April 2011
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High Five for Friday—week of 4.25.11
*It is my goal that even when I kvetch, I still have an attitude of gratitude, so each Friday, I want to share at least 5 fantastical things that have happened to me!
1. LA Times FOB. Even though I am working it (Booth 226 if you are in the area), should be good times
2. Secured my appointment for my photo shoot with LA Ink of my tattoo!!!
3. Weather has been AWESOME!
4. Easter was last...
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Anonymous asked: How is it that a little kid already has boat loads more style than me?
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Urgent Care and Nightmares
So, K has been fighting a cold (or allergies or heaven knows what). After his teacher mentioned that she was concerned that his cough could be pneumonia, I immediately took him (back) to urgent care. His doctor and I have been working together to use medicine as a last resort. We want his immune system to start fighting off stuff—building itself up, but with him having bronchitis a little over a...
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Easter Smeashter!
While I know that Easter is about more than just the bunny and the other crap that goes along with it, I am certain that K really doesn’t understands that it’s about God’s love for us. It’s the greatest gift anyone could give, right? To me, it’s bigger than Christmas simply because I feel that it’s great that Christ was born, but had he not gone to the cross and rose again from the dead, he...
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Oh How I Wish I knew How to Cook!
Really, I have no clue. For those of you who know me, it’s true, right? Thank ya Jesus for a microwave and my toaster oven! I mean really, even when I think I want to cook something easy, I don’t have half the ingredients in my house. I am either missing some kind of spice or something major like, I don’t know, cooking oil.
It baffles me that I am almost 40 years old and I don’t have a clue...
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Make Up, Childbirth, Being Fabulous and Being...
I am fabulous. I admit it. I think I am! I really do! This isn’t to sound snotty or arrogant, but really, I think my life is awesome, my kid is awesome, my job is awesome, my parents are awesome, my friends are totally awesome…even my current boyfriend is pretty awesome! So all in all, my life is fabulous… and let’s not forget that I am pretty good looking too! Just sayin’! But let me get...
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High Five for Friday—week of 4.18.11
*It is my goal that even when I kvetch, I still have an attitude of gratitude, so each Friday, I want to share at least 5 fantastical things that have happened to me!
1. LA INK—Got a call to do a follow up photo shoot for my healed tattoo next week!!! That’s a good sign!
2. Good Friday—paid days off always rock!
3. Good Friday—paid days off with a kid who has school—that rocks even...
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Daddy Envy
So K has recently become increasingly aware that he doesn’t have a Daddy! It’s no secret, right? I mean, we talk about how he doesn’t have a Daddy, but he has a Grandpa (whom he ADORES), he has Uncles and really cool dudes in his life who are there for him! I have also made it a point to have African American men in his life (as well as gay, Latino, bi-racial, and the like) so that he sees that...
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Take Chances, Make Mistakes, Get Messy!!!
For those of you familiar with Miss Frizzle from the Magic School Bus, you know that this is her key phrase to her students when she wants them to step outside their comfort zone. For the first several months that K was here, I rarely let him watch TV. I was so focused on him learning English and making sure that I wasn’t ignoring signs of attachment disorder, that I didn’t want anything to...
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WatchOur scale is in time out!!!
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Share. Don’t Compare!
When I think about how I built my family, I love sharing the story! I love being able to share my story with others! I am passionate about adoption. I am passionate about the orphan crisis. I am passionate about love. I am passionate about so many things. Recently I had the opportunity to share my story on “film” so to speak! I can’t talk about that just yet, but what that experience did...
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High Five for Friday--week of 4.11.11
*It is my goal that even when I kvetch, I still have an attitude of gratitude, so each Friday, I want to share at least 5 fantastical things that have happened to me!
1. LA INK—Good Lord, I wish I could talk about it and show the world the amazing piece of art that’s on my leg
2. Got my court date to finalize my adoption!!! For those of you familiar with International adoption—it’s for my...
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You Know You’re an Adoptive Parent if…
1. The fact that there are 143 million children without a parent to kiss them goodnight has made you lose sleep.
2. You realize DNA has nothing to do with love & family.
3. You can’t watch Adoption Stories on TLC without sobbing.
4. You spend your free time surfing blogs about families who’ve experienced the blessing of adoption.
5. It drives you crazy when people ask you about your adopted...
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Your Life is so Rough
I joke when I say this to K when he doesn’t get his way, but in the eyes of a 3 year old—when I say no to something, his life truly is so rough!
Case in point—those of you who have had any kind of interaction with me know that I affectionately refer to the TV as the Zombie Box! I really avoid using it as a “baby sitter”. I try very diligently for it to be a “special” thing for him. For about...
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Life Is a Song
I am ready to admit it. I am honestly ready to shout it from the rooftops. Some of you may already know. Some of you may not. Some of you may not even care! But I have to say it—I am in love.
That’s right! I have fallen in love with Glee!!! I have been a Gleek from the beginning, but now that I am a mother, my passion for it has escalated!!! I have always been a fan of musical theatre. ...
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Who Knew…
That bra straps could be used as reigns on a horse?
That lip liner was a spaceship?
That a flashlight could contain pure joy/entertainment for over an hour?
That a box could be reused as a hiding place?
That a metal lunchbox doubles as a drum?
That makeup brushes are drumsticks?
That a washcloth is a hat?
That shoes are mittens?
That a plate is a shield?
That the large French fries container from...
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Even on my worst day…
Not sure how you think your day is gonna go when, within the first 2 hours of waking up, you have to change the sheets due to urine. No… it doesn’t end there! You have to change K’s clothes dues to a kah kah incident and you have to change your own clothes due to urine spray from a zany 3 year olds penis. Didn’t look like it would be a promising day, right? That’s a tough wake...
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Pocketed this… what can I say!?
At least I admitted it.
So, as many of you know, I have become a stalker of Adoption blogs. Ironically enough, so many people have great advice. Let’s be real, my son will have different needs than a child who was born to you. I am ok with that. I am just so blessed that I live in a world where adoption and talking about it and its effects isn’t taboo! I am so blessed that I live in a day...
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Get Passionate!!!
I know that people are passionate about what they’re passionate about. We are all drawn to different things. Let’s see what’s out there right now—the war, gas prices, the economy, clean water, clean energy, plug in cars, Politics, European union, burning down the trees in the Amazon, having an African American President, etc. Yet, since two of my passions are clean drinking water and the orphan...
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Destination or Bridge?
I was reading a post by a friend of mine and what he was sharing really resonated with me; it practically reached out and screamed “pay attention to me Char!”. He was talking about “the gift of perspective” and within that, he challenged whoever to really think about this—is this stop in life a destination or a bridge? While, his post was about something totally different, it’s always so funny...
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Poop Parasite!!!
A couple of weeks back, we went to a Pre-School reunion and his first (ever) teacher commented on how “weird” his “poops” were (when he was in diapers). Sadly, that same day, we were watching a show on PBS called Dinosaur Train and the theme of the show was “Everybody Poops”. It seemed that on this particular Saturday, I couldn’t escape poop! This double whammy of poop interactions reminded me...
