Happy Wednesday Y'all
By Jordan Lader
@JordanLader (6595)
Sparta, Tennessee
    October 22, 2025 10:17am CST
                         
            I'm trying to make the days happy instead of just surviving so I figure I'll fake it till I make it lol. 
This is my last day working at Chris's for the week and mom will be going up to be with dad today. 
I've already figured out we're doing pizza tonight because I'll be going up to my grandmother's after work. I need to go through a few things and put some things up for sale. 
We had a talk about the two pieces of the house that are there permenantly. We're going to sell the mobile home part. There's a catch to that. Whoever buys it from us can't resell it. There's also a lot that will have to be done with it. Like the pipes and the floor but it'll be up to the people who buy it. We're giving the deal to a friend, her son is looking for a house to put on her land and it might be the perfect starter but that's if he wants it and wants to put the work in. 
The other part however, will be all mine. I'll be turning what used to be grams living room and her computer room into a library and a shop for me. It's bittersweet for me because Gram was always trying to help me get a library and now with some luck, I will be. 
I meet with a bankruptcy lawyer tomorrow which if this goes through, it will help so much. After we get the house taken care of, everything moved and set up...I want to start either adoption or fostering. I'm even considering IVF if that's a possibility. We'll see. 
There's so much that I want to add to the shop this weekend as well. Mom got me a beautiful eagle and flag mold that I'm dying to do. I finally posted the two pumpkin jars that I did. The Fire and EMS ones. I love how they turned out and I'm excited to do ones for the actual shop, these were gifts. 
I have a few orders to do as well. One shirt, one butterfly and a windspinner. I have a moon windspinner I want to do but I'll have to do the other stuff first lol. 
I didn't read last night but I did work on my puzzle. I can see progress now lol. It's not just a piece here and there anymore, I'm actually making connections now. 
As of now, mom is on her way up to dad and hopefully we get better news today. 
What is everyone else up to?
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         @celticeagle (181339)
 • Boise, Idaho
                    22 Oct
                    You have so much going on. I wish you luck with the fostering, adoption or IVF. Children can bring so much into our lives. I'm sure you will have a lot to give to a child. 
Hope you get some good news. 
Not much new here. Just keep on keeping on.
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                    @JordanLader (6595)
 • Sparta, Tennessee
                            22 Oct
                                    
                            I thought about slowing down at one point but then I'll start crying and I don't think I would stop so I keep moving and don't give myself time. At some point I will have to but right now I choose to just keep going. 
Having the house empty of the books and shop inventory will open up the extra room so that we'll pass an inspection. Things still have to fall into place though due to the cost of any of the above options.
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                            @celticeagle (181339)
 • Boise, Idaho
                            22 Oct
                                    
                            @JordanLader ........I certainly understand the keeping busy so you don't cry or get upset. We all come up against at some point and then we have a good cry. 
There's always the cost isn't there? Well, I hope it all comes out and gets where you want it to be.
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                             @snowy22315 (198254)
 • United States
                    22 Oct
                    Just the usual really...nothing out of the ordinary. You should take the time to get yourself financially stable before you consider something expensive like IVF or adoption. Fostering might be the best, as you can get an income from it, and a possible adoption if it works out.
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                    @JordanLader (6595)
 • Sparta, Tennessee
                            22 Oct
                                    
                            It won't be immediately, definitely not but it is something we've been wanting and it's just never been an option due to the cost.
                             @Deepizzaguy (115695)
 • Lake Charles, Louisiana
                    23 Oct
                    I am working on sharing news stories and completing surveys,
                     @LindaOHio (205102)
 • United States
                    23 Oct
                    Such exciting news about a possible child.  I wish you all the luck with that.  Not too much going on here.  It's been raining nonstop for hours.
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