Another week begins...

What a weekend. Busy busy busy and yet it doesn't feel like I got much done.

Let's see...on Saturday, I was up early and helped paint a bedroom. Visions of Decorating Cents danced through our heads LOL While the first coat dried, we kept all the kids busy playing inside and out. We wanted to get yard work done,but it wasn't really the weather for it; kind of windy. Plus there is weeding and such to be done first so it has to wait a few more days.
Saturday night, Daddy and I brought the kids to Golden Corral for the Princess's belated birthday dinner; her request. We knew that there was a carnival going on in the adjacent parking lot,but didn't tell the kids. Of course they were BEYOND excited when they saw it and begged to skip dinner in favor of corn dogs and rides,but we didn't take give in. Sadly for them, Baby was much too tired and too young to partake in such festivities and Daddy was "bezausted" from working both jobs all week so we went home after dinner with the promise of returning today.
This morning, Daddy worked very early and took a nap when he got home; at least he tried. Auntie and I brought Baby Boy for a walk to Lowes for paint and gardening things. Lovely day, sunny and very warm,but terribly windy. Sand whipping at your legs does NOT feel good. We got what we needed though and ran into most of Auntie's family while we were there LOL Funny how in 13yrs in the same house and neighborhood I rarely saw anyone we knew in the market and here you see the ones you know EVERYWHERE! I guess it really is a small town in its own way.

After the "three hour tour" of Lowes (literally!) we went home for lunch and to continue painting bedroom one. It came out nice and we had fun. Pssst..don't tell the kids but we painted tic tac toe and Hi and smileys on the wall before we painted over them LOL Who says grown-ups can't be silly too?? I should say that Daddy DID take the big kids to the carnival as promised and they all had fun even if the Princess DID get too confident about riding the thrill rides and make herself sick. Needless to say she was pretty quiet the rest of the evening.

Then after dinner, Daddy and the 3 boys & I went to see a house that is rent-to-own. It's cute; smaller than we'd like,but bigger than what we're used to. It's got the potential to add on which helps, it's at the end of a cul de sac, and in walking distance to both the middle and elementary schools which happen to be across the road from eachother (not the road the house is on); very convenient for them and for me. The house certainly isn't big enough for us to stay in for more than a couple of years or so unless we were to add on and even that's pushing it,but it would certainly work for now. We'll probably know tomorrow if we'll be getting it. There's still a *possibility* of my getting a job in Florida though in which case we'd be making a swift (and I mean SWIFT) move south very soon. In the meantime, we don't want to give this up so we'll see what happens.

Today I was very sad as I watched my friends shop for items for their respective homes and wanting so much a home for my own family. After all the obstacles we've faced these last 3yrs, we continue to hope and pray that the light at the end of the tunnel is nearer than we think and that it's NOT an oncoming train. :-)

Happy Monday !