It was the best of times it was the brokest of times...

So, this week kinda stunk a little bit.

We overdrew our account and had to do some juggling financially...not always the most fun to endure.  I think the worst moment was when we realized we ran out of coffee and couldn't afford to get anymore until payday....you know it's bad when you can't even buy coffee!

So, this week we stayed pretty close to the homestead and made due with what we had.  

We ran out of dog food mid-week, which the dog didn't really mind since we just made him rice and eggs and toast and he got lots of leftovers...I think he was kinda bummed when Sean walked in the door with the bag of food under his arm.

However, this is an upside to this whole story.  We ran out of coffee and I let a couple of friends know and received three containers of freshly ground coffee from three different individuals, on the same morning...all just willing to do whatever they could to help.  And then today, we were hoping a check would go into our account and it didn't...but, my husband was peaking through some stuff for our taxes and at the bottom of a document was a check for $80.63 that was sent to us months ago.  Six months ago to be exact...to the day.  And the check was to be voided after 6 months.  You can't tell me we don't have a God who looks after us (even when we're boneheads with our money) when a check is provided on the day before it's to be voided.  Dang He is a good daddy!

So, that was the blessing today...financially.  This week we were also blessed with wonderful attitudes from our children.  People so willing to help and love us it was ever so slightly overwhelming.  We were released from leading one of our groups and Robin learned how to use Facebook (I'm not quite sure if it's a blessing yet, but so far it's kinda fun).

School was fulfilling this week.  Robin learned how to read clocks.  He's memorized a poem about a catepillar by Christina G. Rosetti.  He knows the difference between common nouns and proper nouns.  He learned about how his diaphragm works and where his spleen is located and he learned about DNA....my head hurt after this week.  The kiddos spent most afternoons working out with their daddy, and Robin could express to me that when he's breathing hard his diaphragm hurts.  Pretty cool stuff.  Oh, and he learned he really liked to dance to a song about cows called "Udder Chaos."

It's now Friday night and we're still hanging out on the broke side of life so we went to church, got lots of hugs and laughs and then headed to the grocery store to stock up on a couple of necessities.  Each kid picked a cart and Sean and I spent a decent amount of time racing each other through the grocery store.  The kids had a great time and they have no idea we're broke...or actually they know cash is tight, but we've been provided for and we can still enjoy each other's company.

I told Sean multiple times this week, "I'd rather be broke with you, than rich with anybody else."  Tonight he smiled at me and said, "Well, you got your wish!" 

H :)