life paying off

Do you ever get the feeling that the more you do day to day, everyday, at times feel like it is not paying off. Well Jenn and I were feeling like that and last week we got some great news that all of our hard work IS paying off. We met with our case worker, and we have one more home visit/interview, and two more classes to go to before we can look at fostering a child or two. The dream of one of us having a child has been let go. I would be a high risk pregnancy, and Jenn well she has never felt like going through all you have to go through to bring a child into this world. I also feel like there are so many children in this world that need a home and we have a good home to offer. We are not having really high hopes to have a child for the holidays, but it doesn’t hurt to have a little faith that everything will turn out the way we want it. So we will see…
Jenn and I had a great weekend. We stayed on Niagara on the lake. The B&B we stayed at was near a lot of shopping, I especially loved this little Irish import shop. I got Jenn a winter scarf, and myself the Celtic Women CD. Sunday after arriving home, Jenn and I took the boys and Lucy on a long walk on the canal, I sewed some toys up that have seen better days, we visited both sets of parents, and I used the grill probably for the last time. I went grilling crazy. I grilled portabellas, jalapenos, tomatoes, onion, a solid chunk of cheese, and beets. ( I boiled the beets first). Then I grilled some whole wheat italian bread. I made a huge sandwhich with everything but the beets, and the beets were cut up and splashed with lime, kosher salt, and cilantro. It was a tasty salad side. The rest of the night Jenn watched TV on and off and also did a word search. I did some journal writing, some coupon clipping, some foster care info reading. At the end of the night we came together on the sofa, snuggled and watched ” Little People Big World ” We love that show.
So far this week has been laid back, and nothing more to really report.
Love to all who enter here.