Today marks three years since we brought S and D to our house. Quite a bit has changed since then. They've both changed quite a bit and I would say the rest of us have changed just as much. Although I would guess they might always wonder how things would have been if they had been able to remain with their birthparents, I think they like our family. They both will occasionally say in their prayers that they are thankful to have a family and parents.
Some of the things I have learned are
-Love takes action. You learn to love those you serve.
-Kids need more of the things no one wants to put time into and less of what people want to buy them.
-As 5 kids get older their time to get buckled in the car decreases.
-3 car seats at once is much better than 5 car seats at once.
-Mom and dad have to figure out how to be united on decisions even if they don't agree.
-Negatives usually have some positive somewhere.
-When you think you know what you are doing you realize that you have no clue.
-The first therapist isn't always the best.
-Over scheduling causes crazy moms.
-Waking up to the kids practicing is great but can almost drive me crazy!
-Kids need parents who will follow through on what they say both for the good and the bad.
-Plastic mattress covers are a necessity.
So we didn't end up celebrating much today. S had a talk to give at church. I was working on it with her. Before church I went and got her dress out and had her get dressed. When she came for me to button up the back I noticed some spots on her back/neck. I looked a little more and noticed more. So we headed to my friend's house and she confirmed my suspicions. S has a breakthrough case of chicken pox. Before bed she was up to about 200 spots. I read up on them and I guess breakthrough cases usually only have 50 or less spots. I'm just telling myself that if she didn't have the vaccine she would be one of those kids covered from head to toe.
What's funny is that right before I buttoned up her dress I told DH how I was excited for last week to be over and to have an easier week. What was I thinking? Now I am just going to hope the other kids don't get it. They have all been vaccinated but obviously that doesn't mean a whole heck of a lot. T has 3 swim meets in the next 10 days and M and D have big time Nutcracker rehearsals. So it looks like S will be staying home most of the week.
So it's going to be a busy week after all. But I might just feel lost if it weren't.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Inventory
That's what the kids are doing right now.... There is candy all over the family room. (I'm not exaggerating here. I really mean it's all over.)'s We have D's 'tower of candy', T's little piles called 'candy galore', M's lined up and accounted for candy (she kept track of what she received by category before and after the storm.... no Crunch bars post storm), and S big pile of whatever (she's too busy eating to sort), and C's messy pile of candy and wrappers.
I think it's funny that they are inventorying everything as tomorrow we will let them pick their favorite candies and then the remaining million pieces will go into the community bucket that I'll dole out sparingly. We have enough candy to last a while. (At least according to M who has 127 pieces from Grannie's work, Papa's work, DH's work, the church party, and the neighborhood.) That's about 500 pieces in the community bucket. At a piece a day they have a 3 month supply.
This has been the longest Halloween week. The kids had their day at school. We had a day of visiting relatives and doing more celebrating. Then we did the real thing today (which wasn't really real because it wasn't even Halloween... alas Halloween is on a Sunday).
When asked what their favorite thing about Halloween is I got the following responses.
M-Pumpkin seeds
T-
D-Carving pumpkins
S-Eating candy
C-When everyone comes and you pass out the candy (with a number 2 of 'whenever you eat all your candy and your tummy is all fat).
DH-When it does not fall on a quarter end (which is NEVER)
Me-Bedtime :)
We had a really cool storm roll through today. It reminded me of an old movie called The Fog or something like that. The kids went around the block (as I am the weather.com following mama) and then BAM, it was quite a storm with tons of hail and wind. Later, I left some candy outside and took the kids out in the cold.
Other highlights (or lowlights of the week).
C threw up in M's bed yet again!
I figured out the games for M's class at school.
I worked in T's class for Halloween.
We had S's playgroup at our house.
M surprised her violin teacher with a new concerto.
S had a hard time with her difficult behaviors. We need a new psych appointment to adjust meds I believe.
T finished his first real book report and did the whole things in cursive.
D had a great Halloween program at school. He was really into it.
T was a super popular pig. He was sought out by the big bad wolf dressed as grandma and picked up. He was really confident in that costume.
