Thank You So Much - Again

I want to use this return post as another big thank you to all of you.

As most of you know I have been going through a really tough time financial with my hubby being out of work for two years now. He is trying, and I don't fault him. But it has not been easy, there have been lots of fights, lots of tears and a little bit of hope every now and then. These were some of those times, even when I was hiding from the blog world - my blogger friends would reach out and hug me.

I'll start by saying thanks for this nice package I won from The GunDivas (formally Girls with Guns) blog. I found the moldable ear plugs very cool - so did the guys who usually shoot with us. HA! They are all mine. 

This was a package that arrived from Oregon Sunshine - we had talked about exchanging some books and I was hoping for some "new" used book that I had wanted to read, that she had already read but, when I got the package it seemed to be all full of new books! And way more than I had thought was coming! I am now rich in books!! Of course I had to trot around the house showing each book at least twice to Hubby who seemed annoyed......until..... he saw The Backyard Homestead book, and then preceded to steal it. But I get to read a little bit of it every now and then. He's putting it to very good use so I don't mind....yet. Thank you so much OS!

I was having a particularly crappy day when this package showed up. I knew who it was from but didn't know what to expect. It was and entire bathroom restock of Arbonne products! I love them, I have been very happy with the products and the results, my Hubby loves his products as well, and it showed me once again that the universe was using my blogger pals and not allowing me to have a pity party for myself. I want to send a huge thank you out to CDNCowgirl, cause I really needed a bathroom restock it was getting kinda scarce in there...

And so overwhelmed by all the love and support from people that are commonly labeled by the media and sometimes rude family members as "not real friends" I humbly accepted the gifts and said my thank you(s) on Facebook as I still didn't have the time to be blogging. And focused on trying to stay sane and keep my life together...

So you could imagine my surprise when last week I got ANOTHER package in the mail! 

It was a Breadmaker complete with gluten free settings!! After being harassed with a camera by my Hubby - I had to do the happy dance in my socks on the hardwood floor (no, I didn't fall - I have before but not this time LOL!). This wonderful timely gift came to me (according to Hubby, please let me know if I mess this up) from Oregon Sunshine, Mrs Mom, and GunDiva herself. Thank you so much - I so would not buy something like that for myself, I would've just plugged along making bread by hand (resenting it just a tiny bit, but doing it anyways). This is just perfect. I will get this down and it will make my summer so much better not having to devote an entire afternoon a week to bread making. PLUS I won't have to run the darn oven in the summer heat. 

And just before I am done here I want to say thank you AGAIN to everyone that was involved in the Christmas packages. And especially to SquirrelGurl over at Notes from the Squirrel Nest, who I found out, ran around getting alot of the different stuff and packaging it up. I have enjoyed every little bit of that stuff. From the gluten free goodies to the wine to the PJ's. 

I know it seems silly but even struggling day in and day out with coming up with enough money to pay the bills, and trying to stay out of BR court,  I didn't really ever feel poor. I had cool stuff, cool books, cool soap, cool shampoo and now a freakin awesome bread maker, but BEST of all is that I had all of you - every single time I started getting a little depressed and overwhelmed a package would show up and remind me that there were people out there that cared about, and were pulling and praying for me. Now I know you sometimes question why you blog (I know I do) you don't make money, you're not getting high numbers in hits or comments, maybe you've upset a family member, but I would like to venture to say this is why we blog: Friendship. And to those people who have the gaul to say that online friends "are not real friends" - I say "I'd sure hate to be one of your online friends then."