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Getting Settled

We have moved into the new house and are getting settled.  We've made some good progress on our boxes, but still have a lot to go.  This house has a huge storage shortage, despite ample space for it.  So, we've had to buy storage cabinets and shelves and still need to put a pantry in the kitchen.  The problem is, we are out of money!  I've never had such high credit card balance and no money in savings to cover it and no income.  This is really hard for me.  I know in a few months, after the major moving expenses are dealt with I'll feel better.  Right now, though, I feel like I should be working and bringing in a pay check.  If you have any money-making ideas for me, I'd love to hear them!  This is really stressing me out! Juliet is now an expert sitter and is trying to crawl but moves backwards!  It's funny to watch.  She still hasn't cut a tooth, and either has her first cold right now or has a runny nose and 100.7 degree temperature from teeth.  Thoughts

for really real?

So often, I stop and think, is this really my life now?  For real?  For really real?  No, seriously, who's playing this joke on me? It feels like a dream... or someone else's reality that I somehow stepped into.  We have a baby.  A real, live, smiling, crying, adorable baby.  For a year, at least, I am a stay at home mom.  That is something I never thought would happen.  Well, I guess all of it is something I never thought would happen!   We moved to a new state almost two weeks ago, and it is strange.  I miss home.  I miss the weather at home.  I really need to stop calling old city home and thinking of this new place as home.  It's really hot here.  Today, for example, it is 30 degrees warmer here than at "home."  New people are living in our old house.  I hate the thought of another family living in the home that we spent four years making ours.  It's where we tried to have a baby the natural way, and with our medical interventions.  It's where we bro