A visit from Texas....

Well my darling cousin from Texas is in Michigan for a week for vacation. We are having a great time. It just feels so natural to be with her again. She has stayed here three nights and we stay up late to talk and get up early with the kids and talk some more. Things are going great with her visit. I just wish she were staying longer. I would love to have her move back to Michigan again, but right now she seems happy in Texas and just visiting once every couple of years. Her kids are getting sooooo big now! I almost flipped when I saw Dylan for the first time when they got here. He was about 9 inches shorter when they moved to Texas than what he is now! I was amazed. And Lexi is just like her mom in every way. She acts like her and even moves like she did as a child. I know in years to come she won't want to hear that but it's the truth. She is what she is. I will definately miss them when they leave again. I know Steph leaves on Sunday and then the kids will leave in August. I will be seeing the kids whenever I want while they are up here. All I have to do is call Roy and I can go pick up the kids for a day. It will be nice for the summer.

Otherwise....Bill's disability hearing went so/so. I was really hoping to get an answer while we were there but that didn't happen. I am hoping that we will actually get the disability once they gather all the records that they want. Otherwise we will be losing the house or at least having to sell it and move up north. That's life though. I kinda wish we would move up north because I would at least be close to my mom for a change. I haven't lived close to her in about 18 years. I would love to make a five minute drive to my mom's any time I wanted to. That would be a huge change for me. I know that it would be hard living in the cabin because it is so small but we could do it. I know we would have to get a storage unit too but that's ok. We could afford a storage unit if we were living up there. The cost of living in the cabin is minor compared to what it costs us to live here. Right now my entire check is taken up with just the utilities not to mention the taxes, insurance and house payment. It really sucks. We don't get an extra dime to spend anymore. I really hate it. Disposable income just doesn't exist for us at this time. I really wish it did. Our lives would be sooooo much nicer if we could afford to go out to eat once in a while or to go clothes shopping just because we wanted something new to wear. Right now ALL our money goes into the house and nothing else. It sucks living this way. I want to have some freedom to do things or go places. That just can't happen right now but it could if we moved up north. We could do a lot of things if we moved up there. But then again that would mean leaving my son's girlfriend and leaving his school behind. He would definately baulk at that. He would hate me for it. But I think in time he would see how much better it would be. It would take him awhile, but that's life. It takes everyone awhile to adjust to a new setting and a new lifestyle. I would still keep him in football and he would be able to stay in touch with his girlfriend. He could call her whenever he wanted too so it really wouldn't be that huge of a deal and eventually they will break up and he would find someone in his new school. I know this being his first girlfriend it definately won't be his last. I just don't see that happening.