Thanks to who ever gave me the stars, and to Princess Perky for the uplifting advice!!!
I opened my mail Thursday night, to discover a check for $1000.00 in the mail. It was from my cousin, who will never realize what this means to my girls and I right now. (Yes , I did send him a big thank you letter!!!). With this and what is left in my savings, I should make it through until I go back to work. The plan was I would return on May 11, but daughter #2's symptoms are returning. She has an order to get an xray here at the local hospital. Twice we have tried, but it was a 2 hour wait, so we came back home. We will try it later before bed-this time I will call first. The hospital is only a couple blocks from my house. We are not sure if she is getting the blockage in her colon again, or if her medications are just to strong. If the blockage is back, we will head back to Children's Mercy. If there is no blockage on the xray, we will cut down on her meds.
Today was the last event at the local Elks Lodge for kids this week. They had something going about every night. Today, at noon they had a free cookout for all local kids and their families. After the cookout, they had an easter egg hunt (yes, in MAY--the orginal one at easter was rained out). Then they had a kite flying contest. My daughters raked in the prizes. Again, just like scout night, hardly any kids showed up, so the prizes were deep. We have about 10 gift certificates for a free dinner from Applebees. Also coupons for free milkshakes at Sonic, free stuff from Mr Goodscents, pencils, candy, gum, t shirts, and a $5 bill, free happy meal cards from McDonalds. With money tight, my kids will eat!!! The lord does provide!
We also went to Walmart. I recharged my Walmart gift card with $50, then got gas on it. If you use the gift card at the pump, you save 3 cents a gallon. I got gas then for $1.94 a gallon. That is the lowest I have paid in a long time. I did not use all the card, but at least I have it. I figure its a waste of gas to park, go in and get the card, then come back out and drive over to the station. So, I just put several gas trips on it. Did a load of laundry and hung it out, or should I saw I hung it in, as my line is inside. I also washed out the baggies from school lunches this week and hung them to dry a well. (Yes, I admit, I am a baggie washer.)