration away! I know there aren't many of you keeping up with this.. it's amazing how people forget about you all together when yo...

We did it!!  We're officially homeowners! This house was ours before it was even listed!  I just had this feeling in the pit of my stomach about it and once we saw the inside, we were beyond in love!  That fateful open house solidified that it was meant for us!  Everything about the house was pretty much everything we ever wanted!  Thursday, February 9th we began another chapter in our forever future!  We had a minor little stumbling block to get our hands on it, but it was obviously meant to be ours.  Guess the sellers just needed a little divine intervention too! ;)  One of the best parts is that my super big sis gave me the very table I grew up around. Every holiday meal, every day's homework, every deep clean ;) was made around this very table and now it's in OUR home waiting for our growing little family!  Can't wait to play games, share meals, and help with homework at this very table!  Also given so generously to us was a bunk b...