A snowy day

It's actually snowing here. A fluke the County Deputy relayed to me when he issued a summons this morning for yet another court date from his ex-wife. She wants back child support from when husband had had surgery and couldn't work for a while. No problem, she deserves the child support but the problem that I have with it is that he continued to pay child support on his daughter for 7 months while she lived with us. If that wouldn't have happened, we could have payed half the arrears with the money she wasn't entitled to at that time. Just another day dealing with some ex's.

So don't become an ex. It's a hard life on everybody. My daughter is coming in with my ex mother-in-law today and we are trying to figure out how she can spend time with all her family. I really hate this situation. It is hard on me, on my ex husband and on her. We are all very friendly in our situation, hence the earlier comment 'dealing with some ex's', but it is just the logistics of the whole thing. I live 1 1/2 hours from her dad. I love the family I have now and God put me with my wonderful husband but I still mourn the demise of my original family. Don't divorce if you can possibly help it. And 9 times out of 10 we can help it.

I am kind of snowed in so I can't get all my work done today. I need to take measurements on a job but the weather is not cooperating for that. So I am cleaning house and hopefully I can go to my friend's house who is helping me with my powerpoint presentation for the Home and Garden Show. I can't waste a day these days.

My son and three of his friends came over for dinner on Sunday night. We had a really good time. I wish they would come more often.

I appreciate my friend who emailed me to say she had read my blog. It inspires me to keep blogging.

What is precious?

Today we heard the news that a friend of mine lost her oldest son to a car accident. She is in shock. How does one plan a funeral for a twenty something year old child? The loss is devastating. It makes you pray for the protection of your own children and leaves you to wonder how you can possibly help at such a tragic time. I still don't have the answer. I do know that as long as we have our loved ones with us we shouldn't be petty about the little things that in the long run don't matter. Just hold on and love them while you have them.

Speaking of loved ones, my daughter is coming on the 14th of February and my son is leaving for the Army in March. He likely will have to go to Iraq and he is proud to serve his country as my daughter already does in the Coast Guard. I can't understand people who put the military down. I don't know if it is ignorance or stupidity. I just know without the line of defense, we wouldn't be the free country we are today. Some of us make great sacrifices to protect our nation. Others don't do anything to protect our nation and whine about those who do. Oh well, those in the military protect everyone's rights.

I guess I am a little down today. The death of my friend's son has taken the wind out of my sails. There are definitely many good things going on in my life. I am making progress with my projects for the Builder's show. I just about have the front entry designed, I have all the material together for my seminar at 12:00 on Saturday at the show, and I have almost all of my stuff together for my private booth. I'm trying to stay on top of everything so I can spend some quality time with my daughter when she visits.

I'm starting my healthy living class tonight and am looking forward to doing it. For four weeks we will be discussing how to be responsible for our own bodies. Your invited!