Those Tiny Bubbles Make Me Feel Warm All Over.
Hey, not much to say about last week. Thursday evening Brandon finally received the green light for subbing in Davis County School district because his background check cleared. He has since subbed Friday, Monday, and Today. I realized yesterday though that we won’t receive our first big paycheck until Jan. 1. How discouraging. Thankfully my dad has been so generous over the last few months to let us stay rent free and to buy the groceries but with Christmas and other needs (like sometimes just doing something to keep ourselves sane) we have pretty much depleted our savings and are nighing the point where we have no money left.
On the upside Brandon’s side work of t-shirt designing for an Idaho company has helped us to pay for most of our Christmas gifts as well as a lot of handiwork by me and we are to the point where I just want to find one more thing for Brandon, buy stocking stuffers, buy ingredients for baked gifts, and stamps to mail our Christmas cards. He still has shopping to do for me but he is paying with money he has earned by donating plasma so those things are not even of my concern. I am glad that we have managed to do everything that we have wanted for Christmas giving this year despite our monetary struggles.
I know this is the time of year to think of all that you are grateful for and I have been doing my best by putting one thing I am thankful for each day on Facebook, but it also the time of year when if you are in hard times you keep wishing for a miracle to make things better. Brandon has been out of a job since the beginning of April and it is certainly taking it’s toll on our stress level and our patience. If this was the first time we had struggled to find a job it might not have been as difficult but we have struggled with finding employment for Brandon and I off and on since we got married. This was made even more difficult when I decided to be a stay at home mom two years ago. Anyway, we are doing our very best to keep our spirits up and hope to be out of my dad’s by the middle of January, even if that means Brandon subbing during the day and taking on another part time job (yuck) in the evenings. We thank everyone for their prayers over these past few hard months and for all the ideas that we have been given in regards to employment.
As you can see below our fun for the week included a bath full of bubbles and some time playing in the snow. Aiden got to play a tiny bit in the snow when it first fell and then begged the rest of the weekend to go out and play in it again. He finally got to Sunday evening. At the very bottom you will notice my most recent felt food creation. I’d say it turned out pretty good and I think it is my favorite so far. This week I am working on felt popsicles and oreos. Well, until next week, thanks for reading.