And that will have to be it as I am out of time and my kids are an hour past their bedtime. :(
I think it's funny that they are inventorying everything as tomorrow we will let them pick their favorite candies and then the remaining million pieces will go into the community bucket that I'll dole out sparingly. We have enough candy to last a while. (At least according to M who has 127 pieces from Grannie's work, Papa's work, DH's work, the church party, and the neighborhood.) That's about 500 pieces in the community bucket. At a piece a day they have a 3 month supply.
This has been the longest Halloween week. The kids had their day at school. We had a day of visiting relatives and doing more celebrating. Then we did the real thing today (which wasn't really real because it wasn't even Halloween... alas Halloween is on a Sunday).
When asked what their favorite thing about Halloween is I got the following responses.
M-Pumpkin seeds
T-
D-Carving pumpkins
S-Eating candy
C-When everyone comes and you pass out the candy (with a number 2 of 'whenever you eat all your candy and your tummy is all fat).
DH-When it does not fall on a quarter end (which is NEVER)
Me-Bedtime :)
We had a really cool storm roll through today. It reminded me of an old movie called The Fog or something like that. The kids went around the block (as I am the weather.com following mama) and then BAM, it was quite a storm with tons of hail and wind. Later, I left some candy outside and took the kids out in the cold.
Other highlights (or lowlights of the week).
C threw up in M's bed yet again!
I figured out the games for M's class at school.
I worked in T's class for Halloween.
We had S's playgroup at our house.
M surprised her violin teacher with a new concerto.
S had a hard time with her difficult behaviors. We need a new psych appointment to adjust meds I believe.
T finished his first real book report and did the whole things in cursive.
D had a great Halloween program at school. He was really into it.
T was a super popular pig. He was sought out by the big bad wolf dressed as grandma and picked up. He was really confident in that costume.
And that will have to be it as I am out of time and my kids are an hour past their bedtime. :(
Friday, October 22, 2010
Still in Jammies
It's almost 2;30 and I am still not dressed. Today, however, I have a slightly good excuse. Stormy weather is coming our way so first thing this morning I went and cleared out a bushel of green tomatoes out of our garden. Then, I spent a good chunk of the morning (almost 3 hours) chopping peppers, onions, and tomatoes for some green tomato salsa. This stuff had better turn out good because it has taken FOREVER. I just hate to see all those green tomatoes go to waste. I have at least another bushel of green ones out there but am running out of jars. So I can let those go to waste guilt free.
Between this and the applesauce I am feeling like I have done my job this harvest season. You know it's time for it all to end when you are looking forward to a good frost just to kill everything.
Between this and the applesauce I am feeling like I have done my job this harvest season. You know it's time for it all to end when you are looking forward to a good frost just to kill everything.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Pack Night and a Prayer
Tonight we had T's first pack night. I got my first mama bobcat pin. T pinned it on me upside down. He was so proud of himself. When I sat down, C said to me, "Umph, no fair. Why did you get a babercat pin." I loved how she said it. They had a neighbor of ours there with his potters wheel. The kids were enamoured with the thing. Forget the video games folks. Get your kids some clay and a potters wheel. I'm just a little unsure of heating things to over 2000 degrees in our house though. Bummer.
When we got home T came to reclaim my pin. He thought he was supposed to use it to pin his patch on. It was disappointing to him that he just has to have me sew it.
During family prayers tonight D was doing one of his regular thoughtful prayers. He's our thinker when it comes to praying. Then out of the blue he asked for a special blessing on DH that he "wouldn't get run over by a car while he was running." Hmmm... that's pretty direct.
Speaking of running, I did manage to go today after school. It felt much hotter than it really was and I wasn't in the mood to do it but I did get out of here and get it done :) Tomorrow morning I am going to the track with friends and although the track is boring the driving down there is fun.
