Our FEMA trailer

Soooo much to write here.  My oldest daughter has spent the past year looking for love in all the wrong places.  To make a long story short, the consequences of her actions have caused her to lose custody of her child and landed her in jail for a while.  Thankfully, a family member has custody of my grandbaby and I am able to see him whenever I want to.  Daughter, however, will have quite a few hoops to jump through when she is released from jail. 

In the meantime, after long talks and discussions, my husband and I have decided to help her out once last time.  Upon her release, she will have no where to go.  Since we also don't have room for her in our home (just too many bodies), we purchased a used FEMA trailer for $2000.  The plan is to remodel it and get it set up for her to stay in rent free while she works and/or goes to school to get her life back on track. 

After she's done with it, the plan is to sell it and get our money back.  Hopefully, with some remodeling, we'll also get back what we put into it.

Will post pics later.

Christmas Gift Ideas

I'm posting some pics of some ideas that I'm thinking of for Christmas gifts. I hope I have enough time to get it all done!! These cute ideas come from You Can Make This.

Here are some adorable washcloth puppets.

A CUTE Fabric Christmas Busy book.

A card game that you make on your own computer! This might come in quite handy for my family since it is soooooo large! The kids only see the long, lost relatives once a year during the holidays. I'm thinking this would be a great way educate them on just who their Uncle Steve and Aunt Mary is!

These are Monkey Blankies.

A Felt portable game book.

A crayon holder art tote.
A child's apron.

A chalkmat

There are some more lovely ideas over at these ladies blogs. One of my favorites is the fabric dollhouse at UK lass in US. Valerie at Frugal Family Fun Blog also has some adorable pillowcase PJ pants ideas. If I get busy right now, I might just be able to give my girls a decent Christmas without having to fight the crowds at Wal-mart!!! Whoo Hoo!!!