The Haggled Housewife Blog

The first two weeks of September are surely always a hurry and worry for a Haggled Housewife.  As I even realized I missed posting my blundering bad blog last week.  (Sorry to my four faithful followers…) It is back to work at my non profit (this year… old job but new hours) (I need to go in a 1/2 hour earlier…uggghhh) My kids are back in school, Cobey is now in the fourth grade and Kayla is a sophomore in high school and my husband is of course actively trying to book painting jobs for this month and next.

We are busy “readjusting” from the summer sun and our miraculous move from literally and figuratively across town.  Believe it or not three months at the new/old place and Gary is still working really diligently and hard at fixing the house up….(it needed alot of TLC) (just like us) (Outside and inside) (Wow…..what a comparison) Although after a long and lengthy list,  tadah….we only have a few odds and ends/ (touch ups) to finish and I if I do write myself…(Of course I am writing this…who else would be doing it ….) it finally looks and feels warm,cozy, homey, lively and fun… It reminds me of a vacation home….at a campground ( could be do to all of the dirt) but that is what it feels like…. Each room has its silly /sophisticated  style ( if you want to call it that) (which I think we should go with…)  The walls are covered with pictures and words from our life.  Sometimes honest to you, when I come in …it does takes my breath away.

I feel as if our real life is in it.  I know my heart,soul and spirit are in it as well as  a little literal blood, sweet and tears . (I lifted 120 bags of mulch) I of course am not trying to get to attached to this house, as I realize I may only be here for a short visit.  I now know my home is where I make it with my family. I wear that saying like a badge of honor/ scar on my heavy heart ( I am partial to both descriptions)  and I realize at any time I might have to move again.  I learned that lesson during the great recession (wink,wink) and I finally think I maybe really ready to accept that fact that life can change if you want it to or not…..in many ways..not just about where you live….

On to me and my famous family again (LCL)…I and do believe Gary are taking steps to use are “noses” more lately since are move.(Smelling sweet stuff as well as stinky stufff)   (like my BFF Denise says) (those smells  are the best and only kind) to take….to change.  We are trying to talk more and be more aware about our life together and be more open.  We are making plans again…not big ones…only little ones like to go apple picking (this week) and on a little getaway for Halloween with our kids.  I and gorgeous Gary are really trying to change hurtful habits that I know added to leaving our Haggled House.  At this time (today at least) I am really proud of Gary and honest to you, even myself…..as I realize this story could have progressed  differently.  Looking at it I learned lots of lessons…about people…places… attitudes…perceptions….and realities….(REAL GUS STUFF) ( Of course some have been so powerful and painful) (and others have been so inspiring and encouraging) One thing I do know is instead of giving up helplessly…Gary and I explored another option and decided to try again maybe from scratch.. but we are certainly armed with a little more worry and hurry…as well as a little less worry and hurry.(Ohhhh…the irony of the Haggled Housewife life)

But….I am overwhelmed with gratefulness for the opportunity  ( don’t you love it when I start a sentence purposefully with but…)

…So,  am I happily haggling forward?…some-days yes and some-days no….but for the most part I think I am….I am sleeping later in the morning (time check….5:17 am) (not 3:00 am), putting on a little bit of make up (when I have time in the morning), having a glass of wine on my Walmart patio furniture at night and trying to be more in the moment….and I am continuing to work to pay down my debt (literally and figuratively) ( wink,wink) while stopping to smell the  teeny tiny 94 cent mums Gary planted outside where the overgrown bushes used to be…. oh and by the way…. don’t worry , I am not in a hurry…so I may be a little late to work.

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