What A Rush!

We had a great couple of days to enjoy each others company, but still got a few things accomplished.

Wednesday Derek cleaned his office, we dropped off some action figures at a comic book store and are waiting to see if they will purchase any, cleaned the house, watched TV and Derek played MineCraft (his current love next to me). That afternoon I got a call from a friend who had a side job for me to raise a little extra cash. That night I cleaned a lady's house for a few hours. It stretched me a little (especially the large exotic bird in her kitchen that chases you around with wings open trying to bite your toes), but all in all, I'm thankful to serve someone else and make a little money doing it.

Thursday we cleaned the gutters or at least what we could reach and they look much better! While watching Derek on the ladder I decided to give the house a bath and scrub off some of that green stuff (what is that?!?), which turned into a slightly epic water balloon battle.    Derek - 0, Crissy - 2  I'm sure a rematch will be in our future.

That afternoon we got to pick strawberries with some of our favorite people! It was so much fun to be out in God's creation with little ones (and big ones) squealing when they claimed to find the biggest strawberry. Derek was the star of the show and everyone wanted to be carried by him. Too precious :o) That evening I went back to finish cleaning the house and in the end I got a sweet hug and a nice tip! I think God used that little job to start building a friendship that wouldn't have normally happened.

Friday an electrician came by and fixed the light in the nursery. He replaced it with a new fixture we purchased 4 years ago (never knew why I held onto that thing, but I guess God did!) and was gone in 30 minutes. So nice to cross that one off the list! We also finished writing our announcement letter with the help of some editing and now it's in Derek's hands to make it look awesome!

At 5:20 we received the email that our formal app had been approved! HAPPY DANCE! And then opened it to find the 30 attachments...not so happy dance.

It's Saturday morning and I've sent off all of our references (3 friends, 1 pastor, and 2 work). It's so nice to see our friends getting a chance to be involved. The rest of the day will be spent printing off forms, making appointments, and ignoring the growing lawn.