Two weeks until my first ever garage sale
The kids don’t want me to get rid of anything but I think they’ll comprimise
The weather this weekend really was amazing, especially today
We spent the whole day outside
I planted a couple dozen bulbs and a few dozen flowers and patched up a bunch of bare spots in the grass
Finally I made my way to the garage
If we’re going to have this garage sale I figured I’d better start organizing at least a little
So while I’m moving stuff around the kids and one of their friends are in there as well
I wasn’t watching exactly what they were doing
The friend and E began to read something
Dear Matt & Cari, I love you guys … the friend asks if that’s her mom … they read it again
Dear Matt & Cari, I love you guys, always swallow
So I’m still not paying a whole lot of attention but I’m saying to myself, that’s weird
So they read it again
And I say, it doesn’t say that
They say, yes it does, … always swallow
So now they have my attention
It really does say that
I know there’s a lot of stuff in pictures that the kids should probably never see but I didn’t expect them to find this one. That’s something from her bachelorette party maybe, our wedding shower??? I guess I’ve got to watch out for that stuff too
Hope their friend doesn’t repeat this to her parents … 😉
Sigh……..
E definitely gets emotional, especially when she’s tired
Today included
Long day outside, playing non-stop pretty much from 10a – 6p
She broke down as soon as her friend left and pretty much went on like that for a good 45 minutes
“I miss Momma”
In addition to that, every day we walk up or down the stairs she wants to kiss a picture of her
After I got her in and out of the bath (Note: She was not very cooperative) we had a bit of a talk
She’s in tears, “I miss Momma”
This isn’t anything new but today we talked more about the situation
She, of course, wants her to come back
I always tell her that can’t happen
So we talked about bringing someone else into the house
She immediately says no
But we’ve talked about this before and we talk of it not as someone to EVER replace Cari but someone who she can bond with, shop with, play with, be a girl with. She accepts the idea
“But then you’ll have to get married again”
Oh Man!
I say maybe
We talk about it a little and she says, can I be the bridesmaid, I’ve already been the flower girl enough?
I said yes … we’ll have to address that one if and whenever that situation arises
She seemed content
Lately I’ve been more and more aware of her need to have someone else in our family.
So I guess this one is on me
I’m really picky
I probably could already be going down that road if I wanted to
I know what I want, haven’t found anything close, haven’t had a whole lot of opportunities to
Plus, I’m totally pessimistic about any dating site … I’m just not convinced they’ll work for me
So therein lies my dilemma …