Hmmm....

So, a couple of blogs ago, I posted about waiting for the inevitable....the inevitable shoe to drop.  It's been dang near a month since then and things are still good.

Not much has really changed either.  I'm still looking for work, actually I did get a job at Home Depot as a cashier (not my ideal job, but a job nonetheless) Jules is working at McDonald's and still being very respectful and helpful and freaking me out really....Rob's happy, helpful and actually been willing to work on the house some which is a little freaky also.  Mom's been good except for right now with her UTI and flu...Jackie had knee surgery and we spent 5 days in Dayton so I could take care of her, it was wonderful to get to spend that quality time with her...JC is doing well...

So I'm still amazed at the quiet, peaceful existence we have been living...I sure hope it doesn't end anytime soon.

Paint

Kitchens and bathrooms are the worse rooms to paint.

I did not realize this when I went and bought paint for the kitchen.

We began last Friday, tomorrow it will be 7 days and have not completely finished the painting.

I had a MAJOR FAIL today painting the trim around two doors and a window.  I thought I had painted them really well, in fact, I thought to myself..."I sure wish Rob was here to see how well I painted this."

After I finished, I took a very small brush, like the kind that comes in the paint-by-numbers water color kit and went over to some trim that had previously been painted to do some touch up.  When I started to touch up, I immediately noticed that the paint looked gray!

UGH!!!! GRAY...THAT IS THE COLOR OF THE PRIMER!!! UUUUUGGHHH!! I HAD JUST SPENT 2 HOURS PAINTING THE TRIM IN THE PRIMER!!! 

So, I waited for it to dry and then painted the trim in the correct color and due to my over-zealous priming, I will have to put on a second coat :/

Waiting for the Inevitable

Even though I was laid off, things have actually been going really well.

It really scares me.

Inevitably, whenever I become too happy, too content, all hell breaks loose.

I always hope that nothing will happen....sometimes I think I may even self-impose the hell just to have some type of control over it.

I sure hope that this time, for whatever reason, things do not go bad.

I really enjoy being happy and content.

God's Plan

Getting pretty frustrated with the job situation.

I thought I had found the perfect job.

I thought it would be long term.

One month after being hired on permanent, I am laid off.

I just wish I knew what is God's plan for me.

Parenthood

I miss him.

I don't think I will ever forget the hurt he caused.

I don't know if I will ever forgive him.

But I miss him.

Beginning of the End....Start of the New

December 2, 2011

That is the date .
The date that was the beginning of the end.
The end of a toxic situation that went on for far too long.
It is also the start of a whole new beginning.
A fresh, new, wonderful, scary beginning.

I could not be any more proud as a mom and as woman.

She took the bull by the horns and even though the fear was almost paralyzing....she pushed through and I have no doubt in my mind that she will be even stronger, better, happier than she can even imagine.

March 14th is the final hurdle to jump.  I will be there, quietly giving my support, quietly cheering her on and sharing with her the sadness of the end of a life that she had known since adulthood.

My baby is an amazing woman and I could not even begin to express how incredibly grateful I am that God blessed me with her.

I look forward to the next 30 years watching her continue to grow, develop and love.

Trees, trees, trees and bushes

So I ordered some stuff from Directgardening.com

We have 3/4 acre of yard and hardly anything in it.

I needed to fill it up.

Directgardening.com had a 1 cent sale.

This is what I ordered:

(2) Lily of the Valley Trees

(6) Red Painted Daisy

(6) Rose of Sharons

(3) Shasta Daisy

(4) Old Fashioned Lilac Bushes

(2) Redbud Trees

(2) Flowering Quince Bushes

(3) Peacock orchids

(2) Spirea Bushes

(6) Flowering Shamrock

(3) Ranunculus

(3) Triplet Lily

(2) Weeping Willow

Beautiful, aren't they?  I was so excited when I ordered everything.

Then the order showed up in the mail!

 And this is what I actually received and planted:

(20) of these now stick up out of my yard in random spots

(24) of these

 So now there's a bunch of random sticks poking up out of the ground all over my yard and two trenches around the driveway light and mailbox. 

I sure hope everything grows into the beautiful tree/bush/flower that the pictures showed me.