I am so terribly sorry for falling off the face of the earth. I am quite embarrassed right now.
Since mid-May, our family has been in crisis mode, due to my 21yo dd and her husband (yes, katiebelle). They have bled us dry in the money field. Her new dh was in jail, and she felt the need to bail him out. They have been living with us since mid May and feeding 2 extra mouths has wiped us out. Mike had to leave his job with
Tractor Supply 2 weeks ago to attend truck driving school in order to be an OTR truck driver. That's the only way we knew we could make decent amounts of money quickly. He is finished school and gets on the road Tues/Wed. He will start getting a weekly paycheck 2 weeks later. I have been forced to take a part-time job, too. I am working at JoAnns and love it, though I am working just to feed us at this momeny. In a month, everything will change. We will no longer be in crisis mode and will be able to pay our rent, utilities, food and have money left over. There's a concept. They(dd/dsil) are moving out this wee and thank GOD for that. I was forced to kick them out. Not a pleasant thing to do, but it had to be done. I don't know where they will live, but at this moment, it's not important. What is important are my 5 & 8 you kids, myself and dh.
I have not had much time to devote to any swaps, sewing, my businesses, etc since all this has been going on and I'm so sad about it.
I know I am late with my MYB and katiebelle's too. I will make things right with both recipients myself, I just as for a little more time to get the money together to go buy all the fun things for the MYBs. I am going to PM each of our recipients after this post, so they know theirs will be arriving for sure.
Things are done with Gregory's testing. Nothing new. At least no new news, that is. Apparently he is the way he "is". No causes for his lack of eating/drinking when he doesn't feel well. So, I guess until hopefully he outgrows this habit, we will spend several stays in the hospital each winter
I am so sorry for putting you all through this mess. Believe me, several months ago, this wasn't the plan I had envisioned.
Thanks,