We also had flu shots today. M was scared. She hates the things. C stepped right up to be first and to show her siblings how brave she was. S wasn't going to act scared after that. Then it was D's turn. He asked to sit on my lap. This year he didn't have a meltdown or anything. M's turn came next and she wanted to sit her almost 11 year old body on my lap too. Then to make them laugh I had them hold my hands while the lady gave me my shot. It's over for another year :)
It's not such a bad day. I'm still not done with my applesauce. I really hate bottling it but love serving something decent to my family. So back to applesauce I go..............
When we got home T came to reclaim my pin. He thought he was supposed to use it to pin his patch on. It was disappointing to him that he just has to have me sew it.
During family prayers tonight D was doing one of his regular thoughtful prayers. He's our thinker when it comes to praying. Then out of the blue he asked for a special blessing on DH that he "wouldn't get run over by a car while he was running." Hmmm... that's pretty direct.
Speaking of running, I did manage to go today after school. It felt much hotter than it really was and I wasn't in the mood to do it but I did get out of here and get it done :) Tomorrow morning I am going to the track with friends and although the track is boring the driving down there is fun.
We also had flu shots today. M was scared. She hates the things. C stepped right up to be first and to show her siblings how brave she was. S wasn't going to act scared after that. Then it was D's turn. He asked to sit on my lap. This year he didn't have a meltdown or anything. M's turn came next and she wanted to sit her almost 11 year old body on my lap too. Then to make them laugh I had them hold my hands while the lady gave me my shot. It's over for another year :)
It's not such a bad day. I'm still not done with my applesauce. I really hate bottling it but love serving something decent to my family. So back to applesauce I go..............
Monday, October 18, 2010
Snaggletooth
Today was a dental cleaning for T. I was looking forward to finding out what we could do for his alarming teeth situation. Last week we went with some good friends (the ones from far across the sea according to C) to a little Halloween shindig. T and D both won themselves some super snazzy plastic vampire teeth. D was happy because they will go with his Halloween costume. T popped them in and I thought, "Wow! What an improvement." His smile looked a little more filled in with the *gasp* fake cheapo vampire teeth. I even contemplated having him wear them for pics.
We go to the dentist today for his cleaning. And lo and behold another tooth is starting to appear behind Mr. Twisted Tooth. The dentist thought at first that he was getting one of his teeth about two years early. A panoramic xray showed that instead he just has ANOTHER extra tooth in there. He had an extra baby tooth too and so it would make sense that its matching permanent tooth would be there. The tooth is keeping the twisted one all twisty and is preventing the snaggletooth from coming down. That's why snaggle popped out up on the top of his gums.
The plan of action is to wait for up to two months to see if the rest of this second tooth will come out. I guess we want to make sure that it's a big enough tooth before we pull it's twisted partner. Then, the twisted one will come out and hopefully everything will start shifting into a more normal place. T might just not need a ton of orthodontia after all :)
Speaking of teeth, M pulled out a tooth at the dinner table last night. EWWWW! She's getting brave.
S is so wishing she would lose a tooth but she doesn't even have a loose one yet. But if she is like D, she'll start losing them late, but then practically lose the entire front of her mouth at once.
On other topics..............
The big huge concert is OVER. DH and I are more than thrilled. It was a long day with the rehearsals for the 3 big kids. The little girls and I went over to DH's sister's house and hung out for a while. The kids adore their cousin and I had fun chatting. I owe her a bunch of Reese's Pieces though as I ate a ton of them. (I paid the price the next day!)
The concert started late considering the ages of the kids. I sat with C and S. They were doing great. They both were warming up (i.e. sawing away at their violins in a taca taca stop stop rhythm) before the concert started. The bad thing was that they were near the end of the concert. About 7 minutes from their part C decides she has had it and says, "I just can't do it. I'm too tired." And that was that. I told her to keep her little body in its cute little outfit down so she couldn't be seen on the video. S did a good job. When they first started to play she got an alarmed look on her face and then jumped right in and did her thing. DH was with D the whole time and they were far from me. T was in his group sans parents. He made some friend with a girl named Esther. It seems that she was in the know on a lot of things. And M, she was in a very visible spot and so I could watch her. I loved watching her group play their song because they were like a big giant machine playing their fast concerto. It amazes me that she can play so well already. We celebrated with some ice cream and then came home to get the kids in bed.
