Reality!! Who needs it??

So, my husband and I came into a little money, which I know was a saving blessing from the Lord.  We had great plans for that money.  Give to the Church, get new floors, fix the yard, get our daughter a new bed, etc.  We were able to get our bills caught up and get some new things.  Then, Sunday, we realized something that made my heard plummet to the ground. We owe people money!!  Lots of it!!  And we totally forgot!!  Oops!

What sunk my heart the most was not that we owed people money, but that it was family!!  My first thought was that generosity is dead!!  how could family help us out and then expect it back???  Then the guilt set in.  How selfish am I to NOT pay them back?  What kind of Christian would that make me?  So, the things that we planned will change.  In conclusion, the thought that has been going through my mind since Sunday is this:  "Reality is like a swift kick in the gut!"

I don't want to be an adult anymore.  Can I just stop?  No?  Just thought I would ask.

Am I the only one who understands my daughter?

It's amazing that I leave her with someone and things suddenly get crazy!!  She pushes my buttons more than anyone else, yet her and I get along better than anyone (well, when we are alone at least).  She has the craziest personality.  I don't know whether to be scared or excited that she got both of our personalities.  She definitely got my temper.  I do get some strange satisfaction making her clean up after she has trashed her room because she can't watch her favorite show for the month.  Oh, to be that young again and that be the worst thing to happen to me in a day.  Perhaps if I take away the TV all together??  I think there would be all out anarchy in my house.

To think I grew up in a time when we couldn't wait for the weekend so we could watch the next episode of She-Ra or He-Man.  Now, little ones only have to sit back with their IPads and watch it on Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime.  Sad...very sad!!