Well, today around noon we are suppose to be having a showing on our house, the first in almost 2 months.  I hope they fall in love with the house and put in a reasonable offer - we haven't received one offer as of yet.  Please keep your fingers crossed, this would be a good time for something like this to happen.

 

Fred and 2 other guys from  his work are talking about trying to see if they could buy the online/catalog company that their company has.  It's called Captn Jack - www.capjack.com - and they sell all kinds of things for boating and some things that could also be used for traveling on land.  This could be a very good thing for us if this was to happen and if the company continued to do as well as it did in the winter.  It is a scary concept because out house would probably get put up on our end for colateral but if the company continues to grow then we may end up doing well.  Of course all this will depend on what Maptech will sell Captn Jack for and if we will all be able to be approved for a business loan.

 

Well, that's it for now.  Keep us in your thoughts and think positive - that's what I keep trying to do.

On Wednesday Fred received an email that the president of the company would be coming in for the second time this week for another meeting for all employees on Thursday at 4 PM.  Of course I had a hot stone massage already booked in at 6 that night so my parents very nicely offered to come up and watch Alexis so Fred could stay for his meeting and I could go to work.

 

The meeting was not good news, they are going to try to sell the company as a whole or in parts which then might be spread out into different parts of the US.  They are giving it like a year but the feeling is it will be closer to 6 months when they close.  Fred is really upset by the fact that in two years this was his 3rd job - 2 he lost because the company wasn't doing well and let go people or is going to shut down.  I feel bad for Fred but a huge part of me is very happy with the fact that soon (but not soon enough) he will not be working around Justine and hopefully we can start getting our marriage back on track.  Financially we could be hurting if he can not find a job right away and gets layed off because he will not get as much on unemployment.  So now we have to figure out what we want to do with the house - drop the price more to try to sell is sooner and then do we move into an apartment until we can afford something because the housing market is going to continue to decline or just buy something that may need some work.

 

Well, who knows what's going to happen but I have faith that with one door closing the Lord will open another one and hopefully this will be the door that helps to save this family.  I will keep you all updated.

Well, nothing much happened this weekend.  Fred and I are having communication issues and have been arguing and we know this is a problem and that we need to fix it because it isn't healthy.  So, that is what we are going to try to do - anything that anyone has found helpful in their years of marriage would be appreciated - I love to know how other couples handle arguments.

 

Today is a big day for Alexis because her class or school is taking a field trip today to U-Mass Lowell to see a play.  This of course will be her first show and bus ride and I am excited and scared.  I hope she will have fun and not get scared or not misbehave.  Hopefully she will have a lot to tell me when I get her this evening and I can update my entry.  I also bought her a digital camera (kids one) a week or so ago and I need to download the pictures and see how they look - maybe she will have her own page of "Alexis' view of the world" with her pictures.

 

Time to get ready to leave for work.  I hope you all have a good day!

Well, with the big game coming on Sunday, the tension in the house was high - stomachs were in knots.  Alexis was enjoying playing her drums when the phone rang.  I looked at the caller ID before answering it and it was Justine.  I didn't know what to do so I handed it to Fred and said "It's Justine".  He looked shocked, answered the phone and asked what was wrong.  She said her and her boyfriend got in a huge fight and Fred said he had to call her back.  He didn't know what to say, he knew I was pissed and hurt.  He called her while I was in the shower and according to him, asked why she called and that it didn't matter, she was never to call - no matter what.  He said she asked if I was mad and he told her what do you think?  What would Dave (her boyfriend) feel if he called her over at Dave's house - he would be pissed.  Now it feels like the steps we were taking forward have been pushed way back.  Now things I was kind of questioning I have fears about, wondering if Fred is being honest with me or not.  I think she still has feelings for him and is trying to ruin things for us so she can get him back.  Was I mad that she called ... how stupid is she?  I had emailed her and I called her and she wont talk to me, she wont even appologize to me for the call.  If there is nothing going on between them then she should have no problem saying nothing is going on and that she was sorry for calling and causing problems.  She is so selfish that she doesn't care what her actions do - then again if she is trying to break us up then she wouldn't care.

 

Anyway, the Patriot's lost in a horribly played game.  I bought a football square from one of our vendors and ended up winning the final score - not the way I ever wanted to win a football pool.  At least that money is coming at a good time, the mortgage payment went through and I owe Alexis' school her tuition for this month.  Of course Fred and I were suppose to take tomorrow off to spend the day together and go to the dentist for cleanings.  He told me yesterday that he had to work in the morning because of a huge meeting that was scheduled.  Of course, why should anything ever happen like I want it to.  So there goes my nice day off with my husband to help rekindle our marriage. 

Well, Thursday was Alexis' last day at her school "The Nature of Things" and Friday was her first day at her new school "Little Angels".  I have to say I was very sad to see her leave her school because she has been doing so well there and has so many friends, plus her teachers love her.  I was so afraid of how she was going to so with the transition.

 

I brought her in a little early to her  new school on Friday so I could spend some time with her and not just run off.  I had to make her a lunch so she carried in her lunch bag.  We picked a cubby and put all of her stuff in there and then headed to where all the kids were (many different ages) before school began.  She had her yogurt (they let her eat it early because she was new) and her new teacher arrived about 7 and jumped right in.  She walked Alexis to the "Waving Window" so I could leave and say good-bye.  Everytime the phone rang at work I was afraid it was going to be the school.  I never got a call.  I did call in the afternoon and they said she had a good morning, ate her lunch and was getting ready for nap time.

 

When I got her she was playing with another girl, I think.  Once she saw me she came running to me.  Fred wasn't able to get out early because a trucking company that was suppose to come at 2 pushed it back until between 5 & 6 because of the weather and Fred had to stay because he was the only one there that could use the equipment.  So it stunk that he didn't get to see her on her first day but she did very well.  I think maybe the transition was harder on me then her!  We will see how things go next week.

 

We had 2 couples show up last week at our open house and today our realtor is bringing someone over to see the house at 10 AM.  I have 2 massages this morning starting at 10 and then the food company we use is bringing our stuff around noon.  We are going to have a very busy first half of the day.

 

Remember, go Patriot's and enjoy eating junk food while watching the game tomorrow!!!!