Tired

I'm mentally and emotionally exhausted. I need a break and October isn't coming soon enough. Think I can curl up in a little hole and sleep until then?

New kind of Facebook search?

I was reading a Time magazine article last night about adoptees using Facebook to find birth parents. Not sure why I was surprised by this, but I was. The woman in the article spent 30 years looking for her birth mom until she decided to try Facebook. She found her within 1 day. She also found her birth father and the boy she gave up for adoption.

I've never thought of doing a Facebook search for our birth mom, but it briefly got me wondering if she has ever tried looking for us. My guess is not which would be my preference since I think adoption searches should start with the adoptee.

And while I'm not really concerned about being found, it won't be via Facebook since I recently deactivated my account.

And the tickets have arrived!

Wicked tickets arrived in work mail. Is September really next month?

Where, oh where, has summer gone?

Oh, the things kids say!

Kate met a little girl about her age at the park last night. They had a great time playing and Kate decided to introduce Joe and I.

While I thought the usage of titles had sunk in a bit, I guess I was wrong. Kate introduced me as Sarah and Joe was introduced as Uncle Joe.

After some awkward laughter, Kate corrected herself. Oh the things kids say.

Please vote!!

A few years ago my church started a project where we assembled backpacks for homeless people. The project was created by Carol, who always drives by homeless people on her way to work downtown Minneapolis. She started talking to a couple shelters about creating a backpack to store some essentials and what those essentials would include. The bags include a blanket, rain poncho, water bottle, first aid kit, pen and paper, toothpaste and toothbrush, brush or comb, etc. Union Gospel Mission and Simpson Shelter have been recipients of the bags.

And now, the project is a semi-finalist for a $15,000 grant and it needs your vote!!

Please go to http://www.givehappychallenge.com and vote for Carol (she's the one in a blue shirt with an orange bag). Voting is everyday into June and will be done in a couple different rounds.

And please pass this on! We could create and distribute a lot of backpacks with the money.

Not a fun Monday morning

1. Mom takes daughter to 3 year old wellness visit/checkup.
2. Mom tells daughter there are no shots after hysterics have ensued about getting shots.
3. Mom and daughter arrive at clinic where daughter tells receptionist "no shots!"
4. Receptionist confirms there are no shots for 3 year old visits.
5. Nurse isn't all the way in the room when daughter vehemently tells nurse "no shots!".
6. Nurse kindly says "oh, we'll see sweetie", then proceeds to tell Mom that a new shot was added 2 weeks ago.
7. Mom feels like a liar and feels resentful of the nurse.
8. Daughter does fine through rest of appointment with the doctor.
9. Daughter does not do fine when the nurse comes back in the room with the shot.
10. Hysterics and tears.
11. Mom still feels bad about telling daughter there are no shots.

They are not so little anymore

We had Kate's 3 year old and Zach's 1 year old pictures taken by Michelle last Saturday. Michelle did newborn pictures of Zach and then family pictures last Fall. We love her work and it's been fun to develop a relationship with a photographer.

Here's a link to a sneak peak on her blog.