This week M is trying to memorize another concerto before her lesson. I told her I'd buy her a candy bar if she can memorize it this week. It doesn't have to be up to speed but it would be great for her to surprise her teacher. The other kids can kind of slack off a bit this week.
What else has happened? DH and I went running together on Friday. It was fun to go out even if it got a little toasty. I made it 4.25 miles and DH made it one more. My motivation has been close to ZERO lately so that was a good run for me.
Life is still pretty good. I have 110 pounds of apples left to sauce in the next couple of days and a garden full of green tomatoes that I should turn into green tomato salsa. We'll see what I can get done.
We go to the dentist today for his cleaning. And lo and behold another tooth is starting to appear behind Mr. Twisted Tooth. The dentist thought at first that he was getting one of his teeth about two years early. A panoramic xray showed that instead he just has ANOTHER extra tooth in there. He had an extra baby tooth too and so it would make sense that its matching permanent tooth would be there. The tooth is keeping the twisted one all twisty and is preventing the snaggletooth from coming down. That's why snaggle popped out up on the top of his gums.
The plan of action is to wait for up to two months to see if the rest of this second tooth will come out. I guess we want to make sure that it's a big enough tooth before we pull it's twisted partner. Then, the twisted one will come out and hopefully everything will start shifting into a more normal place. T might just not need a ton of orthodontia after all :)
Speaking of teeth, M pulled out a tooth at the dinner table last night. EWWWW! She's getting brave.
S is so wishing she would lose a tooth but she doesn't even have a loose one yet. But if she is like D, she'll start losing them late, but then practically lose the entire front of her mouth at once.
On other topics..............
The big huge concert is OVER. DH and I are more than thrilled. It was a long day with the rehearsals for the 3 big kids. The little girls and I went over to DH's sister's house and hung out for a while. The kids adore their cousin and I had fun chatting. I owe her a bunch of Reese's Pieces though as I ate a ton of them. (I paid the price the next day!)
The concert started late considering the ages of the kids. I sat with C and S. They were doing great. They both were warming up (i.e. sawing away at their violins in a taca taca stop stop rhythm) before the concert started. The bad thing was that they were near the end of the concert. About 7 minutes from their part C decides she has had it and says, "I just can't do it. I'm too tired." And that was that. I told her to keep her little body in its cute little outfit down so she couldn't be seen on the video. S did a good job. When they first started to play she got an alarmed look on her face and then jumped right in and did her thing. DH was with D the whole time and they were far from me. T was in his group sans parents. He made some friend with a girl named Esther. It seems that she was in the know on a lot of things. And M, she was in a very visible spot and so I could watch her. I loved watching her group play their song because they were like a big giant machine playing their fast concerto. It amazes me that she can play so well already. We celebrated with some ice cream and then came home to get the kids in bed.
This week M is trying to memorize another concerto before her lesson. I told her I'd buy her a candy bar if she can memorize it this week. It doesn't have to be up to speed but it would be great for her to surprise her teacher. The other kids can kind of slack off a bit this week.
What else has happened? DH and I went running together on Friday. It was fun to go out even if it got a little toasty. I made it 4.25 miles and DH made it one more. My motivation has been close to ZERO lately so that was a good run for me.
Life is still pretty good. I have 110 pounds of apples left to sauce in the next couple of days and a garden full of green tomatoes that I should turn into green tomato salsa. We'll see what I can get done.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Flippers
The other day after swim I asked the coach if there was anything we could do to help T float on his back. The kid is such a sinker. She told us to fatten him up a bit or get him some flippers.
Since he has DH's build I didn't think fattening him up was going to happen too quickly. Today I bought him flippers. (I have been corrected.... training fins...)
But before I bought those I took him to his well child visit. Yep, the well child visit where I found out he just had a well child visit in June. Here I thought I was doing great because I was less than two months behind his birthday. I guess his visit in June so we could get the asthma meds refilled constituted a well child visit. Oh well, I tried. I swear I try. I just botch things a lot.
