Under attack and fighting back!!

This summer has been the most hectic of my life. two garage sales ( from hell)or at least it felt like it as the weather was over 100. Needless to say we were frying in the shade and the few people who came deserved medals for going out into the heat. We didn't do to bad considering but it was not worth the exhaustion and the hours of sweat setting things up. Maybe made 25 cents an hour. Was so needing the relaxation of the trip to the beach with my son Jason and his in laws and our 3 wonderful grandchildren. with the parents and 2 sets of grandparents it was wonderful. And we made great strides in winning over our youngest granddaughter. THEN WE CAME HOME! My mothers cat had run away when my daughter brought her a new Yorkie dog that chased Muffin out of the house and yard. It had been two weeks when we left and I kept telling her it would come back, but it didn't and was still gone when we got home. my mom was crying and telling me the awful story of her leaving every time I talked to her. My Mom is 83 and she kept saying she wanted to die it was so hot and muffin was gone. then she became jealous of new friends I made in my book store. as she felt they took time that should be hers. I tried to tell her people visited during shop hours, but she wouldn't listen. More pressure, then my hard drive decided to die on my computer and my book sale was not very profitable. I was feeling lucky to pay for the ad. I did pay for it again the second day. God is good. You may think this is stupid of me, but the straw that knocked me to my knees was the knob on my honey pot. I bought it at a garage sale and it matched my kitchen perfectly. I loved it and it made me feel blessed by God every time I looked at it as He has constantly through the years given me things that I wanted or needed. Anyway this particular morning I lifted the lid off and set it aside to use some honey and the knob fell off. IT JUST FELL OFF!!! I felt like I would cry. Anyway, After 2 years free of anxiety and depression, I felt the beginnings of the dreaded tightness in my chest and the sinking feeling. So I prayed harder and had a talk with God and began to send the devil back to the trenches . I will get some super glue and Oh joy my Moms cat came home. My books are cleared away and My partner, God, has given some new instructions that promise to bring in many more customers.
My book has sold 5 copies on line and 4 in my shop. I am going to put it in an on line auction and see what happens. It is also available from this sight and from my publishers sight, BoHo books. I am very proud of the book and the illustrator, so I entered the book in the MOONBEAM 1st time author and first time illustrator awards contest. We may not win but It is exciting just the same. I know the Lord had so much to do with the book so maybe we will do well. Why not!!
While on vacation I did get 6 pages on my teen novel written. It was hard with all the grand kids around and it took second place to cuddling the wee ones.
OH, I could use some devine intervention. Before my computer hard drive went down, I was having trouble with the different programs. one was putting pictures on cd's. If I can't recover at least my pictures I will have lost the last two vacations and some birthday parties of my grand kids. So please pray. It is the worst of the worst. Thanks for checking out my blog I will try to write more when the computer comes back this is difficult with this tiny one hooked up to the big screen.