A Dream For Adoption

Long Time... NO BLOG

2011-12-17T23:45:00.003-06:00

Wow, it sure has been a while since I blogged back in September about Emma Grace, now she is a chunky monkey and is still being enjoyed by everyone in the family!
Lets see, right after EG was born like I think 2 weeks later I was off to Mayfield for a girls weekend and first time to drive that far alone! I went to a scrapbooking retreat and didnt even take a picture! Sorry. But I had tons of fun. That night that I came home, my madre was home from a 4 week trip overseas, I had mixed emotions on her being home haha! It was pretty nice having the house to myself being just my dad and I were home.
October came in with a BANG! First my parents were off to Vegas then we were off to Ole Miss 2 days after they got back. Can u say Crazy?
Halloween was very fun with the littuins but it was so COLD!

Ok folks thats all for tonight

Maggie

My Fav Blogs

2011-09-02T21:23:00.002-05:00

Hi! Welcome from Kellys Korner!

Some of my fav blogs are of corse Kellys Korner , how can you not like it?

For a non profit org. its got to be ORDINARY HERO! Know this is my fav org ever pretty much besides Alexs Lemonade Stand and the founder, Kelly Putty rocks! They are on my blog roll and heres a link to them just click on the Ordinary Hero!

For a family blog besides Kellys Korner I love Kristi Johnsons blog! Let me tell you about this woman, Kristi, Kellys sis who are both from my hometown has 4 biological children thats a lot right? Well she has also adopted 2 from ETHIOPIA, the place I want to adopt from someday! This woman is like super women lol! She is a crazy mom who loves her kids and recently got a 15 passenger van! Well im not trying to spoil all the good reading for you so go read Kristi blog here... Kristi

I have a TON of more blogs on my blog roll so please take some time to look at some:)!

Happy Blog Reading
Maggie

Emma Grace

2011-09-02T21:11:00.004-05:00

Sweet Emma Grace arrived Thursday afternoon at 4:34, I think:). She weighed 7 pounds and 5 ounces. I missed her birth :( but that was made up by being the 3rd person to hold her! These pics are, the banner I made for her baby shower that we had a couple of weeks ago, Emma Grace and I last night, and Emma in her so so cute bow today. I spent my entire afternoon with the new fam and enjoyed baby Emma since the seniors didnt have school today because we got back from DC last night and everyone is getting back from "N'Oleans" or New Orleans late tonight. She is precious, super cute and much smaller than we thought she would be lol!

Congrats Jen, Alex and Welcome Emma Grace to the Blane Family

Maggie

One Great Video

2011-08-05T13:47:00.000-05:00

Here is a great video from the 1st mission trip to Ethiopia in July with Ordinary Hero! I knew some of the people that went on this trip and they said it was life changing. :)

Be sure to pause the music at the bottom of my blog!

If you are from Kelly's Korner, go to the next post!

Maggie

Blogging

2011-08-05T13:41:00.000-05:00

Hi if you are here from Kelly's Korner, welcome! One of my tips about blogging is remember to update your blog and I also like to make 2 blog lists like I have done on my blog! I'm sorta new to blogging and need some help with pictures, do you have any recommendations? I sure hope you do for me! Also scroll down and read some other posts and let me know how my writing is!

So my questions for y'all are!
-How do you find topics for post?
-How do you find a fast/ easy way to upload pics? ( Is there one)
-What do you think about my writing/ journal?

Tips
-Remember to update often
-Have 2 or more blog columns one for family/ close friend and one for friends/ people you really don't know and maybe a recipe/ savings one!

Enjoy!

Maggie

OMG

2011-08-03T18:03:00.008-05:00

Or......

O My Georgia!
On Saturday, I spent the morning and early afternoon with my favorite almost 1 YEAR OLD, Georgia! I thought I was going to have Charlie also, so I had planned for us to do tons of fun things like go to the Farmers Market downtown since it was Saturday and then go to the Public Library for story time. But Georgia and I only did the Farmers Market. Then we came back home, I tried with no success to get her down for a nap so we just played! Here are some pics!

