It's the Day!

Well today is the day!! I am getting ready to head off to DSS so we can read their file (mandatory for adoptive parents) and they will file the paperwork TODAY! Then in TEN days it will be official!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can not express how happy we all are! It's almost like a dream after all we've been through! So thank you everyone for all the support for my ups and downs and all the prayers sent to our family.

To honor this day I will continue my HALF off ANY item in my etsy store:
http://www.debtybeautifulbeads.etsy.com

And 15% off my pinkdoodle and my ebay stores:

http://www.pinkdoodle.com/ShopProfile.aspx (if this link doesn't work just go to pinkdoodle and search by my shop name DebtyBeautifulBeads)

http://www.stores.ebay.com/Debty-Beautiful-Beads

Take advantage of these wonderful sales while you can. And there are a variety of different items in each store so if you don't see something in one store, you might find something you like in another!

Thanks!

TWO WEEKS!!!!!

I have the GREATEST news!!! We had our home visit for the adoption yesterday, which of course went just fine. More formality than anything BUT the caseworker went ahead and brought the paperwork and we signed all the paperwork for the adoption!! Thursday we have to go to DSS and read the file and they will file the paperwork THURSDAY!! Then we have to wait 10 days and then it will be official. So basically in TWO WEEKS we will have our daughter adopted!!! After all the struggles, tears, pain and battles it's basically done. We are having such a BIG party!! An adoption/birthday type party..since it will be her "birth" into our family, officially anyways. After the DSS worker's left yesterday she was just so happy. I think she is starting to realize that this time, it's really going to happen. No more moving, no more good-byes, no more losing loved ones. She is in a stable, loving home and she isn't going ANYWHERE!! And I have to thank God first and for most for this most special gift. It has been a long road, and we would not have made it without Him! And how He took DSS's "mistake" and made it our Miracle. He always has a plan. And I can't give Him greater thanks than for my loving and beautiful daughter. Once the adoption is final I'll post a "family picture" here for all of you to see us :-)

Also, just a reminder, I'm not going to close my etsy shop but since I got this WONDERFUL news I am still running the half off sale of everything in my etsy shop at http://www.debtybeautifulbeads.etsy.com And just to kick this party off right you can also have 15% off any item in my ebay store http://www.stores.ebay/Debty-Beautiful-Beads or my PinkDoodle shop at http:www.pinkdoodle.com and search under Debty Beautiful Beads

All I can say is thank you so much to all who kept us in your thoughts and prayers!!

Back and Selling!!!

Ok, thanks to the support of my fellow etsyians I have decided not to officially close my shop. Just to make it more of a hobby. Ease some of the pressure off myself....BUT...I'm still running my HUGE SALE!!!

50% off everything in my store!!!!!!!!!!!! Get it while you can!!

http://www.debtybeautifulbeads.etsy.com

EVERYTHING MUST GO!!!

I hate to say it but I am closing up shop. EVERYTHING in my store is HALF off!!! Come on in and get it while you can!!

http://www.debtybeautifulbeads.etsy.com

Light at the end of the tunnel!!!!

All I can say is YIPPIE AND PRAISE GOD!!!!!!!! I just got a call from DSS and they are coming out Monday to do the "official" home check for the adoption and she will have a date for us to come in and sign the adoption papers after that!! I am so excited I could bounce off the walls!! After almost a year there is a light at the end of the tunnel. And not that I can go into details yet...but this is definitely a testimony to God's work with all we've been through. It's very emotional for us all. So thank you all who have prayed and sent up good wishes for us!! And trust me, as soon as the paperwork is final, before the ink is even dry (lol) I will post a pic of my and MY daughter and you can see for yourself how God meant this child to be mine. We are alike in almost every possible way!

PRAISE YOU GOD FOR YOUR BLESSING TO OUR FAMILY!



http://www.debtybeautifulbeads.etsy.com
http://www.stores.ebay.com/Debty-Beautiful-Beads
http://www.pinkdoodle.com/debtybeautifulbeads

My new store & crafts

So I have opened a new shop on Pinkdoodle. Come on by and check it out. Not much listed since I've just opened it but I have really gotten into crocheting/weaving and have added some really cute items.

