Here We Go Again

  So the "one post a day" thing is going GREAT!  I  mean, just look at all the catching up I have been doing! SMH.  Oh well.  I am trying, which is proven by my many repeated attempts, lol!  So, we are going through another life crisis right now.  Looks like there is a good possibility that our house in Nauvoo will be sold out from under us again.
  *ASIDE:  To be clear, this is not at all like the situation last time where there was an immense amount of lying, cheating, and stealing, in the name of God, no less!  The Hasek's were very clear in the beginning of all this and this is what we agreed to, knowing full well all the possibilities.  We cannot fault them at all, they have been great the entire time we have lived here and we consider them friends. END ASIDE*
  I am doing my best to remain calm and not freak out but, it is a minute by minute thing. I way over-analyze every little detail of every little thing and that can be good to a point but, mostly bad for my mental health, lol.  The good thing is that we are not in the horribly crappy financial situation that we were the last time this happened but, our options are still limited.  We haven't sold our pain the ass Carthage house yet either which is the main kink in the situation.  That house has been the bane of my existence ever since I saw the damn thing. We are waiting on Lowe's to install the carpet and we are going to call it quits on fixing anything else in that house.  Really we did most of it.  The rest of the work is more cosmetic and something that most people do and change when they buy a house anyway. ( I wish I had taken before and after pics of the house from when we bought it to now....I don't know why I never remember to do that.) Anyway, we are meeting with a new lender today to see if we can go ahead and finance this house, while we still own our Carthage house.  We have been making two house payments, two electric payment, two insurance payments, two water/sewer/trash payments, two gas payments, and one payment to the lawn guy who takes care of our yard in Carthage for two years now and never missed a payment.  Obviously we can make the payments on both houses, we just wish it were that easy instead of making people come up with an absurd amount of money out of thin air for a ridiculous down payment.  *sigh*  
It's great timing too.  The mad rush at the end of the school year is in full swing, Cedric and Vivianne's birthdays, kids graduations, its the busy time of year for photographers, and a million other things.  I guess there is never a "good" time for anything.  I am trying to not fight the universe and let things happen as they need to.  We can only do so much, so we will do our best and call it good.

Why So Stupid!?

Here is something that I want to talk about. I am sick and tired of the world telling parents that everything they do and say is wrong or somehow going to scar your freaking children for the rest of their lives.  Like we don't already have enough on our minds as parents, without worrying about judgement from the entire world.  Guess what???? Parents aren't perfect.  Guess what???  Neither are kids.  Do we all handle things the wrong way sometimes?  Yep.  Do our children handle things the wrong way sometimes? Yep.  Do we forgive them?  Yep.  Do they forgive us?  Yep.  So, the question is, why can't society let parents mess up ever?  I'll tell you why.  Because society is stupid.  That is all.

Today's Post

I have not wanted to blog like I said I would but, I am forcing myself.  Yesterday I woke up and the wind was finally not blowing like a hurricane.  The wind has been absolutely bonkers for the last week or so and our yard was a disaster.  I couldn't burn our cardboard or sticks that fly around our yard because it was so dang windy.  So, when I woke up and the air was still, I called everyone outside to help in the yard.  We picked up sticks, cardboard, trash, toys, and whatever else had blown around.  We burnt a big pile of crap in our big firepit and then started a fire in our patio fire pit to have an impromptu lunch around the fire.  We had foil dinners, hot dogs, chips, and smores.  Then a new girl from school texted my phone to ask if Eden could come over and play.  She was so excited.  And we found out that they live really close to us and can play together all summer.  Sweet.  Later in the afternoon, I took Cullen and Eden to Happy Joe's in Burlington and out to see the movie Zootopia.  I'm not really in to telling this right now, in case you can't tell, lol!

Tidbit

I am seriously annoyed with myself and what a horrendous job I have done keeping up with this blog for the past year or so.  I AM going to do better.  I also have slacked on printing the blog books.  That will happen too.  The past year has been different for me in so many ways. There has been a lot of discovery, learning, growth, introspective, and change in all areas of my life. I am going to try to keep a goal of posting one post a day to try to catch myself up a bit.

Yesterday I posted these pictures on Facebook of all the kids at Kelley Family Easter.  Grandma and Grandpa Kelley had gotten these super cute Minnie Mouse outfits for Eden and Viv for Christmas.  They hadn't had a chance to wear them yet and I thought, rather than get new Easter dresses, they could wear these and be freaking adorable!  And adorable they were!  Oh my goodness, I these two girls are just too much cute!

 My boys have totally made my life complete by giving me an awesome photo of ALL of them STANDING STILL, LOOKING AT THE CAMERA, SMILING, AND NOT THROWING SOME KIND OF FIT!!!!  I am in heaven.  I love the rainbow shirts I made them wear too, lol!