09/27/2009 *halloween care pack pics

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Yay for two days off!
Three weeks until my maternity leave starts. Yessss.
I’m thoroughly enjoying spicy salsa & chips right now, which I know I’ll regret later when I have killer heartburn.
It’ll be interesting to see how much I’ve grown in the last two weeks when I take belly pics on Monday. I’ve gained 5 lbs, and I feel huge.
I got my birth supplies in the mail from In His Hands a couple days ago. This weekend my goal is to get my bedroom completely cleaned up & birthing ready. I’ve got all of Mason’s clothes washed & put away. I have to put a cover over my mattress. And compile all my birth supplies into one easily accessible spot.
I need to catch up on house work today, too. Boo.
Josh’s mom called me this morning and asked if she could come over with her husband and make a list of home improvements that need to get done so they can do them for me. Josh left a few unfinished projects, and there’s some things that really should get done before winter comes. I feel horrible accepting more help from them, but they do need to get done and I do need help with them. I’m so very lucky to have such a wonderful relationship with his family. They really are all I have right now. And Larry is a master carpentar, so who better to help me out?
My momma is booking my flights for Glendale, AZ today. I’ll be there from November 5th – 27th. =D
I finished one of Josh’s Halloween carepacks last night. I made 20 goodie bags of candy for him and his buddies. And the other package I’m going to bake halloween theme shaped cookies (not sure what kind yet.. probably sugar w/ halloween sprinkles), silly string, masks, glow sticks, more candy and other silly halloween-y type things. I won’t be sending these until the middle of October, but I want to do up a "Congratulations, Daddy" carepackage. So when Mason does arrive, I just have to print out a bunch of pictures and throw in some last minute things, and send it off right away.

*This was the first time I painted a box. I really like the way it turned out. I got the stickers and goodie bags from the $1 aisle at Target.

Nearly everyone makes comments about how it’s so "nice" of me to send these things to him. It’s a huge coping method for me. And it’s one of the only ways I feel "comfortable" expressing my feelings towards him right now. I’m still very scared and hesitant to open myself back up completely to Josh. But with these carepacks, I can show him that I do still think about him and I am still here – just hesitant right now. Atleast, that’s what I hope he takes from it. And instead of worrying non stop about all the action that’s going on over there right now (from what he’s told me, it’s really heated), I can put my focus on something else that’s positive. And something that may be the only thing that brings a smile to his face that day.

🙂 glad you’ve got people around to help. & that’s great that your mum’s booking your flights! we’re in glendale at the same time! xx

How sweet is Josh’s family to help you out? And how sweet are you to send goodies for Josh’s friends? xoxo

You should hit up dollar tree right now. They have a ton of differant Halloween themed decorations and party favor type stuff. 🙂

I’m not sure you can send silly string, because it’s pressurized. Or maybe I’m remembering wrong. I dunno. I love your care package themes though =]

RYN: Haha, smart idea, never thought of that. =]

It’s beyond nice. It’s a way you can express yourself, show you care, and you are giving him, as well as the others he shares them with something special. A bit of home that most take for granted. I love your boxes. RYN: I <3 dollar tree, too. You never know what you will find! Especially around Halloween. Andy, Mike, & I do this fantastic Halloween display every year. Every year it grows. Andy & I have done it for over a decade starting back when we barely had money to pay our bills. Our income has grown considerably since then but I will never forget to check out dollar tree. Some of my favorite pieces in our displays have come from dollar tree over the years. We do our entire yard with everything from a cemetary to a witch’s hut. We do fancy, expensive projections, and animatronics..but the dollar tree stuff is always special to me. It reminds me of those feelings I had back then. We struggled but we were SOOOOO happy. Now that I have De I don’t get as much interaction with our trick or treaters but I can never wait to get done with De’s trick or treating so I can come back home & see the aww in people’s faces!

Alot of what makes the scenes so fabulous is the cheap little additions that I find at the various dollar trees, & dollar stores. The big Halloween stores may leave me wanting that something special, or gruesome but dollar tree never disappoints! LOL!

I think your attitude is great. I can most certainly understand your hesitancy – having been in a similar situation myself – but focusing on the positive is best for you and for Josh. Take care! 🙂

Its very very cute. I’m sure he’ll love it!

You do sucha great job with these! I love them. I think you are an awesome person for trying to work things out with him and showing him you care. I hope everything works out with you two 😀