Not sure that any of you would be interested, but as I start packing, I'm going to be selling stuff. Here's what I have available so far:
3.17.2010
moving
I knew my lease was up at the end of this month. I had planned on just paying the extra $50 a month to go month by month to wait for Milham to open. But yesterday I had a note on my door letting my rent was going up even if I do resign, making my month to month almost $100 more than what I was paying. So, I'm praying hard that Milham will have me move in w/in the next 14days, but also looking for back-up plans since I've been on the list since last October.
Not sure that any of you would be interested, but as I start packing, I'm going to be selling stuff. Here's what I have available so far:
Not sure that any of you would be interested, but as I start packing, I'm going to be selling stuff. Here's what I have available so far:
3.11.2010
Answer to Prayer!
Today I was called into TruGreen and was told I will not be retuning to work. Normally, that would be a bad thing, but since I've been praying not to return, I'd say it's an answer to prayer! Also, my boss offered to put my name in for a customer service job that I would do from home!! But as long as I get the unemployment extensions, with or w/out this other job, I should be doing fine for a while. God is great!!!
3.06.2010
Still Needing Prayers
Well, I received my go back to work date this week from my boss. She actually wants me back the week we're going to Florida, so obviously that won't be happening, but that means I go back the week after we get back. I still struggle very much w/this! I know that I'm a single mom, and the thought of being a stay at home mom is almost laughable in my position. But, none the less, it is what I feel heavy upon my heart to be the best thing for the boys and I.
If I go back to work, there are monetary rewards that would seem to make it worth while for most. I get $500 for returning to work, and in the end, I think I get a months' worth of severance pay. But, money has never been the driving factor in my life. And even w/that, when the boys go back to daycare, we will have to start paying for the first time since Asher started last May. I realize the time we've had free is a HUGE blessing, but it doesn't make the realization of having to fit daycare expenses into my budget any less hard. And, if I don't go back to work, my unemployment will end. Even after going back to work, w/them cutting off all extensions, I'm only going to have 2months of unemployment to claim when I get laid off again bc I won't have been back to work long enough to start another claim. And, my worker was right about what Asher would get from SS. It's about a not even half what I was hoping for, and it's still not official that he'll be receiving it, though it looks very promising.
Not to mention the schedule that these boys have. A regular week consist of Monday am- speech, Tuesday am- preschool, Wednesday- case worker am, OT pm, Thursday am- preschool, and Friday am- speech. This coming week is Monday- speech am, ENT pm, Tuesday- preschool am, psychologist pm, Wednesday- case worker am, eye surgeon pm, Thursday- preschool am, OT pm, and Friday- speech am. Do you see what I'm talking about???
I've been on the waiting list for new housing since October. The place I'm trying to get into is also low income, but it adjusts based on what I'm making at the time. It also would be a 3 bedroom town home w/a basement. So, it'd be bigger, less rent, and no utilities to be paid.
My prayer list that needs to be answered for me to stay home:
1. new housing- there's no way I can make my bills while living where I'm at. Every time I call to see how long the wait is for my housing it gets longer and longer. The wait was 2-3months when I applied in October. Then it was changed to 4-6months. When I called in December, I was told the wait was 6-8months from when I applied.
2. income- I'm told it could be anywhere from 2-4months for Asher's SS to start up. And while I will get back pay from the time I requested it, it doesn't make that big of a difference if I'm not receiving the money when I really need it. If I don't get his SS, I need a new form of income as my unemployment will be cut, and even w/new housing, I don't think I can make it w/out some sort of income.
So, seeing as I've been waiting since October for new housing and I just started on the SS for Asher, it literally would/will take a miracle for me to be able to stay home w/the boys. I do have some money saved up, but it would either be a huge leap of faith or the most stupid thing I've ever done to walk away from a job in this economy w/no stability in site. Maybe that is what God is calling me towards, a leap of faith, but I don't know. I need prayers that God will open doors, make miracles happen, or hold my hand as I take the biggest leap of faith ever. I'm asking everyone who will to join me. I have 30days till I am to return to work. I know that nothing is impossible w/God!
If I go back to work, there are monetary rewards that would seem to make it worth while for most. I get $500 for returning to work, and in the end, I think I get a months' worth of severance pay. But, money has never been the driving factor in my life. And even w/that, when the boys go back to daycare, we will have to start paying for the first time since Asher started last May. I realize the time we've had free is a HUGE blessing, but it doesn't make the realization of having to fit daycare expenses into my budget any less hard. And, if I don't go back to work, my unemployment will end. Even after going back to work, w/them cutting off all extensions, I'm only going to have 2months of unemployment to claim when I get laid off again bc I won't have been back to work long enough to start another claim. And, my worker was right about what Asher would get from SS. It's about a not even half what I was hoping for, and it's still not official that he'll be receiving it, though it looks very promising.
Not to mention the schedule that these boys have. A regular week consist of Monday am- speech, Tuesday am- preschool, Wednesday- case worker am, OT pm, Thursday am- preschool, and Friday am- speech. This coming week is Monday- speech am, ENT pm, Tuesday- preschool am, psychologist pm, Wednesday- case worker am, eye surgeon pm, Thursday- preschool am, OT pm, and Friday- speech am. Do you see what I'm talking about???
I've been on the waiting list for new housing since October. The place I'm trying to get into is also low income, but it adjusts based on what I'm making at the time. It also would be a 3 bedroom town home w/a basement. So, it'd be bigger, less rent, and no utilities to be paid.