The one above is so my fav! It was her climbing under the coffee table and it was so cute! I just love that smile!

This is her sweet mommas favorite! I posted all of these on facebook and out of all she liked this one the best, the one below!
I dont know if I have told yall how much I LOVE this family! I have been through the up and downs with their little boy, he has hit me, kicked me, and even cussed at me but they still "invite" or "ask" me back to babysit! We do have our breaks like after we got back from Palm Island I didnt hear from them for about 2 or 3 weeks and during the winter they didnt need a sitter for about 2 months! But I love my Grays lol!

These 2 are GA playing on her activity table and on the floor! She loves to play!

Have A Great Week!

Maggie

The Rest

2011-07-29T15:40:00.000-05:00

The rest of the vacation was pretty much like thisss...
Wake up
Relax in the morning/Me feed Georgia
Eat Breakfast
Relax even more
Go to the Pool or Beach
Bring Georgia and or Maddie in when they got tired
I stay in and eat while they nap/ play
Go back out
Stay out for about 2 hours again
Come back in for 2nd nap
Parents leave me with kids
Pop in movie for kids
Make dinner for kids
Clean up
Parents get home
I EAT- they always brought me food :)
Kids to bed/ Adult time
BED

There were a few days that this was not followed! On Tuesday, Robert and Justin went to try to get a BOAT for us to go out on! No luck but, we all went Wednesday and got a boat and went to Cabbage Key, where Jimmy Buffett was inspired/ wrote Cheeseburger In Paradise! That was a lot of fun! On Thursday it was sorta rainy that we didnt even make it to the beach! Instead we went to Bocca Grande, an upscale shopping community! It was alot of fun and we had the greatest PIZZA their before we went shopping! Virginia found the cutest romper, I found some really cute flip flops and Kristi got some dresses!
On the last day, we layed out at the pool because it was way to rough to the beach plus it was really windy! Also on the last day I got to jump off a bridge! Yes a bridge, when I told my mom I was doing it I think she panicked lol! But, jumping off that bridge is 1 of the things I remember from Palm Island! If you were to go to PI and jump off the bridge, heres some tips!
-Do it during high tide, thats usually during late afternoons
-Make sure little ones wear life jackets, although I can swim and once you do, you can touch the bottom but Charlie who is 4 had to wear a life jacket!
-Dont jump toward the end of the bridge, as I said I could touch near the end of the bridge so jump toward the middle!
-Dont throw your back out like Justin! It does hurt, I almost needed some advil and im 17 so Justin did something to his back, and all I can say is TGF Virginia!
-Last but not least is HAVE FUN!

On our last day here it was travel day! We had a plane leaving at 5 pm from Sarasota but, on our way to the airport we received a call saying we would not leave Charlotte until 9:40! We spent the morning cleaning up and packing around the condo then Virginia and Kristi, Robert and Justin, and the kids headed down to the beach for pictures, guess how happy those guys were about that lol (I had to chase Charlie around the house to get him dressed.) :)
After pictures we were out! We decided to go eat lunch and that almost made us miss our plane to Charlotte which ended up not being late but we did have to sit on the plane for about 40 min!
I had a wonderful time and could of stayed another week with the girls! These girls were so much fun, we stayed up late talking and had lots of fun! Thanks for taking me!

Maggie

The 4th

2011-07-28T14:35:00.005-05:00

I tried to get other pictures from Virginia's facebook but this is the only one I could get sorry folks:(
This is Georgia and I on the 4th of July before the fireworks, she woke up and we put her in her darling 4th of july dress:)

Palm Island Day 1&2

2011-07-28T13:13:00.009-05:00

I Know
I Know!!!!!!
I have not posted since what, JUNE? Would you like to know why? Well I have been super busy in June and the first of July! I went to Florida twice, once you already know about as I was blogging on the I-Pad then I was home for like 2 or 3 weeks and left again to go to Florida again with a family to babysit! We went to a part of Florida I have never been to and I was wondering if any of yall have! We went to Palm Island, FL it is near Sarasota and Bocca Grande Florida and I must say I had a great time even though I was keeping the kids lol. :)

