We have received a few donations from friends since January (THANK YOU!) and not having cable has been AMAZING! We have been able to add some of our money from having no cable as well as some of our tax money. We are now almost at $2500 which has exceeded our goal of $2000 by the end of March. We are hoping to get at least $500 or more from our fundraiser this month. Think Mother's Day, Birthdays, Easter, and (dare I say it) even Christmas gifts! My sister-in-law Kate's good friends Michelle runs a Scentsy business on the side and has graciously agreed to give us 20% of all the sales using the link below for the 1st 3 weeks of April. Hip Hip Hooray!!! We are so grateful for Michelle and Kate for getting this rolling and we are excited to share this win-win opportunity for you all! Please share this post and the link with all of your friends, family, co-workers, and of course feel free to share it on facebook!
https://michelleuphold.scentsy.us/Scentsy/Home?partyId=232562084
Click on the blue/green arrow at the top and select Crystal's Adoption - shop now!
Click on the blue/green arrow at the top and select Crystal's Adoption - shop now!
Joyce (Pat's mom) and I will be having sample scents and products at both of our work locations in case you are not familiar with Scentsy and would like to see it in person first. I have 3 scentsy burners - 2 large ones and 1 wall plug in. I LOVE THEM! They smell delicious and last forever! I don't know if I'll go back to candles! ;-) You can even set them on a timer plug that will have it kick on 30 mins before you get home and go off at bedtime. AMAZING!
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On a side note, we are hoping to get a family friendly car this week to help us out when it comes time to sign the adoption paperwork. We have been sharing Patrick's truck (18 years old I think!) since August and boy has it been fun! haha Not really! We are excited to have saved up some money and are ready to get a new used car that will fit our future family! We were able to sell his car just yesterday (22 years old - his little honda prelude). I think 7 months of sharing a truck was just enough time for him to grieve the loss of his car ;-)
Plus, I've been working on the side this quarter creating a fun research unit about the ocean, desert, rainforest, and arctic to sell on TeachersPayTeachers. I am $6 away from earning $300 and I have now sold 166 items! Business is picking up! I'll be working hard over spring break to get some more sales in!
Plus, I've been working on the side this quarter creating a fun research unit about the ocean, desert, rainforest, and arctic to sell on TeachersPayTeachers. I am $6 away from earning $300 and I have now sold 166 items! Business is picking up! I'll be working hard over spring break to get some more sales in!
Additional good news! I have accepted a new teaching job at Cardinal Charter Academy and will still be teaching 1st grade come August. The wonderful added bonus - a few more thousand in the bank each year, and it is about a 5 minute drive from our place and a 1 minute drive from Patrick's mom's house. We have been searching for a few years to find something close to our area so that we could start our family and the timing is perfect! We are ecstatic that we will be able to have more quality time with our future kiddos!
Here are some of our goals for the upcoming years -
1) Raise $1,000 or more each quarter
2) Purchase a 2nd family car next spring 2015 (possibly sell the old but faithful truck?)
3) Have a down payment for our 1st house in spring/summer 2016
4) Get our home - home-study ready! Child proofing and all! :-D
5) 2017 hopefully reached our $20,000 goal and ready to adopt!
Here's some quotes of inspiration! Our vision is in sight and our goals are attainable!
“Live your vision and demand your success.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“The first step toward creating an improved future is developing the ability to envision it. VISION will ignite the fire of passion that fuels our commitment to do WHATEVER IT TAKES to achieve excellence. Only VISION allows us to transform dreams of greatness into the reality of achievement through human action. VISION has no boundaries and knows no limits. Our VISION is what we become in life. ”
― Tony Dungy
― Tony Dungy
“Nothing is more imminent than the impossible . . . what we must always foresee is the unforeseen.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
― Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
