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Aside from getting excited over a garden of my own, I am also excited about living in our own house rent and mortgage-free. I am always grateful for the blessings my family receives but I have more to be grateful for this year. We bought a house with a good enough area to have a garden with a little left over for a playground. It is not expensive nor is it grand but it is ours and that is all that matters. There are still work that needs to be done in it because the husband wants the house to be in good shape before we move in but we are getting there. He is making sure that everything is nailed down and tight that he might as well have used t slot bolts in it. He said we will be living in it so it has to be the way he wants to be or he will be unhappy. There are expenses, having to pay people to work on the house but it is well worth the money spent. He said he is not sure when we will be able to move in it but I am hoping it will be soon. I so want to be near the city again.

I have often wondered what makes people addicted to prescription drugs like pain pills. I had to take pain pills when I gave birth to my kids (I had c-section) and the few days after the delivery that I did take the pills were hazy and not at all good. I hated it. I hated the nauseous feeling. I did not like not being able to think straight. What I did like was that the kind given to me really dulled the pain to where I was able to function and take care of my baby. Other than that, I don’t see anything good about them at all. Which brings me back to the first sentence in this post. Why do people go out of their way just to get a pill or two even if they are not in pain? Even if it means they have to spend the last of their money just to sustain their addiction? It is a lot of work and expense to get cleaned even if a patient goes to a local rehab center and not to luxury top rehab centers that are also available. The husband then told me that not a lot of drug dependents want to get cleaned anyway. Which is really sad when you think about it. But I guess there is nothing we can do about them. It is their lives and money they are wasting away after all. If only they use their good judgment they could have avoided the problem.

I cleaned the little man’s room the other day. Old toys that he has not used were bagged and put in the big trash can to be put on the curb for trash day. I have done this same thing several times already I feel like a pro now, lol. I did not throw away expensive toys or anything like that. Just odd toys that have missing parts and some that were bought when he was a baby that the little girl will not use. He has so much toys that he has not used in a long time like his piano that his father bought for him two Christmases ago. It is not something expensive like an m audio prokeys 88 but it does its job well enough for a 5 year old and I really like the way it sounds too. It is sitting in a corner in his room, has not been played in a very long time. It is a good thing we did not go for the expensive piano or I will really be frustrated about it. He does know his musical instruments but he does not follow through after we bought it for him. It is probably partly our fault because we have not really insisted he play his instruments, we just let him do what he wants. The main reason being he is still very young. Maybe when he gets a little older he will pursue his interest in music but right now he is into electronic games just like most kids his age. All we can do is keep his musical instruments all in good condition so when the time comes that he wants them, all will work good. As for the toys, that trek in his room was not the first nor will it be the last. As long as we keep buying him toys I will have a reason to clean up and throw what he does not use anymore. It is just the way it is.

The husband’s aunt is not happy with us. She wants to know why we have not stopped by her house to visit, or that the husband has not called to check on her. She left me a message on Facebook. Of course, she will not call first because we have to do it. Old people are really funny sometimes. I guess it did not occur to her that we might be busy. We do have two kids to take care of and our own business to mind. We cannot just spend hours chit chatting because she wants our company. I pointed out that we have been by last month to visit her and told her too that the kids and the husband had been sick on and off (now, this is not a lie since my family really has been sick lately for some reason) so we cannot just go anywhere. We do have consideration for others. We do not go out when we are sick. We stay home. Now we do not expect other people to do the same but we don’t really want to explain it to people every time. She probably does not believe what I said. I know I should not be the one dealing with her but she left her message on my wall so I had to reply. The husband just shrugs it off like he did not even care. He said we will visit but it is not a priority at the moment. I could not tell her that or she will really go ballistic and will probably not talk to us for months. I wish she will just wait until we show up at her house. She does have kids and grandkids to keep her company so she should be fine. When I think about it, we rarely visit the husband’s mom yet she does not ask why we have not visited. She is the kind of person who is happy to see us visit but is also happy to see us go, lol. Why can’t the aunt be the same?

When we first moved in to this place we currently call home, it was nearing time for the local election. We were approached by local politicians to talk about their achievements while in office and their plans should they be re-elected. The husband told them we were not registered to vote since we just got moved in and they said they understand but asked if they can put in a few political lawn signs to help them out. Well, the yard is not ours since we are renting so he told them to talk to the landlord. We did not hear from them nor did they put signs in the yard so I guess that did not pan out. The husband was ready to allow them to put signs if they will give him the signs after the election so he can reuse them for something else. Since it did not happen he did not get any signs at all, lol. He was disappointed but he said there will be more elections to happen in the future so he will get his chance to own a sign. What for, I don’t have a clue.

The seeds we ordered was delivered last Tuesday. We now have a box full of seeds ready to put in a bed and if all goes well to the garden. Once I figure out where the garden will be and how big, that is. It is so nice to think about growing vegetables come Spring. I love to see seedlings grow into a fruit bearing plant. And of course, I love to harvest. I think it is the best part of gardening, harvesting. I am not looking forward to the tilling though. But I will survive. Anyway, since that is out of the way, I can now relax and think about other things. I realized that Valentines day is approaching and that I need to make the husband buy me something. Yes, he needs to. I did not get any presents on my birthday nor did I get anything for our anniversary. We were busy and there was just no time to celebrate and so he told me to know what I want then tell him about it. Not very romantic but hey as long as I get what I want I am fine with that So I will have to make him get me something on Valentine’s day. There should already be all kinds of valentines day gifts suggestions that a woman can choose from online. Now, let me begin browsing online to see what I can come up with. I am excited!

The seeds are finally ordered. And I am happy because I got to order some greens that I really would like to see in my garden. There are two items I would like to add but I am still looking where I am supposed to get them. One is easy enough to get while the other is categorized as a noxious weed in a lot of states that it is hard to get them even in areas like mine that does not prohibit the plant. I still have a long ways until Spring so I will see what I can find before then. If I cannot have both I will not be unhappy either. At least I got most of what I want to plant. All I need is wait for the right time. I am already excited! Anyway, I am trying to read on hypertherm because I don’t know what it is. I am like this, I read up on words that I encounter whether online or offline. This word I encountered online while browsing. I have already has an idea on what it is about but I need to read more. So, see you all later.

We were supposed to buy seeds online a few days ago but it did not happen. I did not want to do it. The husband forgot about it and so we still have not placed our order. I know I will get blamed for this like always. So what have we been doing? Nothing. We have done nothing at all. Lol. Crazy, right? I have not even cleaned the house since the holidays. I just don’t feel like it. Maybe it has something to do with the idea that we will be moving out of this house that is why I have not done anything to tidy it up. Or maybe I am just lazy. No surprise there, really. The Christmas tree devoid of any decorations is still up. We could not even spare a few minutes of our time to take it down. You might wonder what future awaits these lazy individuals, lol. We will eventually get out of this funk we are in. Hopefully soon.