I can't find it anywhere!

My engagement ring, that is! You know the one with the diamonds in it!!!!!!???

I often slip off both my rings at night... I just don't like having them on my hands when I sleep. On this particular night about two weeks ago, I slipped them off and put them on the dresser... I thought. The next day, I couldn't find either! I gave up the search temporarily, but eventually found my wedding band completely embedded in the candle wax drippings in the dish from the candles on my dresser. But still no engagement ring. Arg. I've lost it once before. A few years ago. It turned up under the seat of the car. Weird.

Please Pray For Our Baby...

We have a very sick kid down here. My poor, sweet baby continues to throw up, have diarrhea, and just in general not feel well. Last night I went in to her room to check on her around 11pm, and found her laying in a crib FULL of vomit. We had to get her up and give a cold shower (we don't have a water heater) after she'd already been asleep for hours. And wouldn't you know that sweet kid just went right back to sleep!

It's been over two weeks since this started and I'm just so sad for her. Our pediatrician said that since her fecal test came back negative for parasites or bacteria, she simply had a virus, gastroenteritis, and although it's probably gone, her little digestive system is just all out of wack. We are going to really be careful about only giving her mushy foods like rice cereal and ripe bananas, and keeping her hydrated, and just wait this thing out.

I feel so frustrated and helpless. There is NOTHING worse than seeing your child in pain. I know, in the scope of things, we have so much to be thankful for, and I know that God is in control of my baby's tummy. We'd appreciate your prayers.

Introducing Lindsey Joy Design

I decided I needed to get organized!  I have been working on blog designs and vector graphics through email, but now have a special shop all set up... I hope you'll go check it out!~  And if you love me, really love me, and want to help me get customers, you can take the button for my shop and put it on your sidebar!  :)  

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I'm Still Here!

But it's been a rough week!  We have a very sick baby who continues to throw up with no explanation!  So we have been dealing with all that!  Plus I'm working very hard on our new church website and on a new design shop website!!!  So I may not be around as much this week, but I'll be back and with lots of exciting stuff to show you!

Dancing and Pigtails!

Just another day...

mi casa es su casa

One of the biggest lessons I'm learning right now, is to hold all this "stuff" we have, with an open hand.  On the weekends, and during the week for that matter, we have a constant stream of kids flowing in and out of our house.  As a result I have grimy toys, two huge scratches in my kitchen table, and VERY dirty floors. 

I think it's great that we have "the fun house".  I love that the church kids feel comfortable coming over and spending hours and hours at a time playing Game Cube, "House", and eating my food.  I love the fact that Anna has playmates (albeit playmates much older than her)... and that I sort of get a break when they're around... because they LOVE her and entertain her to no end.

And I love that it blesses their parents!  Who wouldn't like a few hours of quiet while your kids play at someone else's house!  It gives these ladies a chance to fellowship at the church (2 doors down) and not have kids screaming and running around.

So although I hate sweeping and mopping this house on a constant basis, I absolutely love having a houseful of kiddos.  The older ones have even taken to spending the night or nights whenever they don't have school.  And you know what?  I love it!

a real confidence booster...

Today I went with Vero, Myra, & Linda to the mall for a day of shopping and fun.  It was great, and I was so thrilled to be out of the house all day and not home obsessing over this frightening election.  On the way home, we needed to take a taxi from the bus stop to our house.  So we flagged down a taxi and proceeded to file into the car.  But before we had all gotten in, the taxi driver stopped us and said he couldn't take us because we were too heavy!  Nice.

guess what today is?

Happy Birthday Sweetie.  I love you.

just a cute pic...

technical difficulties & eeewwww gross!

Well, I had to delete the previous post with the video of Costa Rica... it was messing up my sidebar content even when I adjusted the width of the video area.  Oh well. 

But in more recent news, can I just share with you what my husband brought home today?  Every Saturday they drive out to the village of Los Mortales to do a Bible Study.  Well today my husband bursts in the door after arriving home- with blood all over his hands.   And he's smiling.  A really, really big smile.

He says, "Come see what I brought home."  So I go out to the front lawn, and there is a mass of cow face/skin and ear.  Apparently on the way home they saw a family butchering a cow and they pulled over.  Pastor Bert bought the head to take home and make tacos, and Eric asked if he could have all the loose skin, fat and the ears.  Great.

So our dalmation, as you can see, is thoroughly enjoying his "treat".  It just gets better and better here... seriously.