Various Good News Items

1. Received a gift certificate from the man I love for a massage, facial, and pedicure as a mother's day gift. WOO-HOO!

2. Used the Bed, Bath & Beyond 20% off coupon to get $100 OFF of our new Dyson ball vacuum cleaner! WOO-HOO!

3. Finally got my haircut for the summer -- a nice 2 inches off! YAY!

4. Found a home for my mom's dog Taco. HE is the one that gave me ringworm, but the family that is adopting him doesn't care and has spoken to our vet and still wants to take him! He leaves us on Thursday! (Okay, I admit I got attached to him, he's so incredibly sweet.)

5. Bitty is FATTER and more affectionate than ever!

6. And the BEST news of all........ one of Lauren's poems was selected as one of "high merit and chosen for publication" by the Creative Communications Poets Contest!! CONGRATS Lauren!

Here is her poem she submitted:

Revelation

So here the weary battle rages on
And slowly I am losing all my hope
For I have yet to see a ray of dawn
As darkness coils 'round my neck like rope

The walls are crumbling now to blackest ash
Eternal standing fortresses in dust
The enemy has climbed far up the pass
Their numbers climbing all the while thus

Now soldiers that were once fighting with me
Have turned and raised their weapons to rebel
The blood a lake that laps against their feet
An army that was loosed from deepest Hell

But I know this: the battle has been won
I stand by my Creator's side when done