I did talk to the doc about his mole halos. (Looked good... see a dermatologist if we are worried). I asked about the blood food intolerance test that I want done on him now that I know our insurance covers it. (Go pay an allergist to give you advice.) Got a flu shot for the kid. (At least that was worth part of a copay).
Then we went to the super deal grocery place and I scored on super lean ground beef. The kid working in the produce gave me hope that apples would be similarly priced next week. If you only knew how much you made my WEEK produce boy. I so did NOT want to do applesauce this week.
Then it was over to flippers. (I mean fins.)
T went back to school. I picked S up from school as well as my friend's little girl. The kids stayed here until 2:30 when they went over to little friend's house for 25 minutes. Then crazy after school time started. M came home (but already dressed in dance clothes) and got a snack of celery. She left for dance within about 5 minutes. I worked on things around the house and then went to pick up T, D, and my friend's other little girl from an after school group. I had T change in the bathroom at school and we headed out for swim. On the way I dropped of my friend's little girl at dance so she could go home with her mom. This helpful thing comes and goes. You help a friend. She helps you. Everybody is happy and nobody keeps score. It's the best way to go. I love this little one that I had with me today. After we had Joshua, M asked if we could just adopt her. She's so dang cute. And T finally controlled his flatulence in the car while sitting next to her.
T did GREAT at swim. It was a strange day. The regular coaches weren't working with them today. Some other lady was there with a helper taking notes on everything they did. It seemed from where I was sitting they were keeping tabs on where the kids were at skill wise. And T did great. For being the scrawny little youngin, he really shined. He said his flippers gave me mental power even when he had to take them off. Goofy kid.
We were late getting home. M had a makeup after her pointe lesson so she finished late. And another little girl who takes a jazz class ends 15 min after the makeup. I had called her mom earlier to tell her I would just wait the extra 15 min and bring her home. There was absolutely no point in her mom driving in and back when I just needed to wait around a few extra minutes. We may have scared the little girl off though. She's used to driving with us when we have 5 fift and sixth graders in the car. It's a little different when it's a car full of siblings.
I had dinner done when we got home. I need to use that crock pot every MWF. It's the only way to survive in this house. I love having dinner ready for my family. If we can eat together then I feel like we are at least doing one thing right.
And the kiddo update-
M was the first kid out of all of her violin teacher's students to memorize the 5 page piece for the concert. Her hard work has paid off. (And of course it helps that DH let her practice in place of chores last week.)
T is certain he wants to be a pig for Halloween. Why of why does he have to be a pink pig?
D has been reading up a storm lately. He's finding his place at school and is doing really well. I think he's finally feeling confident that he is a forever member of the family.
S has had a hard week. Her teacher even commented on how she's a different kid compared to the beginning of the year. But she's trying. She is controlling her anger better than she used to when she would switch states. So I think she is improving.
C has been so funny. DH does this thing in the car where he takes his hand and pretends it's kind of like a ducks mouth and tries to get the kids to be quiet. C decided to do it on other people this week. She's pretty funny and she knows it. What wasn't funny was her deciding to sneak in my bed two nights in a row. She is so hard to sleep with. She fidgets too much. I'll take morning snuggling over night time sleeping anytime.
Anyway.... life is pretty good. I can't complain much this week. Our needs are met. Things continue to get better. Hopefully S will start to see things more brightly next week. I would love that for her.
Since he has DH's build I didn't think fattening him up was going to happen too quickly. Today I bought him flippers. (I have been corrected.... training fins...)
But before I bought those I took him to his well child visit. Yep, the well child visit where I found out he just had a well child visit in June. Here I thought I was doing great because I was less than two months behind his birthday. I guess his visit in June so we could get the asthma meds refilled constituted a well child visit. Oh well, I tried. I swear I try. I just botch things a lot.
I did talk to the doc about his mole halos. (Looked good... see a dermatologist if we are worried). I asked about the blood food intolerance test that I want done on him now that I know our insurance covers it. (Go pay an allergist to give you advice.) Got a flu shot for the kid. (At least that was worth part of a copay).
