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Having recently come back to this site after 6 months and reading some of what I have put on here the previous year almost makes me somewhat melancholy, but then gives me perspective. All of my posts have given me strength in one form or another. However, from this point, I won’t be writing to heal, I’ll be writing to share my experiences and report on my epiphanies, as they are.
The trailer is finally here.
This last Friday morning as the children and I were having coffee and cocoa my hubby called and said if you want any say in where the trailer goes you had better head up to the property now. Wha…?
Nick, the mover, had called and said he was on the highway ready to turn off on our road.Sure enough, my 8 year old started getting really excited and dancing around, “Mom, mom! Those trucks with the heavy load signs are coming by”! So, I packed up my 3 munchkins and made it the 1/4 mile down the road in 15 minutes. That has to be some kind of record for us!
Done!
The trailer is now ready and waiting and we are waiting to have it moved. It was much easier cleaning it out and cleaning it up than I had imagined. The folks who had previous only had it one year before the husband had a stroke. Unfortunate for these good people and forutnate for me, it has been sitting unused in the resort for four years. My mother is in town and helped watch the kids, which made all the difference in the world.
The mover, Nick, is a nice guy and has been working with us for the last two months. He is saying he hopes to get started the beginning of the week. I CAN”T WAIT!! I have short-timers bad!
As of 12:35pm yesterday, the trailer is ours.
So is the rice cooker (& manual), toaster oven, hot pot, 30 year old microwave (& manual), coffee maker, three coffee carafes, numerous silver platters, electric tea kettle, numerous baking dishes, set of 5 mushroom canisters, dishtowels, washcloths, tons of hot pads, etc…. You name it. There are “treasures” here and there, set of 4 bone china bowls, china creamer, teapot & salt/pepper shakers, Tupperware cheese holder, Norwegian enamel-ware, metal colander, nut-chopper and more!!!
Please, don’t tell my hubby!
Okay, tomorrow at noon the trailer will be. Did I say that this is a temporary move, until our house is built? I’m so excited though, that I could live in it forever. I’m hoping that we do live in it a couple of years, save some money, spend some money on the yards, gardens, chicken coop and cows.
Our biggest hurdle, (which isn’t so bad, we will have our own place) is where to sleep everyone. It’s only two bedroom and we have five people. We will put our 8 and 3 year olds in the same room. CC will sleep in her crib in the only other room. Our room. Kicker is, she doesn’t actually sleep in her crib anymore and daddy doesn’t sleep with me anymore. As she is 16months we are going to take this opportunity to move to “break” her.
Our other munchkins had it down in a two to three nights. CC we have tried numerous times (after I’m so exhausted I can’t function anymore), and numerous ways. I feel that all things happen in their time with a little encouragement. We’ve supplied the encouragement and she still isn’t ready. I would like to sleep w/ my hubby again though. This whole building, co-sleep, living w/ his parents has been very trying to our marriage. I would say to any couple who feels their marriage is infallible: go live with HIS parents for a year. And, bring your kids, the more the merrier.
My hubby will be building a small addition in short order for CC. Until then, he and I will “live” in the living room. I do feel sorry for the eight year old, however. She has really taken to reading and has matured way beyond her little sister. I think that she should get the addition, so that she can stay up later and read and have her own space. 
Her father, for some reason, can’t wrap his head around that because he shared a room. His bro. was only two years younger than him, not five.
So, here we are. It has been a very tough week since last post. My husband has been very stressed and has been less than pleasant. We had it out, or tried to, two nights ago. I couldn’t handle his negative behavior and remarks any longer. He is not a talker. Refuses to. Typically it ends in me throwing something, because he tells me I’m being irrational, to go away. That upsets me further, because I WANT to TalK. This happens every two to three years. The next day, yesterday, he was much more like himself. Which is a big relief to me. I’m not sure where I would’ve gone or even what I wouldv’e done next. That was the closest I’ve ever been to leaving. I’m hoping he is back to himself now that the sale is going through tomorrow.
I have been sorting a cleaning. While its a big job and takes a while to do with the kids, I love how clean and organized things are. I can sit and crochet for 15 minutes and not feel guilty that things need done.
Wish me luck!!!
“The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.”- Ben Stein
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