On the first day we had a 6 AM flight out of Nash so I spent the night before with the "Grays", the people I babysit for who are super nice and that worked out because my parents were out of town and I was staying with my cousin who had a wedding. So that 3 AM from Virginia sure did come early but I had gone to bed super duper early at like 8:30 which for me is very early haha! So I had awaken at 2:45 ish and could not go back to sleep ugh :( but, I guess it was good to be able to wake up for 15 min before to have to get ready for the day lol! So I got ready, finished some last min. packing and realized that I had no contact solution, so VA to the rescue, she thankfully let me borrow some of hers :) After I got dressed I got Georgia up and dressed then we were on the road. We were not out of 42240 before we had to stop... C had to throw up... ugh traveling with children under 5 :) We made it to Nash and I slept the entire first plane ride and talked to Justin for about 5 min before knocking out :) In Charlotte we had breakfast, Bee and I were starving as we walked bye the cinnabun place in the airport! Once in Sarasota we got our cars and headed to my fav. Grocery, PUBLIX! Wow with 7.5 people there, we had a lot of junk we picked out to total almost $400.00 for 6 days! When we got to our house, we unloaded the kids, I stayed upstairs with GA, Maddie and a little bit of Charlie while the adults unloaded the bags (ahh how I love being the sitter lol.) :) Most of us hit the beach while I tried to put Georgia down for a nap with no luck so, Virginia tried and she and GA fell asleep :) We stayed out on the beach for about 2 hours and that felt like um 30 min and it might of even been 3 hours! Im telling you the girls were so right when telling me the time goes so SLOW around here! The adults went out to dinner and left me with the kids......
THAT WAS AN ADVENTURE (with lots of calls to mommy Virginia and daddy Robert) but, atleast Maddie and Georgia were good:)

Now for some info about Palm Island... From ME!
Palm Island is an all golf cart community... LOVE! We had two 4 person golf carts but, in Bocca Grande, I saw the perfect golf cart for us... AN 8 PERSON GOLF CART!
According to Jusin or Kristi it is golf cart because the bridge blew down and the people decided not to rebuild it because they thought it would keep it more secluded and D*MN they were right, we were their on the 4th and there was prob um around 200 to 300 people their. Now thats my kinda place, why? Well its close to things like shopping, eating, and boating! These things are only a short ferry ride away, and if you have kids, they will love the ferry! If you have teens, let them loose in the golf cart on the island come on thats what Justins dad did, yeah they have been coming here his whole life:) On the Island their is 1 store called the 'general store' that is attached to the one place to eat plus an ice cream shop! The general store has the cutest cover ups and hats from this brand called bag lady by mud pie.

The people on Palm Island are so NICE! They wave to everyone! I really didnt get a chance to explore the Island but GA and I went on a walk one day, and one of the thing I will remember forever hopefully, is that.. I jumped off a bridge! More about that later:)

Now to Day 2
Happy 4th Of July
Yes we were on the beach for the forth and I have some great pictures of the fireworks to prove it! But, let me go ahead and start off with the morning!
On the morning of day 2 we all woke up on our own, Kristi didnt feel so good the night before so she and Justin were the first to come home;) Since it was a holiday, the restaurant on the Island had a buffet breakfast, so we had to hit that up since they only had it on weekends:) We went to eat a wonderful breakfast and shop around a bit then let the kids play on the playground up at the resort. The Island has like a little resort where the restaurant is and they have "rentals" that are weekly I believe. :)
We came back but, GA fell asleep on the golf cart ride back so Robert stayed with her while we all went down to the beach. That afternoon the guys headed to the grocery to get fireworks, baby food (yes, we forgot babyfood on sunday lol) and steaks and stuff for dinner. I must say that dinner was great sadly we had no air so we were all dying from heat! But thankfully during the firework show, the airman showed up to fix it, he was our lifesaver that night lol. The firework show was awesome! I would love to show yall some of my pics but, our macs photo library isnt working along with us when we want it to. :(
I will try to get some of Virginias pictures to share with yall!

Maggie

It's been...