Then we went to the super deal grocery place and I scored on super lean ground beef. The kid working in the produce gave me hope that apples would be similarly priced next week. If you only knew how much you made my WEEK produce boy. I so did NOT want to do applesauce this week.
Then it was over to flippers. (I mean fins.)
T went back to school. I picked S up from school as well as my friend's little girl. The kids stayed here until 2:30 when they went over to little friend's house for 25 minutes. Then crazy after school time started. M came home (but already dressed in dance clothes) and got a snack of celery. She left for dance within about 5 minutes. I worked on things around the house and then went to pick up T, D, and my friend's other little girl from an after school group. I had T change in the bathroom at school and we headed out for swim. On the way I dropped of my friend's little girl at dance so she could go home with her mom. This helpful thing comes and goes. You help a friend. She helps you. Everybody is happy and nobody keeps score. It's the best way to go. I love this little one that I had with me today. After we had Joshua, M asked if we could just adopt her. She's so dang cute. And T finally controlled his flatulence in the car while sitting next to her.
T did GREAT at swim. It was a strange day. The regular coaches weren't working with them today. Some other lady was there with a helper taking notes on everything they did. It seemed from where I was sitting they were keeping tabs on where the kids were at skill wise. And T did great. For being the scrawny little youngin, he really shined. He said his flippers gave me mental power even when he had to take them off. Goofy kid.
We were late getting home. M had a makeup after her pointe lesson so she finished late. And another little girl who takes a jazz class ends 15 min after the makeup. I had called her mom earlier to tell her I would just wait the extra 15 min and bring her home. There was absolutely no point in her mom driving in and back when I just needed to wait around a few extra minutes. We may have scared the little girl off though. She's used to driving with us when we have 5 fift and sixth graders in the car. It's a little different when it's a car full of siblings.
I had dinner done when we got home. I need to use that crock pot every MWF. It's the only way to survive in this house. I love having dinner ready for my family. If we can eat together then I feel like we are at least doing one thing right.
And the kiddo update-
M was the first kid out of all of her violin teacher's students to memorize the 5 page piece for the concert. Her hard work has paid off. (And of course it helps that DH let her practice in place of chores last week.)
T is certain he wants to be a pig for Halloween. Why of why does he have to be a pink pig?
D has been reading up a storm lately. He's finding his place at school and is doing really well. I think he's finally feeling confident that he is a forever member of the family.
S has had a hard week. Her teacher even commented on how she's a different kid compared to the beginning of the year. But she's trying. She is controlling her anger better than she used to when she would switch states. So I think she is improving.
C has been so funny. DH does this thing in the car where he takes his hand and pretends it's kind of like a ducks mouth and tries to get the kids to be quiet. C decided to do it on other people this week. She's pretty funny and she knows it. What wasn't funny was her deciding to sneak in my bed two nights in a row. She is so hard to sleep with. She fidgets too much. I'll take morning snuggling over night time sleeping anytime.
Anyway.... life is pretty good. I can't complain much this week. Our needs are met. Things continue to get better. Hopefully S will start to see things more brightly next week. I would love that for her.
Dresser Excitement
The two big kids have needed dressers for a while. They both had dressers at one time. T's is this mammoth thing that DH's granny gave us when we got married. She had refinished it in this very dark stain. That dresser served us well for more than a decade. We finally bought a bed (instead of the headboard/door) one that we had and got matching dressers. So I also decided to paint the dresser blue to match T's bed that we were given and painted a few days before Joshua was born. (I still have those clothes that got paint on them. They're a memory keeper for me. We were painting so T could be moved from the crib and Joshua could have the crib. T was moved into the big boy bed and the crib stayed empty... things don't always work out as planned. But anyway...............) When S and D came rooms were shared as well as dressers. Eventually as M and T moved into the basement the dressers stayed upstairs. We were just happy to have the kids in their own rooms. DH put a bunch of shelves in M's closet and they function to some extent. But T, he just doesn't have a closet big enough for that. He's been using a steralite container and it just isn't cutting it as a pseudo dresser.
