Today has definitely been a rollercoaster ride of emotions for me. Yesterday I was all upset because the place for rent that we had been looking at wasn't going to be ready in time, and that REALLY bummed me out, because we NEED a place to live that's close enough to the school for my kids to be able to go. That sent me to bed unusually early for me (before 11pm!) which in turn had me awake at about 6:30 this morning. I don't usually answer my phone before 10am, but then almost everyone knows not to try to call me before then, so it's generally not an issue. But then about 9:15, I got a phone call from the man who owns the house I was looking at. I didn't hear the phone ring, thanks to my phone being in "Do Not Disturb" mode until 10am, but I saw it shortly after that, and immediately called the man back. He has another house for rent, and is willing to lower the rent so that we can afford it. It's still $50 more a month than the other house, but it's bigger, way bigger from what I was told, didn't need nearly the amount of work the other place did, and this one has a FIREPLACE!!! Ooh, I just LOOOVE fireplaces in houses, almost as much as I love two-story homes with beautiful stairway railings. :D So I found out all the information I could about the new place, including how much he wants down on it and all the rest, that there's no dishwasher (though there really is plenty of counterspace to install one, the kitchen is simply HUGE!), and several other things I needed to know about it, including the address, because that is a fairly crucial piece of information when you're trying to get utilities hooked up! lol Anyway, then, all of a sudden, completely out of the black, I was in a bad mood. The worst part is, I don't even know WHY I was in such a bad mood, but I was. And I still kind of am, which sucks, because I was in such a GOOD mood earlier! But alas, such is life, yes?
Well, I have ONE more finger puppet to sew up and stuff tonight, and then I can package everything. That's gonna be fun, since I have no boxes and no wrapping paper, but more importantly, no money to go out and BUY either! So I guess I'll just have to make do with what I have on hand, little though that may be. Eh, it's not so bad, I've done so before, and will very likely have to do so again. I predict that this is not the end to the lean and scarce birthdays for my little Brood. Not that I care very much, but... Sometimes I wonder if the kids will look back on all the years that I made them birthday and Christmas gifts and say, "Gee, we must've been really poor back then. Mom couldn't even buy us gifts, she had to MAKE them!" I just hope, when they look back, that they see the love with which each piece was made instead. And I hope, I truly hope, that my children will also develop and keep a sense of love for handcrafted items, enough so that not only do they buy them when they see them, but that they also want to make them, either for their own children and friends children, but also just because, and maybe to donate places as well. And now, though I am not in quite such a bad mood anymore, I am still not feeling quite... Right yet, either. Ah well. Likely I will soon enough. I promise that I will post pictures of the things that I made for my sweet girl after she has opened all of her gifts tomorrow. And what a day it's going to be, too! :)
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