2011-06-09T12:54:00.002-05:00

A WHILE! As I sit here on my I pad ( so expect spelling errors lol) on my way from Florida to Atlanta and I can not remember the last time I have blogged, I looked at the last post before I started this one and it was before lent!
I sometimes tell myself why are you still even blogging? Well one day when I really get into the hoops of blogging I hope to make my blog I to a book! Does that sound crazy because right know I don't even know I'd I have any readers out there reading my blog but it's therapeutic for me to blog sometimes :)

Let's start off with January! That month seemed long! Let's see my pare ts left on december 30th and the 1st my grandfather went into the emergency room so that was hectic ;) then on the 15th we had a cousins wedding where I got the flu for the entire week after! So that's all that happened in between family visiting and birthdays in January.
FEb was lots of snow days and a trip to richmond Kentucky with my mom to see the boys basketball play!

I'll catch y'all up on pics and more months later

Traveling the world
Maggie

Sorry

2011-03-09T19:10:00.000-06:00

Because of lent I have told myself I will not BLOG for 40 days! I was gonna do Facebook but, I cant live with out that! haha!

SO SORRY
SEE YA AT THE END OF LENT
MB

Let It Snow

2010-12-28T11:44:00.002-06:00

On Christmas Eve it began to snow! We knew it was going to be a white christmas, the first one in years! Here is a pic of our backyard so enjoy! And as of today the snow is still not melted lol!
Will post more christmas pic later!

mb

Thinking

2010-07-27T14:38:00.002-05:00

As the summer comes to an end I have been doing some thinking, visiting a different church that I LOVE! I have not let out these feelings to anyone, but I feel like this blog has become my personal diary as of February 14. That day was o so aweful for MANY IN MY TOWN while others were celebrating love with valentines day, we were in the start of grieving. We lost a FRIEND, FAMILY MEMBER, HERO, GIRL FRIEND and a TEAM MATE that day.
This song has really affected me along with Temporary Home by Carrie Underwood, which the family played at the funeral!

WHY by Rascal Flatts

It must've been in a place so dark you couldn't feel the light
Reachin' for you through that stormy cloud
Now here we are gathered in our little hometown
This can't be the way you meant to draw a crowd

Oh, why? That's what I keep askin'
Was there anything I could have said or done?
Oh, I had no clue you were masking
A troubled soul, God only knows what went wrong
And why you'd leave the stage in the middle of a song

Now in my mind I keep you frozen as a seventeen year old
Roundin' third to score the winning run
You always played with passion no matter what the game
When you took the stage, you shined just like the sun

Oh, why? That's what I keep askin'
And was there anything I could have said or done?
Oh, I had no clue you were masking
A troubled soul, oh, God only knows what went wrong
And why you'd leave the stage in the middle of a song

Now the oak trees are swayin' in the early autumn breeze
The golden sun is shining on my face
The tangled thoughts I hear a mockingbird sing
This old world really ain't that bad a place

Oh, why? There's no comprehending
And who am I to try to judge or explain?
Oh, but I do have one burning question
Who told you life wasn't worth the fight?
They were wrong, they lied, and now you're gone, and we cried

'Cause it's not like you to walk away in the middle of a song
Your beautiful song, your absolutely beautiful song

I will leave you all today with 3 letters! Not mine! Guess

EMA

GIVEAWAY

2010-07-13T11:21:00.001-05:00

JUST AN FYI! THEIR IS A GIVEAWAY OF A LAURA KELLEY SHIRT OR KEY TAG AT LITTLE BIT FUNKY!

ENJOY HOPE U WIN!
MB

Late

2010-07-06T10:14:00.001-05:00

Well yes its 2 days late, but thats the way I roll! And sorry I have no pictures for yall to share our forth!

BUT

HAPPY FORTH OF JULY!

2 DAYS LATE!

running late
mb

Home

2010-06-30T11:10:00.004-05:00

This is my home! Its has always been perfect! No bad people in the the hood, no break ins, and etc....

Until recentely! We love I do mean love where we live in a golf corse comunity but, when we have bad peeps living around us coming asking us for money so they can do meth and rob others, it is not good and this is not the rep our hood wants!
It is not ok for anyone to rob anyone but, your neighbors? Tell me aint that just wrong?

