Blessed

Today is one of those days where I really feel greatly blessed.  Yeah, life is hard, and certain things SUCK.  BUT, there are some really big things happening to be thankful for.

Over the weekend we heard of a family that was moving down here from up north.  And during the move, their trailer that had all their kids toys, and some of their clothes, etc in it was STOLEN!  Who does that?  UGH!  But we heard about it, and my girls jumped into action.  The gathered up two boxes of toys and some of their old clothes, and packed them up into a box and we gave it to the girls.  The grandfather (who moved down here with them) picked them up, and last night thanked Ruben (who's hotel they were at).  He even almost broke down because of how greatful they all were for it.  I mean, it wasn't much to us (because they have MOUNTAINS of toys) but to someone with nothing it was everything.  The girls were beaming, and the kids we gave it to were grateful.  I can't even imagine.  Well, yeah, i guess I kinda can.  But i don't want to.  That's just crazy.  I'm just glad we were able to help.  We might gather up some more as we clean out everything and see about donating it to them as well. 

I have the greatest friends and family too.  Got one friend that sent me the money to go to the doctor up here so i can FINALLY get that MRI i need to get a diagnosis.  My Sister in law is gonna try to help us as well with a little money.  And another friend has offered to get us a bit more to help out.  It's amazing how they just come out of the woodwork in a time of need.  Now, we are nowhere near having it all for the next few months, but at least we know we will have help.  :)  (even if it ends up being us moving into a hotel for a bit and packing our stuff away in a storage shed until the stupid garnishment falls off - which i don't think will happen, but it's still a distant possibility)

I've spent the majority of the day cleaning on my living room.  Cleaning off the couch and loveseat.  Moving stuff around so it all has a place.  It looks awesome.  Now I just have to get the kitchen and main bathroom finished before tomorrow.  And then HOPEFULLY I can get my bedroom clean enough that i'm not embarrased for tomorrow when my family comes up.  I might stay up a bit tonight and start working on it so we can finish it tomorrow morning.  They are leaving Ft. Smith at about 8 they say, so that means they could be here as early as 11, or as late as 1 (knowing them, lol).  So i want to have it to where i'm HAPPY by 10.  Shouldn't be TOO hard.  If nothing else, I'll pack it away into the closet.  Yeah, i know i just cleaned it out.  But it would be a good place to pack it for a bit.  Then once i find the energy to get it all completely finished again, we can get in there and get it done.

Gonna do Tuna Helper and corn for dinner.  The Glee Project is on tonight.  Gonna make sure both girls get a good bath and get their hair brushed out.  That way there won't be anything at all to do in the morning except our bedroom. :) 

For now, i'm gonna go finish up what i'm working on now.  Laters!