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There's nothing much to say, other than this SUCKS beyond belief.

Congratulations!

Two of my friends, her and her just received their referrals. If you haven't already shown them some love, go to their blogs and congratulate them. Their daughters are absolutely gorgeous. :)

Pretty!

I bought and received some beautiful items from my friend Michelle's Etsy shop. Not sure if you can make it out, but on the card it says "friend" in Chinese and English.

The magnets, from left to right say "love", "faith", and "hope" in Chinese. Honestly I don't think the pictures do them justice...and they now hold a prominent place on my fridge. :)

Take a moment and go and visit her store, you won't be disappointed.

Déjà vu

For those of my long time readers (are there any of you left here anymore?), every year you know that I enter the Ultimate Blog Party. Last year was a bit of a downer because the prize I was supposed to win, never came, but that's a story for another day. However, all that was made up for when I won THIS on their Christmas contest.

For those of you who are new to my blog, my husband and I are PAPs (Prospective Adoptive Parents) and we've been waiting for our little one for four and a half years. Yup, THAT long. For a process that was supposed to take nine to 12 months, here we are still waiting 4.5 years later...not that I'm bitter or anything. ;)

Anyways, take a look around and enjoy.

54 months and counting...

Not much more to say about that...

Finally!

With the latest batch of (surprise) referrals that came out today, we're finally in the double digits of LID's until it's our turn! I can't believe this is actually going to happen!

Off to do my happy dance. :)

Not too much longer until she and she get their referrals. So excited for the both of them!

I'm in love...

For those of you that follow me on FB, you'll know of my love of addiction to beautifully scented soaps. A few weeks ago I discovered a store called Candied Bath Bakery, and if you read this post, you'll know that I was contacted by the owner of the store. They were (and still are) having a contest to try to get to 500 "likes" on FB and 500 followers on Twitter. If you're on FB, click "like" on her site and you'll be entered into the contest. What do you have to lose? Someone's going to win it...

I had done some poking around on FB and had a few of my friends go to the site and "like" her products. As a thank you, the owner told me that she was going to send some products my way! How awesome is that?












Today the items arrived...

What I love is how thoughtfully and well they're packaged. Believe me, it didn't take long until I tore the packages open gently, and lovingly removed them from their bags.












The four items she sent me were, from left to right:

A rootbeer scented french macaroon cookie, a happy birthday donut (which, to me, smells like a straight-from-the-bakery donut), a strawberry scented mini-cupcake, and two peanut butter cookies...and yes, they're all soap! Look at how cute they are!












































I decided to try out the rootbeer scented french macaroon cookie and I have to admit it, I'm in love. The macaroon cookie, as with the others, are exactly as you would expect them to smell. The scent is strong, but not overpowering, and it lathered up really well. I'm tempted to try the others as well, but so far I'm really impressed with the first one.

FYI, she's having a sale at her store all this week and I suggest you stop by and take a peek at her products.

(Oh yeah, leave a comment for Candied here - she reads the blog - and support a small Canadian business at the same time...)