Why?

Why do things have to be so hard and stressful right now? Are we not heading into the "merry season" when our wildest dreams can come true and the true miracle of Christmas will be shown to all? I guess, as they say, necessity is the mother of invention and I've been learning that lesson the hard way.
Things have not been going well for Joe and having him in the emergency clinic on Friday night have added to the stressors of life. For those of you who didn't know, Joe had a really bad infection in his face and glands. He swelled so bad from the infection that he didn't look much like himself. He looked like he had one of those gobbly turkey things under his chin and his cheeks looked like he was storing nuts for winter. His lips swelled until he could hardly open his mouth. Luckily, the antibiotics are working and the swelling is coming down. In fact, this morning he almost looked normal. He said it is very painful. Poor guy!!! Things haven't gotten better with his work as of yet.
Anyway, back to necessity is the mother of invention. Melody and I have been sitting down doing crafts for the last week. I've discovered just how inexpensively you can buy paper, glue, etc. She is so cute doing her own crafts. She is very independent about doing her own too. She is a brilliant craftsman and I can't wait to see what her inventive brain can create when she gets older. What an inexpensive activity that her and I can do together and enjoy spending time together. Doing the crafts with Melody has allowed me to create some of my own stuff. Jewelery and the likes. And, well, last night I set up an etsy account to sell them. Hopefully I can get some money to help out while our situation isn't great.
Also, I think everyone is getting handmade gifts this year. Hope you all don't mind. If anyone visits my etsy store please keep in mind I barely got my registration done at 1:30am today and have not had an opportunity to make it pretty and get all of the things in there I want. Guess I better go and work on crafts.