Praying
MB

Derby Wedding?

2010-05-13T18:03:00.002-05:00

Yes thats what it was suppose to be but I would like to call it more like a crazy southern wedding!
Well lets see I believe we drove to Nashville 2 times that weekend, plus an early morning trip to Clarksvegas to deliver the wedding dress to the mother of the groom! Yes, they forgot the wedding dress here! Then as soon as we got their and the wedding was over, tornado sirens started going off! So that is why I call it a crazy derby wedding! O and plus this was the weekend of the flood in Tennessee!
Loving my new cousin Tisha
MB

Kellys Korner Blog: Show Us Your Life Desserts

2009-09-25T00:28:00.003-05:00

Kelly has beeen hosting a show us your life blog thing and this week I decided to participate!!!
Heres the recipe to DESSERT PIZZA
from all recipes

INGREDIENTS
1 (18 ounce) package refrigerated sugar cookie dough
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed

2 cups sliced fresh strawberries

1/2 cup white sugar
1 pinch salt
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 cup water
1/2 teaspoon orange zest

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Slice cookie dough and arrange on greased pizza pan, overlapping edges. Press dough flat into pan. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Allow to cool.
In a large bowl, soften cream cheese, then fold in the whipped topping. Spread over cooled crust. You can chill for a while at this point, or continue by arranging the fruit.
Begin with strawberries, sliced in half. Arrange in a circle around the outside edge. Continue with fruit of your choice, working towards the middle. If bananas are used, dip them in lemon juice so they don't darken. Then make a sauce to spoon over fruit.
In a saucepan, combine sugar, salt, corn starch, orange juice, lemon juice and water. Cook and stir over medium heat. Bring to a boil, and cook for 1 or 2 minutes, until thickened. Remove from heat, and add grated orange rind. Allow to cool, but not set up. Spoon over fruit. Chill for two hours, then cut into wedges and serve.

ENJOY :)
MB

I'm Coming Home

2009-06-28T02:29:00.004-05:00

Yes I finshed the posts and yep somedays I left things out on like Day 6 I said we ate Indian when we really went with the group to this 218 step church where me and Penny Jo took the monorail!
While they walked and all of us went down!

Ok so ...
Travel day cause were going HOME!
We had to wake up early that was 11 PM at home!
So we went down to eat and I e mailed people and checked out LLM!

Then it was time to get gone!

We arrived at the airport and me P and S ate a Mc Donalds were I had my last coke light!
Thats what I miss the most!

We were then to board our 9 hour plane ride!!!!!!!!!
Lets see we ate a great lunch or mine was great cause I got pasta!
Then I just watched movies and tried notice tried to sleep with no luck!
We landed at O Hair and had a nice dinner and some yummy MC D Sweet Tea! Yum Yum!
Then we finally landed in the "ville" and had to ait an hour for our luggage! Then we finally got home and lets see mom as up for 24 straight hours and I was up 22 hours!

Hope Ya Enjoyed Our Journey to...
London,Paris,& Amsterdam and know...

WERE BACK HOME!

Love Ya

More Travel Days

2009-06-28T02:18:00.003-05:00

So heres the more travel posts you asked for!

Day 7
This was another travel day!
We went on the train and Griff got sick so I watched a movie and tried to read and sleep!
I did actually have some luck with the sleep!
We arrived in Amesterdam and had some mishaps and I will spear you all the details!
Once we got checked in the hotel we quickly changed and went to DAMN SQUARE and a wonderful dinner.
After dinner we went to the Ann Frank house which I loved but no pictures were allowed!
Day 8
That as a free one and we went to the Van Gouga musuem and then to the FLEA MARKET! That was um...
Crazy we saw many things but out of all that day I loved the musuem!
We then went to eat Indonesan which was not good!

Day 9

We went to the Flower Market with the group and to a little town and to Delft Pottery!
We loved everything except the Flower Market!
Then we went back to the hotel and I went to eat with P and S and shopped some more and they stayed at the hotel and ate their!

