Monday Five Countdown - send good vibes, please

The Monday Five Countdown is back (I skipped last week) and is in dire need of lots of good webby vibes being sent this way today.

I don't talk much about my or the hubby's work because 1 - I don't ever want to jeopardize employment and 2 - I find talking about most people's jobs boring anyway.  But I will just share this, long story short: on Friday the hubby went to work to find out the store he worked at was closing immediately and the owner is filing for bankruptcy.

No warning.  No idea how this happened.  Now really, really screwed - and coloring absolutely every thought I have in my head, so this Monday Five is going to be clearly slanted toward my current worries and fears.

If you want to play along, do the countdown at your blog and then post a link to your site in the Linky at the end of the post.  I could really, really use some links to cheer me up!

(If you don't have a blog, feel free to do your Monday Five in the comments!)

Five Things I'm Grateful For

1. We have a roof over our heads and heat.  Even if we can't pay other bills, we will find a way to make that one.

2. We have food for Nate.  We'll live on Ramen if we have to as long as he has what he needs.

3. My car is running (today, at least - who knows about any other day, but I am extremely, astoundingly grateful for every day that it runs).

4. Buster has been better than I expected him to be.  He hasn't been perfect, but better than expected is okay for now.

5. One of my coworkers is putting the hubby's resume in for a job at my school.  I don't know what his chance of getting the job (or an interview) is but I'm really grateful that someone is willing to put it in for me, outside the normal channels.

Four Things I Can't Stop Thinking About

1. Money (duh).  We are close to severely screwed right now and I pretty much have trouble breathing without worrying.

2. Nate developed a bit of a cold overnight and I'm really hoping 1 - it doesn't get worse and 2 - we don't end up with something.

3. If the hubby finds a full-time job, we need to figure out full-time daycare, which we are not ready for and possibly cannot afford.

4. Christmas.  Having zero money means trying to figure out how we're going to get a tree and pictures with Santa.  I really, really (REALLY) hate the idea of Nate's first Christmas not having a tree or a Santa picture.  It is breaking my heart.

Three Things I Want To Accomplish This Week

1. Make it through one day without crying.

2. Clean the floors.

3. No extraneous grocery spending.  Minor, minor essentials only.

Two Things I Am Working To Be Positive About

1. Geez.  Everything.

2. Christmas.

One Random Thing

1. I did have everything on hand in the house to be able to make two of The Pioneer Woman's chicken pot pies, so I have super yummy lunches to look forward to this week and didn't have to spend a dime for them.

What's going on with your five for today?

Comments

[Kyra]

Oh, I am thinking of you guys and hope that the perfect job appears very, very soon!
Listing.... http://www.whykyra.com/crouching/2010/12/06/teething-the-snow-in-downward-dog/

[Kyra]

Hopefully Nate's teeth stay in the smooth sailing department! I need to learn to stop saying "Oh, we're lucky she doesn't do this or does do this....". Ha ha. Those words tend to backfire!

And, yes, get on your mat! 45 minutes on it on Saturday made me feel like a new person.

[Stacey]

Sending lots of good vibes!

I hope I'm not out of line, but I know near us a lot of Christmas festivals do inexpensive and occasionally free if you bring your own camera photos with Santa so maybe you could do that. As for the tree, it just depends on what you want. They have very inexpensive fakes that are little but if you want a big one, and real, I'd say wait until the last minute, a lot of the tree lots are scrambling to get rid of ones about to be to far gone to sell and are willing to negotiate. All in all I'm glad you're able to focus on the good stuff, a warm roof and your family is all you really need. I hope times get better for you soon.

[Sarah]

Sending you lots of good vibes!
I too am worried about money this year....maternity leave and childcare is kicking my ass! I had a dream last night that all my teeth were falling out I'm so stressed!