Been a rough few days, especially last night when I had a terrible migraine and even after taking all sorts of meds, didn't get to sleep until about 6am this morning and then had a very busy day doing chores and re-arranging the storage room, I'm beat, but unfortunately my mind is wide awake. Thought I would bore myself to sleep by loading up books on e-bay but that was slow and painfully tedious and all the did was frustrate me more. Trying to scrounge up more things to sell, going to be going through all my smaller size clothes and selling anything that looks halfway decent before just giving it away to goodwill where I will get no money for it. Also going to be sending some of the really nice clothes to my cousin who is opening up a event/shop for young girls/women to come and get a nice outfit if they can't afford it. I figured that there are probably a lot more plus size girls nowadays than before and I know that always sucks for me when I go to a store or event and there is absolutely nothing that is in my size. So all my 14/16/18/20 ish clothes will be gone through and sorted and sent off, loaded up on ebay and/or donated. Also going through all of Garret's baby books and early level readers and going to be doing the same with those too. Catie (Jon's soon to be daughter-in-law) just started her own daycare at home so I'm going to be sending her some of the books and stuffed animals that would be appropriate for that setting, not to mention some of the excess toys that Garret has boxes of. Those too are going to be gone through but that is a different story. I told him that I would not be buying him any more toys until we sorted through all those boxes; the ones that look in ok condition are going to be sold on e-bay and I'm going to take that money and put it in his piggy bank and then about once a month he will be able to take it down to the store and maybe buy something small or he can save it for something big. He loves that idea and is continuously bugging me to know when he can start, so I gotta get that going ASAP, since I promised. I got to thinking though, after I sell all the movies, books, toys, and clothes I have extra or no need of, there really isn't too much more that I can sell, besides scarves and afghans, (possibly all my pampered chef dishes and cookwear - some that is still in the boxes) unless I find something else in my boxes that I don't need or want or can do without. Things are getting tougher here, Jon is now actively looking for jobs while I race to get his resume up to par and re-arranged for different types of jobs. Wish that things didn't have to be this way but hoping that something good will be available and that it will work out for us all. Just really hate that right now all the problems seem to stem from not having any or enough money and there isn't anything else that we can cut back on; all the extras are gone and we're even starting to be really careful with what we buy for food and trying to finish all the leftovers and freeze extras, etc. Not that that is bad in any way, but it really sucks being in this situation and not knowing if we're going to make it to the end of the month or not and if we don't then we have no one to go to to ask for help. Gas prices are still sucking my account dry, even with the increase that Matt gave me, but I'm hoping that the prices will continue to drop some more and that it will stay down for a while and give us a bit of a break. Gonna go try to lay down and relax, maybe read for a while and see if I can get some sleep tonight.
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