Ok... it's been way too long since I've posted last. I'm a bit horrible at that right now and I need to do better. Life has been super busy. I think part of me has been trying to stay extra busy so I don't have to think about all of the bad stuff that has happened... well I guess I can't really say all of the bad stuff... I guess I should say "the" bad thing. So anyways I've learned how to sew. Nothing special yet. I had a stack of about 10 or so items that have been waiting to be mended for oh, a year or so, so I tackled that. Then a few others things needing to be fixed have come up so I've done that too.
Then I bought a paint sprayer and have been refinishing pieces in my home. My awesome and uber talented friend Whitney helped me with my hutch and some chairs and then I got inspired and bought my own spray gun. Ah-ma-zing is all I can say- those things are awesome and such a time saver. She's started up a blog recently showcasing her beautiful pieces- which of course are for sale- http://www.whitneyvintage.blogspot.com/ . Check it out! Same friend recently did her first craft show and had asked me to make some flower hair clips for her to sell... so I did... 0ver 100 in a little over a week and I was pooped after doing that. I've been thinking about trying to sell them around town and possibly online now so hopefully I'll get the motivation for that.
Then I've been super busy with church and family.... and my lil monster turned 3- what the heck and where on earth did time go?!! She had a birthday party with family and then this year I threw her a bday party with friends. Yep it was a mad house for an hour with a million little kidlets running around, but it was so worth it. Hailey had a blast.
We also managed to get out to Scarywood again this year. Soooo much better than the 1st year we went, which was 2 years ago. They really do a great job with that out there. Long lines were sucky ducky of course, but oh well. And we remembered to bundle up good- I think I had 4 layers on, lol- so I was nice and toasty warm this time too.
And finally Tim's Buick- aka the beast- that he's had since before I met him-8+ years ago- finally "crapped" out. Luckily we were able to sell it to Pull and save and at least get a little money out of it. And then we bought a van... awesome steal of a deal too. $4500 2000 Oldsmobile Silhouette at 75K miles and it's in fab shape. Not my fav color/ design, but I couldn't pass up that price, etc. And actually it runs great and had some mom-friendly features that I love.... sooo I'm a pretty happy mama. But I wasn't happy with the van until last night... when we finally got it back from the mechanics. See the day that we bought it I went to get it licensed, etc. and the thing wouldn't pass emissions. And no I'm not joking. So we took it straight to the mechanics and over 2 weeks later we got it back... and our bill is going to be around $1000. Not joking again. It turns out that something was wrong with the CAM sensor and then when investigating that our mechanic discovered that the gaskets were bad on the outside and if they fail on the inside then it would ruin the engine. So overall I'll take $1000 over $4-5000 any day, which is what it would have cost for a new engine.
Ok that's a run down of the past few weeks. And besides me being extra emotional lately things are pretty darn good. I consider myself to be pretty tough emotionally... well not anymore. Doesn't take much to make me tear up and it really weirds me out. For the most part I feel like I've handled things fairly well. That is until some dumbstick tells me to be thankful for the children that I do have. I seriously want to punch them in the face when I hear that. Of course I'm thankful for my girls, my amazing hubby, and so many other things that my Heavenly Father has blessed me with. I'm not blind to all of these things. But I also can't ignore the pain that I've felt. But something that really hits straight to the core is when someone says that they are due in April... it's seriously just cuts straight to my heart. I just pray that I'm able to handle this ok when this next April comes around. I know that we're going to have more children, but to be completely honest I'm a little scared. Scared for it to happen again. I know that it's always a possibility, but going through that again is a very scary thought. Sorry I feel like a pity party right now. Please ignore this if it bothers you. I sometimes use this blog for more of a venting session than I should. Now I promise to post a few good ones w/ pics of what's been going on lately.
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