Crochet Me Crazy

We're back to the normal routine of things even after Mr. Stables outburst. It's really not that surprising. You'd just have to know Mr. Stables to understand. Anyway, Mrs. Stables was pretty worried for a few days because she was afraid Alison wasn't going to want to do horse rides anymore. Alison is such a valuable assett to them. Alison still wants to work but she wants 2 days off a week and to be able to go to things she wants to do with the youth group or friends with notice. I think that's perfectly reasonable...she's been an extremely responsible and hard worker. She can run this place single handedly if she needs to.

As far as moving goes....we looked and asked around everywhere we know and can't find a thing. It's very hard to find a house to rent here. Mr. Stables had found a place someone he knows has sitting vacant and they have said yes. I had been praying that if God didn't want us to move there and that if it was time to move on, they would say NO. Well, they are working on cleaning the house out now so I guess we're going to do it. In all rationality, it is a very good deal for what we are getting. Even though it's going to be a stretch for us, we wouldn't be able to find anything any cheaper and the place has a lot to offer. I am actually pretty excited! I haven't lived in a real house in years!! It's actually not a house...it's a double wide mobile home but it is huge and has a big porch on the front and back with a beautiful view. It's bigger than my last house and it is on 22 acres. There's plenty of room for my Axis deer and there is even a cabin that we are going to rent to Michael to help us with the bills. Alison is so excited to have her own room and the best part.....WATER and a bath tub! A big kitchen with an island. We aren't going to know what to do with so much space! I don't have much furniture anymore and Alison doesn't have a bed. Oh well, we'll deal with that as we go.

God is really doing a lot of stuff and it's a good thing because I've really been praying for some change.....Jeff is going on a job interview today with an Access Control company. There's a guy in the church we've been going to who owns a Access Control company with his father. Jeff has tons of expertise in the access control industry. We had some people introduce us and he and Jeff are meeting today. Jeff is sooooo tired of not sleeping and the job he has now is wearing him down. Something has to give. We just don't know what is going to happen with the horse rides. That's the part that is up in the air. The Stable's owners are still expecting Jeff to work this summer but nothing official has been settled and we can't wait forever. Anyway, it'll all work out however it's supposed to.

I'm a little alarmed with other stuff going on....I just found out my son has a girlfriend! Girlfriend...not such a big deal but a girlfriend who's 22 and has a 2 1/2 year old son! The father of this kid wants to beat my son up and all kinds of other things that are disturbing to a mother concerning that situation. This is causing me all kinds of stress. He wants me to meet her and I'm not too keen on it at this point. God help me!

Alison on the other hand has a very nice boy I mentioned before. Both of our families seem to be happy and excited about that developing relationship. They talked on "Facetime" Monday night for a long time. They aren't exactly an "item" yet but Alison is pretty smitten. He's more what I had in mind for my daughter that what we had before....he's tall, smart, outgoing, homeschooled, stable, handsome, christian, chivalrous, plays several instruments by ear and plays in the youth band at church...from a nice christian family....we're off to a much better start here. As much as I LOVED Morgan...he just wasn't right for Alison.

Anyway, I'm able to talk a lot more openly and frankly her now that my blog is private! LOL