All the things

I could have been doing today... I didn't get to do.

I DO have TWO praise reports so I will start off with those!

I got a call about my Canon Rebel yesterday; I have it listed on Craigslist for sale. The guy that calls me is interested in it and so I offer to meet him in town today so he can take it for a "test drive". He agrees.

I met him today with camera in tow. We meet with my husband at Schlotzky's and let he and his friend ooh and aah and push buttons and take brilliant pictures with the new lens that was nestled on it.

He falls in love and hands me cash. THANK YOU LORD we were able to sell it for what we were asking.

J, Bear and I go inside Schlotzky's to go eat lunch together. We get to enjoy eachother for a bit before J returns to work for the rest of the day (meaning he gets off at 10:30 most nights).

*************************now not so good parts**********************************

I go to my car and get puffy jacket wearing Bear snapped into his car seat and get myself strapped into the driver's seat. Turn the key... "tick, tick, tick". UM NOOOOOOOOOO!

J is there still and he goes to get the UPS package truck and tries to jump our Sequoia off. NO LUCK. I end up calling our repair shop and they send a tow truck after me to bring us all in (THE HIGHLIGHT OF BEAR'S DAY I TELL YOU, this boy LOVES big trucks. The driver even honked the horn for him several times... smiles beamed!!!). From there the mechanic shop brings me and Bear home, where we sit stranded, needing stamps, lettuce, and tortillas. But that's beside the point.

They say they will not be able to get to it until tomorrow to take a look at it. G.R.E.A.T!

It is no joke when they say God provides right when you need it! Can we say I can imagine that the job is going to be somewhere close to what we sold the camera for!!! hmmmm

I had plans to head an hour and a half north to meet up with a URL/IRL friend, NUTTY MOM, who just brought their precious little man into the beaming lights of the world today. She asked me a while back to be there when he was born to capture his first moments. Well a little bit after recovery for her for sure. But just to be there to photograph him in the beginning and them as a family. I was floored to have this opportunity and privilege.

I was able to find childcare and had my new camera packed up and ready to go. BUT this too fell by the wayside with a dead car! I am thankful I didn't get all the way an hour and a half north before it broke down! But I am sad to say the least. I am sad I missed the entrance of this beautiful little boy! I do know that I will have plenty of snuggle time with him soon ... until then I will have to ogle over his pictures that his mother keeps teasing me with! :O)


EAT.HIM.UP Beautiful!