When life gives you lemons

When life gives you lemons, I still haven't quite figured out how to make lemonade with them.

Hubby took my car to the garage the other day for its yearly inspection. We knew there were things that needed done. They called within 2 hours of the car being dropped off. It's a 1994. I know it's on it's last leg of life. We were hoping to get another year out of it; so we can pay off the truck and then be able to afford to finance something for me. The number of things wrong with it is more than I want to deal with. Hubby and my cousin (who is like a brother to me) have decided that they are going to look at what the garage said needs done to pass, and see if it's going to be worth fixing. I personally don't even think it's worth it. We could buy a nice used vehicle and be able to rent a place to live. Hubby, again; is dead set on buying a house; for reasons mentioned in my last post. I was SO upset over it, I literally cried almost all day long. I love my in-laws. Really, but living with them for 3 years is really starting to take a toll on my emotional well being. Hubby doesn't understand; and it's not even worth fighting over. I cried and got everything out. I'm going to give him a time to look over my car and decide if it's going to be worth fixing. If I'm going to have to put $1k-$2k into fixing it; I'll take that money and use it towards buying a used car from one of our local used car places. I can't figure out how to talk with my husband about these things; without him getting upset over it and refusing to listen to my concerns/suggestions.

We sort of have a time line on when we'd like to be moved out; and for reasons I'd rather not mention. This detail is also putting a lot of emotional stress on me, and I just want to be over ALL OF IT. On top of all of this, I am suffering with an awful bout of allergies right now, and it doesn't help anything!

It’s been crazy

We are still searching for a house. DH is convinced that we are still buying. I am not so sure. He loves to spend money.. I enjoy a frivolous spend every now and again, but WHY on Earth does a man need more than 5 fishing poles?? He spent some of our tax return on tires for his truck, but that was a necessity. A new mouse, keyboard, and RAM for his computer? Not so much. It's not like he uses his computer for work or anything. Though, with as much time as he spends playing Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, he should get paid for it.

My mom has to have gall bladder surgery. She has had to cancel and reschedule her meeting with the surgeon twice due to the weather. Within a 24 hour period from about noon on February 5^th to around the same time on February 6^th, we got almost 3 FEET of snow. We haven't had that much snow in that kind of time period in a long time. I would have gladly taken her today since my vehicle has 4 wheel drive, but it's out of inspection and goes to the garage tomorrow. It keeps snowing about every 2-3 days too. We got about 4-6 inches last night and I heard they are calling for the same by tomorrow. I digress… My mom's surgery more than worries me. I lost a friend from a complication from her tubal ligation surgery. And not 2 weeks later, Congressman John Murtha had the same complication from a gall bladder surgery. They say it's rare, but it happened in too short a time span for my liking.

My DQ will be opening again here in a few more weeks and I can't wait to go back to work. I really do enjoy my job. It gets me out of the house, *AND* makes me money! DH has been laid off work since November. Our benefits are going to be cut close to running out. But, he has talked to a handful of people in the last week or so that say that work should be picking back up in a few weeks. DH works for a company that is contracted to lay gas line. Dominion is in the process of being sold, so once the sale is complete, Dominion will contact DH's company to start laying gas line again.

My daughters are 4 and 2.5. Just in the last week, they have decided they want to go to school. My mom usually watches them for me while the hubby and I work, but I thought for a break for my mom (even though my job is part time, I still manage 5-6 days a week) I could put the girls in a daycare where a friend of mine works. I met her when I was doing my internship, and found out that she actually went to high school with my mom.

Later this evening, hubby is taking me to the grocery store so I can get what I need for a few dinners this week. I have a GREAT and easy recipe for Taco Soup. I also have wanted to make my chicken enchiladas again, so I should get a list put together so we can get what we need.