On the Eve of Fulfilling a Dream

Do you have a top 5 list of things you want to do in life? I do and they are as follows:

1. Adopt children (done, but need more :)
2. Be in a rubber raft in Alaska when a whale nearby surges to the surface for air (I want to "feel" how big they are.)
3. Travel to Africa
4. Eat as much unbaked Duncan Hines cake mix as I want
5. have a magazine cover worthy backyard.

I know these may seem kind of random, but sometimes there isn't much rhyme or reason why there are things in life you want. Sometimes there are volumes of experiences leading up to it that answer the question why.

So I've done 1. adopt children, and eating a cake mix is at my fingertips to do . . . probably when I feel secure enough with body image that one will happen.

The other ones take a little more time and planning and alignment of life circumstances.

But tonight, I am on the eve of fulfilling another lifelong dream and that is going to Africa. Tomorrow we fly to Ethiopia.

Feels good to be on the eve of a dream.

Friday Night's Entertainment

One person's fun is another toad's misery. Today, Daddy found a toad in the yard. I think it is the camera shot that every mom or dad is looking for when they are the parents of two boys:


I did make the boys let the toad go before they went to bed. I did not want it to have the same fate as the dozens of rolypolys of late. I told them that it would live happily under our deck. I forgot to mention that the mommy snake of the 8 baby snakes we found under the deck would probably enjoy him for dinner. Let's hope mommy snake or her babies 8 never make a blog post.