What A Day...

Well today is crazy, I have 2 young adult children 24, 19 why is it that I still have to yell to get them to help out around the house??. I'm still doing their laundry and cooking their meals, they live at home for free you would atleast think they would help out around the house right? WRONG!! I'm starting to feel angry at them and then there is attitude!!! I thought we got passed all that crap after the early teen years but it turns out I was wrong. Whats a mom to do?? you love them to death one moment until they open their mouths and then you want to kill them the next... not actually kill them but you know what I mean. I just pray for peace because its holiday season and I want joy in my CLEAN!! home. do any of you have teens or young adult kids?? what should I do? and no I can't kick them out family has to stick together in these tough economic times, besides my 19 yr. old only gets about 13 hours a week at pizza hut minimum wage and my 24 yr. old. lost alot of her hours do to these times she is in retail so neither one could make it even if they got an apartment together.

So Let Me Tell Ya....

Well I finished my flooring in the house the den now has tile...yippy! so because we are running on a tight budget right now I decorated with what I had and some stuff from thrift shops..photos to come soon!. I'm getting ready for Halloween I have done my decorating now to buy candy and go to Boo at the Zoo. I have been really busy lately some days are more productive then others. I really want to learn to budget better and make my money work for me not me or should I say hubby work for the money. What do all you stay at home moms do to earn extra $$$ for the family??. Well my daughter is still inlove so far so good for her I guess. My mom had a heart attack a couple weeks ago and my son is under doctors care for his blood pressure and he went to the allergy doctor for testing turns out he is allergic to every tree,pollen,weed in Colorado and hes only 14. I will keep you all posted and post some photos within the next couple of days... ya know I love ya all you are a great crowd of followers xoxoxo

Seasons greetings...

Its that time of year again... Fall is bring in the cool crisp air the leaves on my trees are turning and starting to fall off. Everyday there is a gentle whispering wind oh boy I'm loving it so much. I have begun to decorate my home with all my Fall goodies and my wonderful smelling candles are on the burners my home is smelling so delicious with the warm pumpkin spice and vanilla. This time of year brings me such joy because its a time to reflect on being thankful and love and joy, the spirit of giving to one another. I am gonna take some pictures of my home as soon as my Den is finished, we are actually in the middle of changing our flooring out from carpet to wood or tile flooring we havent decided yet but I did take the carpet off one set of our stairs going up to some bedrooms and found a pretty wood floor under that carpet. Things seem to be good right now for us at the Poorman residence. God Bless you all my friends.

Prayer is needed Now!!!

I read this story and this family needs prayer right now. We need to petition the throne room for this babys heart to be completely healed, he needs a miracle in the next few hours so please go to this link and read it see the need and plant the seed...
www.lukesexton.blogspot.com

Good-Byes Are Never Easy...

So we finally made it to Colorado... what a relief. We went through alot before leaving with my husbands car accident, then he was hospitalize in April for 3 days and then the death of our beloved 1 year old Gunner he was a great dog but he got a peice of rawhide bone stuck in his intestant, it killed him with in a day and a half... So many things went wrong we didn't have enough room on the 26ft uhal to take everything so we made the trip and then went back to Arizona to get more stuff a day later with our truck and trailer when we got there somebody had robbed our garage and took alot of stuff I wanted... :( like I said it has been a journey.
My husband is just now going back to work after having 2 1/2 months off. My emotions have been running high and then low I feel like maybe I'm having some depression... I have been so use to drama on a daily basis that being in Colorado with no drama is a shock to my system, I mean how do you ajust from a high strung life to normalcy?. I'm happy to be home in Colorado yet at the same time I'm sad and I don't understand why? I left some friends, my husband left a great job, my kids left school and jobs and their friends,,, its hard to say good bye. I'm hoping for a bright future for my children and me and hubby of course, we will see what tomorrow brings.
God Bless you all...

Going Nuts.....

Well I feel like I'm going crazy... the good news is we rented a house and my husband has a job interview with a school district on the 20th of this month. We are heading to Colorado on Sunday the 18th I'm excited I believe my husband has the job because they said at my husbands conveinence and they know we have to travel from Az. to Colo. so say a prayer for us please.
I have been yard saling and I have been able to get rid of alot of stuff, still have alot though.

Everybody have a very Blessed weekend...

Scariest decision of our lives Help!!

I'm just wonering how many people will offer their advice. We are leaving with no jobs in Colorado, my husband gave his notice at work he is leaving a 14.28 hr. job here in Az. , our daughter is leaving a full time job as a supervisor of 3 departments at Babies R Us, my mom is leaving her job as a Asst. Manager of Famous Footwear and none of us have jobs in Colorado.
My daughter is probly transfering we hope if there is a position open in Colo. and the same for my mom. I'm getting very scared because of the unknown and I wonder if you all think we are making the right choice? We can hardly make it here in AZ. our house went back to the bank and they auction it off May 19th, We have to have a house because we can't fit in an apt. atleast in Colo. we can grow a garden, you can't grow anything in AZ. We are getting a refund on our Az. retirement that should give us about $27,000 plus what we can save. Please give me your advice am I just scared of change and will this move benefit my family?

