Upcycled Purpose

Scott and I came home from our trip to meet the kids, and got down to business talking about the rest of our funding.  We knew his employer ...

...for a quick trip to Tennessee.  As much as I would like to say we're going on a nice vacation, our trips to Tennessee are a mixture o...

This morning, I was asked to speak at church, to tell our story.  As I stood at the podium, I saw blue shirts scattered throughout the congr...

My lovely friend, Susie, who is holding an online party for Thirty-One Gifts for me, just sent me a message that 25% of all purchases will b...

A Thirty-One party, that is! Susie Townsend (another adoptive mommy) emailed me to see if I'd be interested in hosting an online par...

The "Two Times the Love" giveaway is our biggest giveaway so far, with 10 prizes up for grabs (plus a bonus prize, just for the FS...

These last two weeks of resting from fundraising have been very refreshing, and have given me a chance to focus on the needs of other adopti...

I met with a couple of ladies earlier this week, one of them another local adoptive family, and we agreed that some healthy competition is i...

That is what stands in the way of us starting on our homestudy.  Of us being able to move forward with setting up a tax-deductible grant.  O...

And a heartfelt 'Thank You' from all of the Picketts! 

First of all... WE CLOSED ON OUR HOUSE!!!!!!!!!! It took 71 days from pre-approval to closing, but it is FINISHED! Second, take a peek ...

Today is a day I've been waiting ten days to blog about!  Only ten days, because that's when we found out that, instead of paying ou...

If you've read any of my blog posts, you know that I've said time and time again that I am terrible at asking people for things, esp...

With 761 entries in the giveaway, and $700 raised, this was a VERY successful giveaway! Before I announce the winner, I just want to say t...

Anyone who knows me knows that there is only one time during the year when my house looks ready for an episode of Hoarders: the time leading...

I just got a call from our placing agency that the foreign agency needs the first installment of their fees, to cover the upfront legal expe...

Scott and I have worked on our Homestudy History for the past couple of weeks, and we're finally ready to send everything in to the Home...

UPDATE!!! THIS PRIZE IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY LOCATION!!!  NOT JUST MARTINSVILLE!!! As you near the NC/VA state line, heading toward Martinsv...

I want to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for your support with our adoption.  I tried to keep up with thanking everyone wh...

We began our vacation giveaway on January 17, and we began our YMCA giveaway on January 26.  We are just TWO DAYS away from closing both Chi...