Who are these people again?

YES-It's been over a year since I posted last....sorry...
YES-We are still alive and still in Louisiana.
YES-We have survived another year with Trevor being basically jobless (that's 2.5 years for those who are counting.)
YES-We are completely amazed, feel extremely blessed, and slightly confused that we are still making ends meet and that we are still in Louisiana without solid income.
YES-We are all very busy trying to stay afloat mentally and financially (more on this later.)
YES-Tax season is in full-swing, which means Whitni is extra busy--bring it on!
YES-I'm never too busy to take on more tax work.
YES-Aisling started back in public school last Fall.
YES-She is tolerating it pretty well...being the top of the class is SO hard sometimes... ; )
YES-We have 7 chickens now-(trying to be self-sufficient, you know. You never know when hard times are going to hit.)
YES-I will try to be better about posting in the future...after tax seaon

Love you all! Thank you for all of your prayers.

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The Great Annual Birthday Gift Hunt

Please allow me to introduce you to a (first generation) Wright birthday tradition. Would you like a little history? When you have only one child, there's a tendency to spoil them, even by accident. I noticed this the first few Christmases after Aisling was born. While looking at our Christmas tree, I couldn't help but notice the "bare" space beneath it--the beautiful tree skirt was almost in full view except for a few brightly wrapped presents. Comparing this view to what we imagine a Christmas tree scene should look like (i.e. LOTS of presents and almost NO view of the tree skirt because of the overflowing amount of gifts-Have you watched any Christmas movies at all?) made me want to run to my nearest shopping center and buy things like a crazy woman on a shopping spree. Luckily, my good sense and logic won out, and I started looking for other more reasonable and viable alternatives. Does my child really need to have 20,001 gifts under the tree just so ...

25 Things

Okay...so I've been tagged several times on Facebook and I've been absent from the blogging world for almost a month. I'm really sorry. I'll play now, but I can't guarantee next week or even tomorrow. 1. When I'm feeling down, I hide-out in my home. No blogging, no talking to friends, very few calls to family, little to no socialization (only the most necessary interaction happens. i.e. church callings and/or when a very close friend realizes that I'm on a downward spiral and decides I need to get out of the house at all costs.) 2. While barricaded in my home, I tend to either read a lot of fiction (remember, I'm trying to "get away" from the real world) and/or start-continue-finish medium to big project(s) in an effort to boost my spirits. 3. For the last two to three weeks, I have taken apart the master bathroom, and now I'm attempting to put it back together. What does that entail? Removing the toilet, taking apart all of the cabinet d...

Fortunes

Trevor's: Pathetic! Whitni's: Prodding... Aisling's: Prophetic?

At home with the Wrights

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