Happy New Year! Or is it???

Hello, and Happy New year everyone!

How was your holiday? Did you get some

goodies from Santa? Did you visit friends? Family?

Rest? Bake??

Today I'm gonna share some info on my life for the last

several months - Nothing crafty related today -

But I promise I have something for tomorrows post -

I'm a semi-private person and don't share tons of

info on social media or any place for that matter

and I like it that way - but things have been changing

in my household and I thought I would share it

with you... my followers that actually read my blog

and leave comments - :)

It all started back in July when I got word that

my brother in Law past away - I was working late

when my sister called me - needless to say,

I dropped everything to be with her and spent the first

36 hours trying to help her figure things out before

either of us could sleep - I stayed with her

for about 10 days before I had to return home to work -
It was so heartbreaking, and I miss him every day! :(

Then I kept going back to help her over the next several months

and we both discussed us moving in with her -

My hubby thought it was a great idea but after much debate

and financial realization, it would not be feasible for us 

no matter how much we wanted to -

Enter my mom moving out -

It has always been apart of our future plans, even she was

aware of it - but also very hard on me, since she's lived with me so long -

and when my brother came to take her away, was even harder on me -

Especially since we thought she would be here thru the end of the school

year and that didn't happen - (Sad Face)

I'm happy to say she's doing really well and I call her often

to check in on her - But shortly after she left

my middle son Juston (the Marine) left - He moved away

to continue his education - Which I know is great for him but

he moved so far away that I just can't visit on a whim -

Which is okay I guess, but now with all this

Iran/Iraq talk we're afraid he may get called back in again -

He has an 8 yr. contract and is required to serve 4 yrs automatically

which he did and he just got settled in and is ready to start school

only for all this violence to start up again - So we are ALL on edge right now

about that -

Then - I also live in a rental home (which was never going to be our forever home)

and they decided to work on the foundation of the house we are living in -

It was BAD when we moved in 5 years ago and we told them about it -

Only for them to do nothing until... right after my Mom left, and my son -

So then I had to start packing my things up and moving things around constantly

while they spent weeks trying to "lift" the house -

They did soooo much damage to the inside, it's ridiculous!

They haven't come to fix anything yet - and that has made living here 

a bit difficult -

Bringing us back to living with my sister - we are not moving in

with her, because it's not financially smart for us (Husband is disabled)

Live on a fixed income ( She lives in Arizona) - BUT...  We have a 

home in another state that we can move into - It belongs to

my Father in Law - It needs a lot of work but the home is paid for

(so bonus for us) -

So new plans have been happening - My sister is going to build

a Tiny Home and have it on our property - 1/2 an acre on the side

and we are moving into the main house (his Parents home)

They have their own home in another state as well -

So, it looks like they'll be giving us the property -

It's in the MIDDLE OF NOWHERE!!!

I mean clearly, it's "Somewhere" but it's really

out there in the middle of nowhere - (ME = Not Happy)

about that - But for the past several months we have been 

packing and planning and during our Winter break

we didn't celebrate Christmas (Sad Face) but we

had to start planning on fixing up the place we are moving into -

So I spent most of November & December packing most of my house up

and we filled up a rental truck and took it to the new location -

I just so happen to be lucky enough to catch some kind of

Flu Bug on the same day we had to load up the truck - Lucky Me!!

We finally arrived late that night and had to unload

some items right away and clean a toilet since I was staying there to

work on that house for 2 weeks during my break! (and the place was nasty dirty)

Great way to spend Christmas (NOT) but I got severely ill and still

continued to work on the house - luckily I'm better now, but it was a rough

2 weeks with NO INTERNET, a Filthy House I had to clean from top

to bottom and severely ill all at the same time!

Boy, it was a Joy! NOT! 

I can totally see potential in the house and that gives me hope -

But my youngest does not want to live out there and I honestly

can't blame him for that - sooo, we are home here in UT. and my

husband is out there in the middle of nowhere, so Hunter

can finish school - He's a Junior who will be graduating an 

entire year early - (Proud Momma Right Here) :) 

And we are both back to work as well -

I haven't told them yet (work), that I will be leaving, but I'm not leaving until the

end of the school year - and that too makes me sad cuz I 

love my job and the people I work with - So 2020

is bringing LOTS of changes my way -

I also wanted to note - that I always send my

crafty friends Christmas cards - so to those of you that

always get a Christmas card from me and didn't -

I'm so SORRY!!! 
I accidentally packed my Christmas cards up and they

are stored at the other place - I guess they'll be ready
for this next year... eh?  I still have a craft room for the time
being - but it only has 1/2 my stuff in it - We tried to
take as much as we could to the new place, so there would be less
stuff to move in June when I actually leave here -

I kept my stamps, metal dies, photo box (for taking pictures),
computer, alcohol inks, distress inks, some embossing powders,
adhesive, some cardstock, Bigshot, and 2 cutters - I think that's it -
Still a decent supply, so I won't go too crazy since I have empty
rooms throughout my house right now - it looks so weird - 

I still have to make several more trips back and forth as I try to help
fix up the other place while still working and helping Hunter
get through school - My sister has to do the same, since the
1/2 acre she's putting her tiny house on is just dirt right now -
So there's leveling that needs to be done and cement pours
on her side before her house could be set on it - 

And the fact that there is NO place for my crafts at the new place
has me worried as well - we will need to add on or something
and as I said we are on a fixed income, so I need to figure
that all in as well - Every break I get from school will
mean another trip to the other place - so this is going to be interesting 
to say the least! 

If you've made it this far - THANK YOU!
It's been a very long 6 months for me, dealing with
certain things and there are things I haven't mentioned
as well - It's just a lot to take in for me...
I don't think I've had this much going on at
one time in forever - I'm dealing with it as I always do

But wanted you all to know that I may not be on as often
as I would like because of all the happenings going on
right now - And some might even say this isn't a big deal -
but for me it is and like I said there are other things
I didn't mention either - so yeah... it's all going to be fine
I'm sure in the end... but it's also going to be hard as well -

So to those crafty friends who sent me Christmas cards -
THANK YOU SO MUCH! When I finally got home 2 days ago
I was so happy to see all the awesome cards I got...
Made me sad a little since I wasn't able to send mine out -
But I loved seeing them all and 
have them in my sad-looking craft space! LOL 
I'm working on some winter cards, so hopefully
I can mail those off in place of Christmas cards -
We shall see if I can do it, with my limited time...
And let me just say... I'm happy to have the internet again!

2 weeks without internet was hard - I mean I did really
well the first week, cause I was super sick and cleaning
a nasty dirty home, no time for the internet then - but once
I got past that part... when I took a break from sanding walls
or scrapping ceilings, it would have been nice to have! hahaha

I did check into it already - I will have internet
when I get moved... thank goodness they offer it out there -
seriously it's the middle of nowhere - so I was very
worried about that as well - I mean How could I shop!! LOL

Thanks for listening to me ramble -
I really feel better just writing this all out -
hopefully, I'll see you tomorrow with a
much shorter post on a card I made - 


Have a wonderful day!

Theresa