Well, one of the ladies who owes me money sent me an email yesterday saying that she had put a check in the mail for a goodly portion of it. Normally I would be ecstatic, but I’m not. It is not even a week until Christmas, and every other check she has sent me has taken about a week to get here.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m glad to finally be getting money I’ve been owed for six months (plus a little bit of interest), and it will help with the bills. But Christmas is still looking extremely bleak.

I will get a little bit of money later this week, and I’ll be glad to get that as well. But it will go toward our rent, not Christmas. I’ll be lucky if I can get Pumpkin another gift and scrape up enough money to bake stuff for everyone else. If Hubby brings that stove home and it fits and works well, that is.