Update

We had to postpone the garage sale (until the 31st!) due to the yucky weather in Dallas today and schedule conflicts in the next couple of weeks.  I'm staying positive and thinking that this is a good thing--it's a blessing to have more time to collect items from our friends and family members and to get everything organized.  I pray that on the 31st the sale will bring in the $2,000 we need to get started with our agency, and that a month from now we will be in the thick of the "paper chase," getting things ready for our home study!  

In the meantime I will be baking and eating more cookies, and trying to deal with my house looking like this: