Money

I HATE not having any. I HATE being poor financially speaking. Love don't pay the bills.

The Lord works in Mysterious ways....

This morning the middie has a gymnastics "meet" (basically hyped up presentation for the parents to spend $75 on for an obnoxiously pink leotard, admission, trophy, certificate, and many photo ops). I was there for the first session. The 'preschool' session. When I signed up for this I talked through the submission with the lady at the desk. The middie is in Pre-K. She is 5 years old and takes the beginner class. So for the last two months her class has been working on their routines for each apparatus (beam, bars, floor and vault). As I watch as the meet starts I notice she is about a head taller than every other child out there. I snicker about that to myself but the tallness is not unusual for my little family seeing how Big Daddy is 6'7". After the beam where each gymnast literally got to walk down it I began to get annoyed since I got the feeling she was in the wrong group. The middie learned real routines. She was even demonstrating for me last night "the candlestick" where she lays on the beam and pulls her toes up over her head. While this is all processing in my brain I hear another woman say something about all the kids being 3 or 4 years old. Mine's not! I was getting angry at this point and trying to figure out who to talk to as obviously a mistake had been made. The mull over this as the events pass. I try to smiles and laugh and clap like the other parents but I am very peeved. Then the awards ceremony took place where each child walked up the podium to receive their ribbon, trophy and other little goodies - photos galore during this time by loving family members. An announcement comes on saying there will be a raffle following the awards. We sit and wait. I am still simmering at this point about the receptionist not helping schedule the middie for the correct meet level/time. Then her name is called. She WON the raffle!!! It is for a year's scholarship for gymnastics! For the "normal" person this may not be a big deal but this made my boiling blood freeze in its tracks as we are talking about not having close to a $100 commitment each month for the next year!!!! You do the math. $75 fee for this thing (which Mamaw so graciously paid since we have no spare money) but win $1200 scholarship! Amen!!! I truly believe this is one of the ways God is providing for us as we are barely keeping afloat paying to live down here and not yet having the house sold up north. I am very thankful to be this blessed!

Just my usualy randomness.....

Been on spring break this past week - LOVED IT! I wished they would continue to send me the paycheck and let me stay at home with my lovelies. This week, well the last couple days of it anyway, I had a preview of the summer to come. I am really going to have to be motivated to get out of the house with all the girls. The middie and the lil' little were the only ones home with me yesterday (the oldie went to see Hannah Montana with a friend) and I totally vegged out! lol The little one has learned to open doors so I need to get those annoying doorknob covers for all our doors. While I am baby proofing I might as well get the fridge lock too as she now gets in there when she pleases too. Such a smarty pants, independent thing!

Middie got her tonsils and adenoids out and seems to be healing just fine - if only I can keep her resting. She is loving all the "free" Popsicles though. :)

The g-ma and niecey were down for most of the time and I really enjoyed having them around. I wished they were here all the time. Niecey just needs to up and move down here so she does not get sucked into the black hole that is our little hometown. The G-mas has an open invited anytime but she is not going anywhere no matter what. The G-ma really pitied us in the food department other wise our "Easter dinner" probably would only be Ramen Noodles. The house up north just needs to sell. We are drowning.....I wished we had been living extravagantly so that I could easily cut things out to save our budget but we have really been simple folks. Other than deciding to starve, we cannot cut anything out. It really depresses me as I don't even rally know the magnitude of the numbers since DH deals with all that (much stronger mentally than I am). St. Joesph is now buried in our yard there so according to my Mom that will help?! I wonder if he can help me find my lost necklace too???? :( I don't even want to talk about that.

I have now read the first in the Twilight series and am halfway through the second one. I have the other two awaiting me in pdf form as well as the 5th one not yet released (Twilight from Edward's perspective). I am actually liking to read them but hate having to cut off the outside world to really enjoy the reading as well as starting/stopping when I am needed by the girls - that is almost WORSE that commercials! lol

In more hopeful spirits...my NB entry is complete and waiting to be packed. Waiting to be sent. I will retest the 13th of May. Hopefully God is keeping his blessings in that respect flowing to me as he gave me the knowledge to pass that Chem test.

I guess one last thought and worth while one to end on is He is risen - regardless of my money issues and all other things I am saved.

A solution?

I ought to be posting about Valentine's day but really it is a regular old Saturday in our house. This bigger news is that we think we have a solution for baby b's sleeping issues. A futon mattress on the floor + her sisters = sleeping. I joke saying we won't need to buy a 4+ bedroom house when we do purchase just a 2 bedroom and then get the girls a king sized be to share. I am just joking....I think.....

I know I hate always having to worry about money. I mean I have never been frivolous with it but when you're debating how little you can eat in an effort to save money, it is sad times. I really don't know how to get ahead all I can do detest the way it is right now. I top it all off, this morning I work up with a sore throat and my red headed aunt Flo appear for her monthly visit. I have a list more than a mile long that needs to get done so once my throbbing head stops beating, I am going to see how much I can get done how fast. Wish me luck...........