Truck touch

Hello everyone. I am sorry that I haven't been on here a lot. I have been going through a lot of turmoil in my life lately and I just haven't been in a blogging mood. I am still going to work, and am supposed to start Monday. I will be a full time worker, so I definitely won't have any time, except if maybe the evenings and weekends, I can steal away and blog a little.

Today was a pretty fun day, my kids' school organized a "truck touch". That's just basically where a lot of different vehicles park their trucks, etc... and the kids can get in them and see what they are like on the inside. They actually landed a helicopter and the kids got to get in it. They had fire trucks, ambulances, cop cars, cranes, semis, etc... It was nice to get out and be able to do something as a family. They also had a car that had been wrecked, and they let people hit it with a sledgehammer (25 cents a whack ;) Ryan and the kids all hit the car a couple times. They gave away tons of items to the kids, everyone likes getting free stuff, right :D The kids had a really nice time, it turned out to be a great day for our family.

I won't be here as much, starting VERY soon.

I wanted to write and let everyone know that I won't be on here near as much as I used to be. I am having to go back to work. I already have had an interview, and I think I'm as good as hired. It will be full time, so I will be SUPER busy. I would much rather be staying home and keeping up the house, but unfortunately, that won't work for a while. The kids are in school in the daytime anyway, so I won't be losing time with my family, so that's good. Some things have happened that has forced Ryan and I to make this decision. Please keep us in your prayers, we really need them, we're going through a LOT.

One wrong thing to another...

Today hasn't been the best day... First of all, I woke up to our driveway being tore up, which really didn't bother me that much, except for it will probably take them several days to repair it. Then, Ryan called me this afternoon and told me that he had a blow out on one of the tires on our truck. So I had to go get him and get the tire off. We also noticed that the spare tire has a screw in it. We then took the broken tire to a tire place, to see if they had any used tires, because we honestly don't have enough money for a new tire. Of course they didn't have a used tire, and their new tires were about $70.00 each. So we came back to the house and I thought I would just have the spare tire repaired and just buy another spare tire when we could. So I went to have the spare tire repaired, and of course they couldn't do it... Because the screw was on the side of the tire, well kind of the bottom/side. SO there went that idea. So I am going to have to call around tomorrow and try to find somewhere with a used tire. I hate leaving our truck by the side of the road, mainly because I don't want it vandalized. I know I need to just relax about it though. I'm actually very thankful that Ryan wasn't killed when he had the blowout. He said the truck was swerving pretty good on the road. I'm so glad that God allowed him to keep control of the truck and be able to pull off the side of the road. By the way... this happened on a highway that has a speed limit of 75 MPH, and I'm sure Ryan was going at least that fast. Please keep us in your prayers.

My driveway is tore up!

When I returned home from Colorado, I noticed that a part of my driveway was wet and had mildew growing on it. I asked Ryan about it and he said that it had been that way for quite a while. I didn't think much of it. One month has went by and our driveway has never dried up. There is a fire hydrant about 5 feet from our driveway, and we figured that there was a water leak somewhere by that hydrant. Finally yesterday Ryan told me to call the city and inform them that there is a definite leak by that fire hydrant. So that was my plan was to call the city today and have them come out and look at it. Well, this morning, I got up, and was getting the kids ready for school, and started hearing some loud machinery. I just figured it was somewhere in our neighborhood and didn't think a lot about it. Then, when I went outside to drive the kids to school, I saw several men in our driveway. I had NO idea they were going to be working at our house, it was a total shock. They were sawing our driveway when I left to take the kids to school. Then about an hour later, I glanced outside and noticed that they were digging a great big hole in our driveway. I was very glad to see that the problem was getting fixed. I thought it was kind of funny that the DAY that I was going to call them about this problem, they were already there fixing it. LOL. I honestly don't know how long this process will take, but I will be glad when it is fixed. Ryan will be so shocked when he comes home and his parking spot is not there anymore ;) So that is what is going on here at my house, along with my own daily chores. How is everyone's day going out there?

God works in great ways!

I feel so happy this weekend. We have had a little bit of a hard time with money since we've been back from Colorado. We are playing "catch-up" from the trip. So we haven't been able to spend much on groceries. Just the very BASIC items. I have had to be very creative the last 3 weeks, to make dinner. Our refrigerator was almost completely EMPTY. I was waiting until payday and would go grocery shopping today and get just enough to get us through this next week. Well yesterday morning, I got a call from a sister who owns a restaurant here in town, and her family is moving to Colorado and she asked if I would come help her pack up the restaurant. I didn't have much going on, and I wanted to be helpful to her, so I said yes. I worked ALL day yesterday and at the end of the day, she gave me SOOO much food. She didn't want to take perishable items. I was SO happy, my refrigerator, freezer and cabinets are full again. I can't even explain how much food she gave us, but we will be good on food for a little while!!! It was so nice of them, and I'm SO grateful!!!