Things at home are about the same. Except for now me and the kids are sick! They are both home from school today so this should be really fun dealing with 2 sick ones. And me being sick too! No rest for the weary LOL. But I have to say hubby helps out so much when he's home since I am sick, heck he helps out when I'm not. He's great. Well I have to hit the store for some cold meds for us all. Stop by my new shop and tell me what you think!

http://www.pinkdoodle.com/debtybeautifulbeads

Desparate for sales...lol...and my ongoing life saga

Well things seem to be trucking along. I've opened a couple of low maintence shops at pinkdoodle and ebay. Hoping and praying it will give me some exposure and some SELLS! We really could use the income. Once the adoption is done, all the extra money stops. We still get a monthly check but they wont pay for all the extra things she does and it will be up to us. And I still havent found a job, and not from lack of looking. I desparately don't want to work full time but I am even applying for those jobs. Mark is finally getting better and so am I and so far no sign of the kids getting sick so thank God for that. If you do want to check out some of my new stuff (I'm weaving & crocheting now, pretty cool) these are the places to go:
www.stores.ebay.com/Debty-Beautiful-Beads
www.pinkdoodle.com/debtybeautifulbeads
www.debtybeautifulbeads.etsy.com

Hubby's dad isn't any better either. They have moved him from the hospital to the nursing home, they've done all they can do. So now it's just make his last days as comfortable as possible. It's been really hard on the family and my heart breaks for Mark. I am glad it's nothing that was sudden and they didn't get to say goodbye and get closure but also it's killing him that it's dragging out too and his dad is having to suffer. He's going on 3 months in the hospital now. Breaks my heart and I just do what I can to show him I love him and here for his support.

So...go buy something...LOL. Sorry, just wanted to end on a light note.

Life & Crafting Sales & Specials

Well lets start with the good news first lol. I have opened an ebay store along with my etsy store. We've been cleaning out the closets and I sell all that stuff on ebay so I figured I'd try selling some of my handmade items as well. Can't hurt, the more exposure the better because I am definitely not on a selling spree right now LOL. I have added to my talents weaving and crocheting. Come by and check out some of the new things I've made! And I'll be adding plenty more in the next couple of days. And as always, receive a FREE gift with every purchase!

On the other side of my life, things have been stressful to say the least. My husband's dad is still in the hospital and he's not going to be coming home. He's having good days and bad days. And now his heart is starting to fail. I wish there was some way of comforting my husband and his family but words really just won't help. We've turned to the Bible and found a few comforting scriptures, the thing that hurts him most (other than his father leaving) is the fact he's suffering and lingering. He's been in the hospital for over 2 months now. And he'd rather see him go Home to be with God than suffer. It just breaks my heart.

And to end on a good note, we got a call from DSS and they have officially started the paperwork on the adoption!!! It's looks as if she could legally be ours before the end of the month! We are all so thrilled about it! She just screamed with job and delight and nearly hugged my neck off when I told her. LOL

So all in all life has been non-stop for us lately. Oh and the flu is running thru the family just to top things off lol. But we are hanging in there.

So, again, feel free to check out either of my shops :-)

www.debtybeautifulbeads.etsy.com
www.stores.ebay.com/Debty-Beautiful-Beads

Life is crazy!

Wow it has been insane at my house. Reason why I've been gone for so long is due to everything going on. My husbands dad just isn't doing well at all. There is nothing they can do for the cancer and he came very close to dying. He's seems to have some strength back but there is nothing they can do but make the time he has left comfortable. We've spent a lot of time out at the hospital. I come and go as I can because our daughter is only 6 she isn't allowed on the floor he's on. Although they did make an exception for us once so she could give him a drawing and say goodbye. At that point we really thought it wouldn't be much longer. But he's doing a little better now. He'll have his ups and downs. Then my husband took the day off to visit his father and he had woken up sick that morning. Our nephew (whom we have guardianship of) was there too and I get a call from him that my husband had passed out and hit his head and was in the ER. I got a hold of the nurse at the ER and they transfered me to his room and I actually got to talk to him. They had him in a bed with a saline IV. Apparently he'd gotten really dehydrated. And came down with a full on case of the flu. Not a cold, but the flu. He's actually not really left the bed for the past 2 days. He seems a bit better today, but now I think I am getting sick, figures huh LOL. I've been run ragged.

On the flip side I do have a job interview on Friday so say a little prayer for me on that one. I think it would be a good job. It would be working for my local DSS and helping people get food stamps.

And our beautiful daughter has decided on her new name. Rosabella Jade - and she decided on Rosabella because she can have a variety of nicknames...LOL. She likes Bella, Bell, Ro, Rosa and Rosie. What can I say, she likes options..lol. We've basically been calling her Bella, when we remember. And it should be official (adoption/name change) by the end of this month or beginning of next, or at least that's what they've told us.

I have started crocheting too and am making some pretty cute stuff. You can check out the few things I've posted at a new store called pinkdoodle and it's: www.pinkdoodle.com/debtybeautifulbeads
I'll still list some on my etsy account too www.debtybeautifulbeads.etys.com
I'll be posting a lot more stuff in the next couple of days so keep checking back!