Hope you enjoyed it!

DAYS OF TRAVEL

2009-06-28T02:04:00.003-05:00

Sorry this is o so very late...
So lets get to it...
I will post the rest of the days in Paris tonight or this morning!

DAY 5
This day began as a tour day ith our group then they droped us off at this church and we made it back to a very nice resturant.
After our lovly nice lunch we went to an art musuem which was um...
OK.
After that we were tired but came back to the hotel to rest and then went to an awesome INDIAN resturant that was O so good and the 4 of us said it was our best meal!

DAY 6

This was a free day in Paris!

We went to the flea market that is were I found gifts for my friends.
Then we made our way back to the hotel to change cause it eas so very hot and I thought I was having those woman needs!
After that we made our way to the Louve and it took us 2 hours just to get their!
We then ate a very very quick lunch that was OK!
Then we were to meet our group for a guided tour of the LOUVE!
After that we went shoping and went back to the hotel then went back to the hotel for a rest then to an ok dinner and back home to pack!

Ok will also try Travel day 7 before I go and that will be one big post with 8 and 9 plus our coming home post will be sep. though cause thats very important!

I will get this done before my next trip!

Day 4

2009-06-24T01:29:00.003-05:00

So its travel day!

From London to Paris we will go with our new friends Peggy or P and Savannahh or S cause thats what i will call them!

So S and I became good friends and started talking and that will come later...

First.. The prep for travel!

We had to leave at 11:30 London time to have time to grab something to eat on the train so we grabed these good sandwiched and cookies and so P,G,and I sat with the luggage while mom and Poodle and G went to grab drinks!

We had to sit in our seats for a min the P and I traded so I could sit by S!

We arrived in PARIS at RUSH HOUR TRAFIC!

AGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE SPENT A WHILE JUST WAITING and our bus did an illegal U turn!

So we had like 10 min to get ready for dinner so we ran up to change and go straight down!

Off to dinner we all went....

It was not good!

The salad was sour...

The chicken was OK but mom and poodle complained about how bad it was!

The dessert was awesome though!

Ok so S and I...

They live two hours away from us and she was my age so we became friends!

More stories about her and I later!

Hope you enjoyed it!

I got his one done fast!

Thats all I can post tonight very tired but needed to post and its 1:40 AM so Im out!

Day 3

2009-06-24T01:22:00.003-05:00

Ok so I took a couple days off to show off those o so cute adopted an finaly home babies!

So day 3...

It was a free one cause we left for Paris the next day!

Its begining to be hard to remember but I kept a travel journal so I will try my best!

We went to the TOWER OF LONDON!

And an art musuem!Then to the London Eye, which we all hated cause it made all of us dizzy!

We also tried to get into the Globe Theather but we ha no luck

So thats all for DAY THREE!!!

WILL CONT TO WORK ON DAY 4 POST!

pics will come after all posts!

DAY 2

2009-06-21T13:54:00.004-05:00

So after a nice long nights sleep everyone got up for a tour of London on a bus!

And that put me to sleep!

We went to see the changing of the guards and saw the QUEEN!

When our tour guide told us we could go get a pic by one of the guards!

Then we went to Windsor Castle and that was OK!

So we came back to the hotel and called home then we were off to eat the best meal ever of our trip...

Indian!!!!!

It was soooo good!

Wrll Day 3 Tomorrow...

DAY 1

2009-06-20T08:46:00.003-05:00

Ok so im blogging all about my trip each day.

So day one!

Our plane left at 12 so we left our house with all our luggage in tow for the ville or Nashville!!!!

We got to the airport and got checked in!

Then it was time to leave on a jet plane! I pretty much slept the whole time on that plane!

Then we got in WASHINGTON! We had to get on a longer plane and had a very good dinner on the plane and we all tried to sleep!

But,no one had luck for most off the time!

I slept for about 45 min at the end of the 6 hour plane ride but thats all! So we arrived and our nice tour guide got us hotel rooms so we could sleep! After a long nap we went arround and toured LONDON! Then came back for a drink and welcoming dinner! After that we SLEPT till day two!