Grown-up talk

Hey there friends and family,

I just thought I'd take a moment and share something besides photos.  Just a quick update on me and Matt.

We've been in our "new house" for about 6 months now...the time has flown by!  We're adjusting to the drop in liquid spending cash (since our mortgage more than doubled!!!).  It's eye-opening to learn how much we DON'T actually need!  Just today we had Solar Panels installed as a way of saving some money.  If any of you know my husband you might be confused with the solar panel thing....but hey, if it saves us several hundred a month, with no initial investment then we're all for it!!! 

Matt likes his new job.  It keeps him much busier than either of us would prefer, but it sure beats having no job!  He likes what he does and who he works with, and he is very good at what he does.  He says it's the most mentally draining job he's ever had. 

I'm adjusting to more than I bargained for....I doubled the kid count and the square-footage to clean at the same time!  Even almost 6 months after giving birth I still feel like I have more hours in the day than I have energy for.  And I still find myself daydreaming about all the changes (mostly cosmetic) that I'd like to do to this house but I have neither the money nor the energy to complete. 

Speaking of changes, I did start a cabinet transformation in our downstairs bathroom using a leftover Rustoleum kit from a project in our last house. Nothing terribly exciting...but it'll freshen up that bathroom in a big way.  Plus it was Free!

Today I signed up to be a Thirty-One Gifts consultant.  I'm going to keep my Mary Kay business because I want to keep the discount, but I intend to make Thirty-One my money-making business.  I wanted something new and simple...and Thirty-One is where I ended up!!!  I'm very excited and a little nervous...just the right combination :-)

Sometimes it feels like we're just treading water trying to keep our heads above the surface so we can breathe.  Last week we were all sick so the house fell to complete dis-array and this week we're playing catch-up.  Yesterday's energy was spent grocery shopping and today I picked up the house.  Tomorrow will hopefully be spent cleaning the house, but i probably just jinxed myself and it'll never get clean.  I try to spend most of my energy on my kids...and I think I do a pretty good job raising them :-) I try to remind myself that a messy house and an empty fridge really aren't as important and as the mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, and educational growth of my family. 

And that's about as deep as I get folks!  Thanks for tuning in!