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I stumbled across this today while I wasn't doing my homework. I laughed pretty hard...because I've been there.

Ps. dont watch this with your kids...you've been warned.

My 'Family'...

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My new office / sewing room...

Given the fact that I now have lots of time on my hands I've decided to make the best of it...
This is what I finished today...



My sewing machine...old yet faithful



My desk and my iMac...love it



Okay...i had to put this up. It's a self portrait of my youngest brother, Eli.
I love the potato wedge eyebrows...



This may look like a disaster but I assure you it is organized chaos...



This is probably my hardest 'in progress' sewing project.
It's a summer dress I was making for my ex-boyfriends graduation from boot camp.
It'll more that likely stay there just like that for a while...



This is a one of a kind.
Eli drew my name for his make gift this past Christmas and knew I needed a spool holder.
This is what was under the tree for me. Can you tell what it is?
For those of you who maybe don't sew...It's a gigantic bobbin.
I know you're jealous...

Encouragement...

I've recently learned a few things that will better my life in the long run...

-be your own best friend
-when you believe in yourself you can do anything
-when things get tough look to the Lord for comfort...

These may seem rather obvious to most of you but it never hurts to be reminded.

I wrote this on Marcia's driveway as a personal reminder of the last one...

My hair...and stuff

I was told I need to update so here it is...

First...I chopped my hair off. While I did not fully intend to lose 12 inches, I do like it. You?




Oh yeah...it's blonde too. :)

Second...August 24th I'll be changing to 3rd shift at CompX. I'm doing this so I can continue to work while I'm going to school. All of my classes are at night except one so I think this will be better than going to 1st shift. I am fully aware that this is going to be hard but I'm going to do it until I'm no longer able. However long that may be...

Third...and probably most important. My Grandma Kruger has Aggressive Onset Alzheimer's. She is getting bad fast. My mom is out there (South Dakota) for 3 weeks to try and get a grasp on the whole situation. It's really hard on her...she might not admit it but I've known her long enough to be able to hear it in her voice. My grama doesn't always know who my mom is, she asks my grampa 'is that lady still here?' I can't imagine what that must be like for my mom or my grama for that matter. My grampa gives my grama more credit than she deserves in regards to all of this...I'm hoping it's just denial and that it'll pass. She and the whole family need some serious prayer coverage. It only gets worse from here.

Forth...on a lighter note. Remember our chickens? Yeah...well, when we got them we were hoping to have a total of 2 hens and 1 rooster of each breed. As they continued to grow we were having trouble telling the gender of each bird...all of the Chochins seemed to look the same besides the coloring. Well, as it turns out we appear to have 5 roosters and a single hen. We're totally bummed. I'm sure you can imagine...ha.

I guess that's enough for now.

Emilie

Elijah turns 18 months...

Elijah is 18 months today. My emotions are mixed but mostly I'm happy for both him and his whole family. He is the cutest little boy. It's truly hard to believe that he is a year and a half already. He walks and talks and does everything a little boy like him should. I know this isn't as 'momentous' as a birthday or anything but I still wanna show you how he's grown...

Things have moved on since his birth and sometimes I find myself 'overlooking' what happened. It's not to say that I forget or don't think about it, it's just that he's growing up and so am I. We just happen to be doing it with different families, me with my parents and he with his.
-This fall I'm going to school. I'm following through and one of the major personal reasons for my adoption decision. I know that people change majors all the time but right now I'm leaning towards Elementary Education with a focus on Foreign Language.
-I have a job. I work 40 - 50 hours a week doing Metal work at CompX DuraSlide in Byron Center. I really like working there. The people are great and I usually only work 4 [10 hour] days a week. I'm going to stay there until school starts in September. I might look at changing shifts at that point or finding something little less demanding.

For those of you who have been here with me through it all [you know who you are], Thank You. From some place deep inside my being, I need for you to know that without you I'm not really sure where I would be right now.

Emilie