Dryer Disaster

We’ve been without a dryer for over 2 years now.  So, when I got my tax money this year, among other things, I got us a new dryer.  However, I was stupid and listened to Big E and got a gas dryer.  I honestly don’t know WHAT I was thinking, doing that.  The dryer we had before that was a gas dryer, and it did a lovely job, but it stopped working, so it needed to be replaced.  So the kids and I make a trip up to Valdosta to go to Home Depot.  We find what we need, and THREE TIMES I told the lady helping us that we had propane, not natural gas, and would need an adapter for this.  She apparently didn’t get it right in the system, and I was charged for I honestly don’t know what, but they didn’t drop of a natural gas to LP tank converter like they were supposed to, so I’ve effectively had a large paperweight in my laundry room for the last nearly four months.

Well, I called them today, and told them, it’s time.  I’ve been more than patient, but it’s now been nearly 4 weeks since I was told the part “should be in any day” and no part has arrived.  So I’m done.  The very nice and patient manager that I’ve been dealing with told me he would come out and get it next week, so once it’s gone and my money is returned, I’ll be getting a nice, used electric dryer for my house.  And I will _NEVER_ let anyone tell me I should get gas again, UGH!  

This has been awful!  We’ve been taking our clothes to the laundromat for MONTHS because we have no dryer, and it’s really cost us a lot!  So I’m hoping to have that all settled and nicely tied up by Friday, so that we don’t have to worry about it anymore!  Wish us luck!  Oh, and gratuitous baby picture, of course!  lol

Life keeps moving along at a slow, steady pace around here.  I’ve spent the last few days that I haven’t been working gathering information and trying to find out how to get things done on our little farm.  Sadly, most of the help I’m trying to get depends on ME owning the property, which I currently do not own.  So, though I was hoping for a grant to do so, I may have to settle for a loan to buy it from my dad’s estate.  Which I don’t necessarily want to have to do, but it is what it is, and if that’s all the “help” that I can get, then I guess I have to go with that.  At least then the property will be MINE, and no one, except the bank, can take it away from me.

I’ve also been battling a fairly deep depression lately.  It makes me want to sleep all day, and makes it VERY difficult to get ANYTHING done around the house, but I’m still trying.  I have a friend coming over to help me set up my laundry line, which will mean we can start doing laundry at home again, instead of having to go to the laundromat all the time.  We’ll still need to go to the laundromat for some things, like comforters, and maybe the king-size sheets for my bed, but it’s better than having nothing, and that’s what we currently have, is nothing.  I own a dryer, but the part I need to hook it up to the propane was never sent with it, so it’s basically useless, as I can’t hook it up.  But I’m fine with a clothesline, and we have PLENTY of sunny days, so it’ll be fine.  

Other than that, really, there’s nothing more going on.  So here’s a few pictures of my Little Flower to appease the cuteness factor.  🙂

Ooh, she is such an angel baby!  ❤️🥰

Glasses Update

I mentioned the problem with my glasses to one of the techs when Oldest Son went to his appointment.  She looked at them, said they’re definitely too high, marked them up, wrote down a bunch of stuff, cleaned my lensss, and told me they’d be ready within two weeks.  I got a call on Wednesday that they were in, and so Friday, when I was off work, I went in and picked them up.  MUCH better!  So at least I have that going now.  No more blurry driving, or walking, or, really, much of anything!  Yay!!!

My house is not the cleanest place on Earth.  Far from it, in fact.  However, when BE and Miss V left to go down south for the weekend, a trip that it seems may be extended an unspecified amount of time due to familial issues, I was suddenly struck with the urge to rearrange the living room.  But in order to rearrange, first we need to clean.  So, that’s exactly what we started to do, and then by Sunday, we had enough done to finally move the furniture.  Now we just have to clear up the remaining debris so that the living and dining rooms are completely clean.  And boy, oh boy, I can’t WAIT for that to happen!  

We’ve been working on it little by little every day since Thursday, and already it looks SOOO much better in here already!  With the furniture moved from where it was, in the middle of room the way it all was, the living room looks positively huge by comparison!  I’m so glad I decided to do this!  Once it’s completely done, I’ll be sure to post pictures!  🙂

Our Home...

Our home is in danger.  Not from invaders or wildfires, or natural disasters, but from a much more insidious villain.  Money.  You see, in order to keep our home ours, we need money.  Pots and pots of it.  My siblings are talking about selling it, and I’m simply not in a position that I can buy it at the moment.  And I really, _REALLY_ want to be able to buy it.  We’ve started a GoFundMe (link HERE) to try to buy it, but so far, we haven’t even made 1¢...  its really disheartening, and I’m seriously afraid we’re going to lose our home, and have nowhere else to go to live.  It’s really scary to think about...

But on the bright side, my old man still loves me, so I have that going for me.  lol

Wow!

So.  Remember the embroidery stuff I’ve been working on?  Well, someone asked me to make her one that she could then appliqué onto a pillow.  I gave her a price, she was happy with it, and off I went to start working on it.  It wasn’t terribly difficult, I don’t think it even took me 2 hours of total work to complete it, and when it was done she LOVED it.  So I’m glad of that!  And here it is, in all its glory.  It really is a simple project, but it made her happy, and that’s what matters.  🙂

I hadn’t unhooped it yet when I took this picture, as you can tell, but I’m glad I could make someone smile with something so simple.  It really is the little things that can make all the difference.

Finally!

Well!  I’ve been working on an embroidery project for several weeks now, and I am pleased to say that I am FINALLY finished with it!  It was much more detailed than the simple ones I made for my sister and friend, but SOOO worth it!  And I’ll admit that several times I put it down and didn’t touch it for days/ weeks at a time, but now that it’s done, I can show it off!

It took so much to get this done, but I’m so proud of it, too!  I just hope the intended recipient likes it when she gets it!