Counter

The builder did not accept our offer but did counter and now we have gone back and forth 3 times! It is now down to a difference of $2500 and it's in their hands. Last night we submitted our final offer but they don't seem like they are willing to budge. I am waiting patiently to hear back but I have a feeling that it will not be in our favor.

I came home from work yesterday to a beautiful bouquet of flowers..."just because"....made my day!!

Short has a half day today and is going home to a friends house and then he has off tomorrow and Monday. Grande and Tall come home tomorrow. They told us yesterday that we could work tomorrow 8:15am-12pm and still get paid for the full day! I am so excited because I still have to get all my Easter basket goodies for the boys!!

Enjoy your day!!

Tis the Season....

Every year I try not to get stressed out over the Holiday's but here we are....14 days away and I see lots of things on my list...not checked off.

With 4 children (and a new daughter-in-law) I always find Christmas overwhelming.  Not only the expense, but finding all the gifts...purchasing them...wrapping them....its enough to make me dislike Christmas!  Dislike Christmas you say?  Yes....Christmas isn't what its supposed to be about.  It has gotten to the point of just a day full of present swapping!  It starts with this maddening day of shopping on Black Friday (myself included) and doesn't stop till Christmas Day...sometimes even after that with the after Christmas sales....

Wonder what my kids would do if I put oranges in their stockings?  If there was one present under the tree?  They would surely think there was more hiding somewhere!  All this is my own fault for getting swallowed up in all the commercial hype!  My parents did it to me...and now I am doing it to my own children.

And its not like they need anything either!  NONE of my children could even think of anything they wanted for Christmas!  That tells me something!  They don't need anything!

Our Christmas Tree is disappointing this year!  It is already tried up and the needles are falling offf at lightening speed!  I make sure it has plenty of water too!  And how comes that fragrant balsam smell is overwhelming when we bought it, now I can't even smell it when I walk right up to it!

Is it just me or does anyone else feel this way?  Its so much work for one day and its really not what Christmas is supposed to be about!  What I enjoy the most about Christmas is celebrating Jesus birthday and spending time with my family.

I am feeling somewhat better.  My ears are still ringing and feel clogged.  I went to the ENT on Thursday and he suggested I see an Oral Surgeon for TMJ and thinks that's the reason for my ears being the way that they are.  The vertigo is mostly gone so that is a good thing!  I went back to work yesterday and had so much catching up to do that I ended up staying late....AND I have to go in today for 4 hours!

Between work, not feeling well and all the Christmas mumbo jumbo I made Rice Krispie treats yesterday....there's one left and I'm pretty sure I ate the majority of them!

Have a great weekend and I'll see you tomorrow for the

Meet Me On Monday Blog Hop! 

And so it's begun...

I decided to accept my new job offer and I started training on Monday, so for the last 2 days I have been traveling to the home office which is 1 1/2 hours away which makes for a long day!  Plus I haven't given notice to my other job yet because I had made prior commitments before accepting this position.  If you missed this post, you can see it HERE.....and boy oh boy is it a HUGE difference!  I have to stand for 8 hours which I have never done before and I am really having a tough time!  So much so that I don't know if I can do it or not!  I heard that it takes awhile to get use to standing but then I heard that some people cannot do it and I seriously don't know if I can!  I like the job so far...except for the standing and I don't know how to get past that!  I have on the proper shoes and even have compression socks and yet I feel like I've been hit by a truck!  Its not just my feet, its my legs, back, neck....oh my....I feel old!   I guess I have to give it time and see if I can do it or not!  If you have any pointers, please let me know!!

I am also having a rough time with being away from home for so long.  I miss doing the things that I did before.  Joe is a huge help and does alot of the cleaning, etc. but there are still things that I do and I'm not able to!  Plus I miss the kids...and Joe...and the cats!!  Oh boy....dilemma, dilemma!   Tomorrow I actually start the job and don't have to travel because its only about 8 minutes from my house.  I will let you all know how it goes!

I do apologize if I haven't visiting your blog in the last couple of days!  I will try and catch up with everyone later tonight!!

Homebody

Heading off to work today. Why am I dreading it? I'm fine when I'm there but the thought of going vs. staying home are huge! I've noticed I've become such a homebody in the last year or so...why is that? It certainly can't be because I'm getting old!! I don't do that! Well then what is it? I don't dislike my job...I just want to be home! Does anyone else feel this way? I'd much rather be doing this: