Honey Fundraiser

We made $240 selling watermelons, and now we are having a honey fundraiser!  Desert Creek Honey supplies our organic coop, and we will be selling their raw, local honey for this fundraiser.  2 pound bottles will be sold for $12 each, 1 gallon jugs will be sold for $60 each, and 5 gallon buckets will be sold for $200 each.  Payments will be taken the same as before; either through the "Donate" button on the blog, or by cash or check at pickup.  


If paying online via the "Donate" button at the upper right hand corner of this blog, click the paypal link (on the payment page) that says, "Add special instructions to recipient". Please give your name and email address, specify the number/size bottles of honey you would like, and include the pickup time you prefer.



If you wish to pay cash at pickup, send me an email, Facebook message, text, or blog comment with your name and email address, the number/size bottles of honey you would like, and the pickup time you prefer.




I will send an email  confirming your order to the email address I receive with your order.  Honey will be available for pickup at my house between 4-6pm Thursday, August 23rd and between 12:30-1:30pm in the Frisco Hobby Lobby parking lot on Preston Rd, Sunday, August 26th.  If we know eachother, and none of these times work for you, let me know and we'll work out a more convenient pickup time. 

There is also an option to donate honey to a local food bank.  Just pay online and specify your desire to donate under the "Add special instructions to recipient" tab where you give your contact information.  I will deliver the honey.  

Order deadline is Monday, August 13th, at noon.  Let me know if you have any questions.  


Enjoy raw honey as a sweetener in warm tea, drizzled over steel cut oats, as an antidote for seasonal allergies, or in an effective homemade cough syrup for the coming fall and winter.


For information on the benefits of raw, local honey, go here.  


*Pickup dates have changed from 12:30-1:30 Thursday, August 16th to the same times on August 23rd, which is exactly one week later.  The Sunday pickup changed from Sunday, August 19th from 12:30-1:30 to the next Sunday, August 26th at the same times.  Both pickups are still the same day and time, exactly 1 week later than originally planned.  The deadline to order has not changed.

Milk

Today is my first day pumping breastmilk, after drugging myself for 9 months!  I have been on an induced lactation protocol that consisted of meds to fool my body into thinking it was pregnant (and now to think that it has given birth), so that I can make milk.  Now I have stopped one medication and am going to be pumping every few hours for several weeks until I build up a supply.  After a plentiful milk supply is established, I'll work my way down to just a few pumpings a day to maintain it.  Then, I can always build the supply up again when we get a baby.  I got a teaspoon and a half the very first 7 minutes I pumped, which is fantastic!!!!

Now all we need is a baby...

Watermelon Fundraiser

Next week, we will have local, organic watermelons for $10 each.  The melons come from Walnut Creek Farm in Alvaredo TX.  They weigh 10-15 pounds each, and are grown using organic methods by some of the family farmers who supply our organic foods coop. 

Melons can be pre-purchased through the "Donation" button on our adoption blog, or paid for in cash at pickup. There is no fee to donate through paypal.  

If paying online, click the paypal link (on the payment page) that says, "Add special instructions to recipient". Please give your name and email address, specify the number of watermelons you would like, and include the pickup time you prefer.

If you wish to pay cash at pickup, send me an email, Facebook message, text, or blog comment with all of the information requested of the paypal payers.  

I will send an email  confirming your order to the email address I receive with your order.  Melons will be available for pickup at my house between 4-6pm Thursday, July 5th and between 12:30-1:30pm in the Frisco Hobby Lobby parking lot on Preston Rd, Sunday, July 8th. 

I'm also going to offer the option (thanks to a friend for her great suggestion) to donate melons to a local food bank.  Just pay online and specify your desire to donate under the "Add special instructions to recipient" tab where you give your contact information.  I will deliver the watermelons.  

If you can prepay, please do, to help with our upfront costs. If you can't, no problem.   Order deadline is Monday, July 2nd, at noon.  Let me know if you have any questions or if I make no sense.  

Thanks!!!

Healthy watermelon "Snow Cone" recipe:

1.  Seed watermelon and cut into chunks.
2.  Puree chunks of melon in a blender or food processor.
3.  Pour melon puree into an 8x12 freezer-safe baking dish and freeze until solid.
4.  When ready to serve, set the dish on the counter for 5-10 minutes; then scrape with a fork into serving dishes.  

This simple dessert is refreshing, with a texture very similar to that of a snow cone with zero added sugar!

Waiting

We completed our homestudy almost a year ago now and continue to wait.  We'll update our homestudy soon, and we have begun to think about fundraising for adoption expenses.  I (Crissi) have been on an induced lactation protocol since November so that I'll be able to nurse our baby when he/she comes home to us.  Our adoption agency is a nonprofit ministry and is small so we don't know for sure how long it will take for us to get a placement.  At this point, we feel fine about waiting, as we trust that this agency has pure motives and sincerely wants the best for adoptive families, babies, and birth mothers.  Sometimes I am anxious to get things moving along and other times I am relieved to have this time to get things done that would be more difficult with additional children.  Ultimately we know that God's timing is best and we truly want to be obedient to Him, to please Him, with both our hearts and our actions-whatever that ends up looking like.