My prayer list that needs to be answered for me to stay home:
1. new housing- there's no way I can make my bills while living where I'm at. Every time I call to see how long the wait is for my housing it gets longer and longer. The wait was 2-3months when I applied in October. Then it was changed to 4-6months. When I called in December, I was told the wait was 6-8months from when I applied.
2. income- I'm told it could be anywhere from 2-4months for Asher's SS to start up. And while I will get back pay from the time I requested it, it doesn't make that big of a difference if I'm not receiving the money when I really need it. If I don't get his SS, I need a new form of income as my unemployment will be cut, and even w/new housing, I don't think I can make it w/out some sort of income.
So, seeing as I've been waiting since October for new housing and I just started on the SS for Asher, it literally would/will take a miracle for me to be able to stay home w/the boys. I do have some money saved up, but it would either be a huge leap of faith or the most stupid thing I've ever done to walk away from a job in this economy w/no stability in site. Maybe that is what God is calling me towards, a leap of faith, but I don't know. I need prayers that God will open doors, make miracles happen, or hold my hand as I take the biggest leap of faith ever. I'm asking everyone who will to join me. I have 30days till I am to return to work. I know that nothing is impossible w/God!
3.05.2010
ski trip w/daddy
the boys went on their yearly ski trip w/daddy and his family
1st place 2yrs in a row!
1st place 2yrs in a row!
2.23.2010
ear infection?
Last night, around 5:30am, J came into my room crying that his ear hurt him, and he couldn't sleep :( Of course, my first thought is an ear infection, but he hasn't had one in over 2yrs. Yes, he keeps getting tubes yearly, but they've been bc of fluid on the ears affecting his hearing, not bc of infections. So, I gave him some tylenol, and after about an hour of tossing and turning, he finally fell back to sleep.
When the alarm went off from preschool, EVERYONE was sleeping soundly in bed w/me (Asher had joined me in bed around 4:30am), so I turned it off and went back to sleep. I figured if I was this exhausted, they probably were as well...well, at least J was probably exhausted. Asher slept through everything non-phased which is a good thing I guess. When everyone woke up at 9am, the first thing I did was make a doctor's appt. J said his ear felt better, and I was beginning to think I was just going to waste my time. But, I stuck w/my instinct to take him in.
So, we get to the doctor's and the first thing she does is listen to his chest. Normal, it's what they always do. She tells me she hears wheezing in his chest. I was surprised. She said she never would have guessed it either w/out listening to his chest. So, his asthma is flared...yay, NOT! She looks in his right ear and asks "which ear did you say was hurting?" I let her know it was his left ear he was complaining about. She says, "well, the right ear looks clear, but the tube has fallen out." She says, "it's still laying in the canal, and there is a hole in the ear drum from where it was." She goes on to explain that if the tube just recently fell out, it could heal itself. But, depending on when it fell out, he could need to see the ENT if it's not healing on it's own. Then she looks in his left ear and says she understands why he woke up in pain. She says that he has a nasty ear infection, and she wouldn't be surprised if his ear drum ruptures. YAY again...NOT!!!
He went home instructed to continue his pulmicort, start his albuterol, and was put on omnicef and given ear drops. Yep, he took home the pharmacy. I'm just really praying that he gets feeling better soon bc he's supposed to go skiing next week w/Shaun and his family. And while, I know Shaun wouldn't keep J home bc he knows how much J loves skiing, I fear that actually taking him skiing will only flare his asthma more and hinder the ear infection healing. So, I'm praying that my baby heals fast, and that Shaun will use good judgment when it comes to what he lets J do and for how long when he takes him away.
He goes to the ENT monday the 8th, and I guess we'll go from there.....
When the alarm went off from preschool, EVERYONE was sleeping soundly in bed w/me (Asher had joined me in bed around 4:30am), so I turned it off and went back to sleep. I figured if I was this exhausted, they probably were as well...well, at least J was probably exhausted. Asher slept through everything non-phased which is a good thing I guess. When everyone woke up at 9am, the first thing I did was make a doctor's appt. J said his ear felt better, and I was beginning to think I was just going to waste my time. But, I stuck w/my instinct to take him in.
So, we get to the doctor's and the first thing she does is listen to his chest. Normal, it's what they always do. She tells me she hears wheezing in his chest. I was surprised. She said she never would have guessed it either w/out listening to his chest. So, his asthma is flared...yay, NOT! She looks in his right ear and asks "which ear did you say was hurting?" I let her know it was his left ear he was complaining about. She says, "well, the right ear looks clear, but the tube has fallen out." She says, "it's still laying in the canal, and there is a hole in the ear drum from where it was." She goes on to explain that if the tube just recently fell out, it could heal itself. But, depending on when it fell out, he could need to see the ENT if it's not healing on it's own. Then she looks in his left ear and says she understands why he woke up in pain. She says that he has a nasty ear infection, and she wouldn't be surprised if his ear drum ruptures. YAY again...NOT!!!
He went home instructed to continue his pulmicort, start his albuterol, and was put on omnicef and given ear drops. Yep, he took home the pharmacy. I'm just really praying that he gets feeling better soon bc he's supposed to go skiing next week w/Shaun and his family. And while, I know Shaun wouldn't keep J home bc he knows how much J loves skiing, I fear that actually taking him skiing will only flare his asthma more and hinder the ear infection healing. So, I'm praying that my baby heals fast, and that Shaun will use good judgment when it comes to what he lets J do and for how long when he takes him away.
He goes to the ENT monday the 8th, and I guess we'll go from there.....
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