Another Saturday Night, and I Ain't Got Nobody!

Yeah!!! I love Cat Stevens! Great song. Anyway, another Saturday night, and I ain't got no children, but I do have an amazing hubby and two of the most adorable dogs in the world. And a pretty cute kitty, too. We just got back from Vespers and had a quiet dinner at home. Now we're drinking Margaritas and getting ready to watch Harry Potter.

The past few weeks have been pretty uneventful. We finally decided to take our house off the market after receiving no offers. What an unfortunate time to list a house for sale. Within a week of our listing on the MLS, Obama made his speech about the Federal Government defaulting on its debt, the stock market plunged 2000 points, and the jumbo loan limit dropped 100k. Not good for us. No, no, no!

So now we are trying our best to scrimp and save for our adoption and upcoming Master's program. We need to start fundraising for our adoption, since it will probably cost about $8,000 for us to fly to Ethiopia twice, and our referral fee will be due next year sometime. On top of that, what if we are lucky enough to be referred siblings?!? Then we need to come up with another $6,000.

What is our plan, you might be asking? Well, everybody loves coffee, so we are working on setting up our own online coffee store to help fundraise. I also happen to be pretty good on a sewing machine, so I plan on making handmade African-themed batik quilts and hope I get some takers. I'm starting to feel excited about our adoption! I think I just needed to pick myself out of the dumps of infertility blues and get an attitude adjustment. Also, being 27 on the siblings wait list is good, right??

In the meantime, I've been working on my mommy skills by knitting socks and making these cute little watermelon cookies:

And check out the veggies from our garden!

Springtime gardening!

A friend visited us in our pool the other day! He swam around for about an hour, quacked at the dogs, and then flew away to rejoin his group.

Blossoms appeared on the apple tree we planted last year.

Our vegetables are growing well. Daniel has outsmarted the squirrels and birds by putting up netting.

The green beans have sprouted!

The bulbs are in full bloom.

My grandmother's plants have survived winter.

We welcome spring!

Just some garden and knitting stuff!

Hey, everybody. No recipe, just some pictures of our garden and of a little berry baby had I made for my brother and sister-in-law as they expect their first child in a few weeks.

Daniel and I have had a smashing success in our garden this year. Our green beans have been growing so strongly. So have our squashes, zucchini, tomatoes, basil, carrots and cucumbers. I've been trying to make use of all the zucchini, but it's ridiculous how fast they grow! We've given most of them away. It makes me a little sad to work in our garden, knowing that we are so good at making green things grow, but we can't seem to make a little one of us grow. It's been a rough year for me. But the beautiful weather helps, and so does cooking. Thanks to everyone who has been reading my blog. I love writing it, and I hope some of you are getting use out of the recipes.