Oh the Insanity of it All

With a cold, skin rash, and stomach virus hitting our house, I am finally beginning to climb out of the mountain of laundry. Two kids with the vomits is not a nice thing...but I can be thankful that is was only 2 of our 6 family members who came down with the nasty bug. Now the sun is shining, I can almost see the floor of the laundry room, and we have a jam packed weekend of fun in store for us. We have a dentist appt for all kids thanks to Saturday appointments, a soccer game, a birthday party, and a visit from a Great Grammy and Aunt!!!

As for that previous Ebay post where I was "so excited", well my excitement has turned to annoyance. My first Mimzy sold at a terrific price and I was elated until I got an email from the winning bidder several hours later after another Mimzy auction ended. Yep, he was bidding on both of ours and won the other one for cheaper so he chose to pay for that one instead of mine. He claims Ebay notified him he was outbid by another bidder, but I don't quite buy that excuse. While I am waiting for the whole "dispute an unpaid" item claim to work itself out, I put another Mimzy up on the auction block. All was going well until I received an email from the highest bidder who asked for his bid to be cancelled because he is new at this whole Ebay thing and thought he was bidding on the other bunny (which I assume is the collector one). Canceling his bid brought the current price down a whopping $30. It has 24 more hours to go and I am going to try to stay as calm as possible in the hopes it will sell well and I can make a tiny dent in my debt. Isn't it lovely that I am selling what was meant to be Christmas presents for my kids to pay off my debt and hopefully afford a haircut and highlights before I find out just how many grey hairs I really have??? Luckily they don't have to worry about my selling their Harry Potter Lego castle or KidKraft doll house They can rest assure Daddy will be up late on Christmas Eve putting together the doll house and I will be wrapping that Hogwarts Castle and putting it under the tree.

Yes, I have started my holiday shopping. I can't stand the thought of spending the month of December fighting every other holiday shopper with kids in tow picking up every bug around. Plus, we have #4's birthday to celebrate Dec 10th. I would much rather be able to relax and enjoy celebrating the first birthday of my last child (which will be a "Toys for Tots" donation affair because while I insist on making a big deal over the one year mark, there are more needy children in this world other than my spoiled tots) and get into the true spirit of Christmas than spend it stressed out buying anything I can get my hands on just to have a gift to give.

Hokie, the wonder puppy, is doing well. She has definitely fit perfectly into our family. We absolutely adore her. Kiwi seems to be handling it quite well considering her more mature age of 8. Hokie has taken to her as a bit of a mentor and of course a chew toy as well. It is even more wonderful to have my sister raising Hokie's sister, Haley. I look forward to watching these dogs grow up together. I can't imagine my life without my labs!