So I have been watching the local used dressers. Remember, I'm fine with used stuff. I got over that a long time ago. I actually kind of like getting more use out of other people's things. Anyway, this has turned me into a dresser stalker. But I live far enough away that anytime a not so particle board dresser would show up that wasn't all girly I would miss it. Tonight I found a picture of one I liked. It wasn't super fancy. It wasn't super huge. But that's a plus. I didn't want something sucking up all of T's room. I didn't want something too tall or the kid would hang on the dresser a bit as he got clothes out of the top. This one seemed just right. It was a decent price. It supposedly has some dings which makes me less antsy about the ones T will put in it. But it wasn't close. I called on it and the lady said someone was already on the way. Lucky for me, she called back and said it was still available.
Now here's the trick. It still wasn't close to us. And the stinky thing is that I have to drive past that area twice tomorrow. So I asked DH to call our friend who lives in the same town as the dresser. I was under the impression that the dresser would be sold and I would be out of luck if we didn't take it. And really, after being an almost professional used dresser stalker I knew that the dresser wouldn't last at 60 bucks. Dressers last longer when they are more like 125 dollars. But I didn't want to spend 125 dollars on a dresser for T. It's something you put clothes in and lego creations on top of. But I didn't want it to look girly or 30 years old (50 years old would have been great but those are more spendy.... 30 years old=not so cute!)
DH's friend agreed to pick it up. I have yet to see the thing but I am really excited and I'm so grateful DH's friend could help us out. It would have been a bummer to see the thing sell before we could get there and well, I am getting desperate enough for T to have a dresser that I may have bought some not so cute dresser tomorrow when I was in the 'big city'.
I would guess that no one really wants to go out at 8:30 pm to pick up a used dresser. But what a blessing a good friend can be. We would have gone out to get it and risked it not being there if we had to. T was so excited when I showed him the picture on the computer. Maybe this will help him with his bedroom management skills.
I'm so lucky to have great friends, some grateful kids, a hard working DH, and so many things to make my life comfortable.
And soon I'll have a kid with a dresser. It doesn't get much better than that.
So I have been watching the local used dressers. Remember, I'm fine with used stuff. I got over that a long time ago. I actually kind of like getting more use out of other people's things. Anyway, this has turned me into a dresser stalker. But I live far enough away that anytime a not so particle board dresser would show up that wasn't all girly I would miss it. Tonight I found a picture of one I liked. It wasn't super fancy. It wasn't super huge. But that's a plus. I didn't want something sucking up all of T's room. I didn't want something too tall or the kid would hang on the dresser a bit as he got clothes out of the top. This one seemed just right. It was a decent price. It supposedly has some dings which makes me less antsy about the ones T will put in it. But it wasn't close. I called on it and the lady said someone was already on the way. Lucky for me, she called back and said it was still available.
Now here's the trick. It still wasn't close to us. And the stinky thing is that I have to drive past that area twice tomorrow. So I asked DH to call our friend who lives in the same town as the dresser. I was under the impression that the dresser would be sold and I would be out of luck if we didn't take it. And really, after being an almost professional used dresser stalker I knew that the dresser wouldn't last at 60 bucks. Dressers last longer when they are more like 125 dollars. But I didn't want to spend 125 dollars on a dresser for T. It's something you put clothes in and lego creations on top of. But I didn't want it to look girly or 30 years old (50 years old would have been great but those are more spendy.... 30 years old=not so cute!)
DH's friend agreed to pick it up. I have yet to see the thing but I am really excited and I'm so grateful DH's friend could help us out. It would have been a bummer to see the thing sell before we could get there and well, I am getting desperate enough for T to have a dresser that I may have bought some not so cute dresser tomorrow when I was in the 'big city'.
I would guess that no one really wants to go out at 8:30 pm to pick up a used dresser. But what a blessing a good friend can be. We would have gone out to get it and risked it not being there if we had to. T was so excited when I showed him the picture on the computer. Maybe this will help him with his bedroom management skills.
I'm so lucky to have great friends, some grateful kids, a hard working DH, and so many things to make my life comfortable.
And soon I'll have a kid with a dresser. It doesn't get much better than that.
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