The two rooms upstairs are getting comfortable. My living room is still intact, as is my home business corner in his living room. I wont bother with the kitchen until moving time. I have been sorting, paring down, and packing what I can. I’m a minimalist so it hasn’t been to hard. It would be easier if I didn’t have to juggle the kids spaces. I don’t want things to change to much for them. It seems weird enough to the older two that I changed bedrooms.
My kids and grandkids are gifts that I enjoy every chance I get. My daughter has her 3 and 4 year old stepdaughters on weekends. My son lives an hour away, and I take his 8 month old daughter two or three days every couple weeks. My daughter is having a daughter in January. Sis is in college and lives close. She comes over often to use the computer in my office. Her partner is always with her. He is like a son to me as well. Sis found a real keeper. He is always a willing handyman and he is very good to our girls. We share a lot of dinners. My son is moving closer when his lease is up at the years end. He will transfer to the same community college that his sister goes to. I hope he will be around for a lot of dinners too.
On Sundays I have been going to a church that a few of my old friends also go to. Yesterday I took the step grandkids with me. That was really special. I love church, and I am so proud of my beloved grandkids. I look forward to church all week. That’s pretty exciting for one who was so badly hurt by a church that for over 20 years I left the whole religion. This afternoon an old friend from church is replacing a turn signal light for me. I will have him over for dinner, with other friends, and probably after I’ve moved. The energy in this house is pretty unpredictable right now. Atmosphere is as important as food at mealtime.
Once the new baby is born I will be blessed to be her full time babysitter. It is going to be such joy! I adore the wee ones. This should happen just as the paint dries on my new home. I have so much to look forward to.
In the meantime I am getting ready for an easy move, and preparing for the last holiday season this particular family will spend together. The new baby shower is the Saturday after thanksgiving. There are winter plays to be seen.
It’s rainy and grey today. I’m gonna go put a pot of something in the crock pot. I’ll whip up some kind of a bread to come out of the oven around 5 or 6. It’s a good day for comfort food.
I am on disability and can’t afford to move until my car is paid off. It looks like that will be in January or February. It would break us both to part any sooner. My little online sales thing is improving, but it is far from able to support me.