Update Time

I would first like to start by wishing each one of you a Very Happy Easter. I hope that the real reason is celebrated the fact that Christ Jesus died on the cross for each one of us so that we could have salvation and live eternity with him and our heavenly father. Remeber to love one another even when people don't seem lovable because I know there are so many day's I am not feeling lovable or acting in away that would make people want to love me, but nobody is perfect we are all sinners BUT... we are saved because of Jesus he loved us in our sin and he died for us so that we couold live with him forever, now thats real love.

Now an update on our life, well we are still packing and trying to sell what we do not need or want anymore. The move is getting closer May 29th we pull out of Arizona at 4 am we will be on our way to Colorado. I'm feeling alittle worried because my huband hasn't got a job there yet and his last day of work here in AZ. is April 16 th our last check is April 30 th then we can put in a request to refund all of our retirement from AZ. . Still trying to find a house thats big enough and not to much money. We keep praying because we are stepping out in faith that the Lord will provide for us. I'm doing well in the yardsaling first day was close to $700 and the second day was about $600 the 3rd day was only $295 but we did manage to sell that truck that was hit in the cow/truck accident we sold it for $450 . Please pray for my family we could really use the extra prayer. I love you all God Bless

The Budget Experience

Saturday we started out in a 24ft Budget truck on our way from AZ. to Colo.. We thought man this truck is hard to keep on the road between 3 drivers we almost lost it 2 times in Holbrook.

We decided to stop in New Mexico to use the bathrooms at a rest stop, after parking and getting out to strech we found that the transport carrying the Altima had a bad tire infact the tire was bald and a chunk of tred was missing!!!. After calling 911 to see if they could help us figure out exactly where we were so roadside asst. could come and save us...lol we waited 3 hours for them to get there. My family was suppose to take the keys to the house they rented on Sat. night but with a 3 hour delay we ended up with 6 people in a hotel room with only 2 beds...fun!!! NOT!!.

Yes me and my broken husband who had just hit a cow a week and a half earlier with our truck which was totalled had to sleep on the floor,YES I said floor, it sucked!. So we got into Colorado Springs Sunday morning only to find the house that was rented was grossly dirty I mean it was a dump!! so we had to call the owner and she sent out a cleanng lady and a crew to finish laying the tile in the up stairs bathroom. Come Monday, we went out and looked around I mean after all we are moving there at the end of May. My cousin was suppose to rent a car to get us back to Az. in because we only went to help drive and unload the truck, but she was unable to rent a car because of her credit score and no major credit card, so we were screwed!! my husband was missing 2 days of work and my kids school for this little trip and now we can't even get home?!!.

After feeling so much anger I decided not to take it out on my family so I did the next best thing and called Budget truck rentals about the truck that had no working winsheld wipers and was out of alinement and had a crapy tire that had to be replaced if the tire would have blown my family could have been killed, unfortunately they though our possible death was only worth $38.00 I didn't realize I was so cheap. So after all the trauma I went through tuesday arrived and my aunt ended up giving us her truck to get home in and she will have to fly out later to pick it up and drive back to Colo. That was a long story huh.. but all true!! So needless to say I'm exhausted and so is my husband and daughter, we made it home late last night and will need a few days to catch up. I promise my life isn't always this crazy but we do have times we go thru once and awhile, I really want to blog about being frugal and good meals and life in this economy, but I just had to share the last couple of weeks as to what has been going on. I will update on the budget thing when I find out what is gonna happen because my cousin is writing the president of Budget I don't blame her the truck was $1,400. to rent plus gas and an unexpected hotel stay.

On another note welcome to my blog for those of you who are new followers I really appreciate each one of you I will be having a give away soon tell ur friends to join my blog and spred the word your all very special to me, thanks again.

The Truck and the Cow...

My husband was on his way to work last tuesday morning at about 5:00 am. I was still asleep because I don't get up until about 6:30 am, however I was awakened with the ring of my cell phone at about 5:15 am All I heard was I have been in an accident, I said where and my hubby said on Ironwood I hit a cow I said are you ok and he said yeah but my truck I said I'll be right there. When he called he was in distress and in shock he didn't sound like himself. When I got on the scene my husband was walking around I saw the truck and it was totalled out, the cow was dead and the news was above us live. I did take my hubby to the hospital he was hurt his back,neck and shoulders, however he is a walking miracle because he was driving without a seat belt and doing 65mph no time to stop, the cow had gotten on the highway and ran across infront of my hubby and he had no time to react the cow was about 600 pounds. He was driving the truck my late grandfather gave him it was a mint 1986 Ford F150 with only about 50,000 original miles on it super sweet but not anymore the reason my husband survived is because this truck was steel not like the new trucks and it sat up alittle higher do to 4 wheel drive. I'm not sure why this happened to him, the weird thing is that he left for work an hour later then usual he normally leaves at 4:00 am but he decided to sleep an extra hour that day and like my husband said he is glad it happened to him with our truck because if it had happened to somebody in a car or a new truck they would be dead they never could have survived it. The doctors were in awe at the fact my husband walked away from this. We know that the Lord was with my husband and he protected him you see what the enemy meant for bad the Lord turned around to good my husband is alive and well able to lead people to Jesus Christ and we know God is in control and will give my husband another truck. I am posting some pics.