life

well mine and brents life. we bought a rental unit so we are looking at how we can effectevly rent that out and make the most money. brent starts his second job (maintenance man) october first. sounds awesome a second job, but it is only a couple hours a week just doing maintenance at an old folks manor.
i am busy trying to organize, it isnt going well. but i reorganized brias clothes in bins, sothat helped. i am trying to get my scrapbook area all set up upstairs so i have a designated area for it.

i am also starting to think about christmas and the 24 plus presents i need to buy for it. ugh christmas is way too draining onthe pocket book, it makes it not even fun that way...i love buying people presents, i do, but dang!!!!!!!!!!!

Baby Belly

so i am now over half way to meeting this baby! since they will probably either induce about one week early or do a scheduled c-sec one week early i technically have less then 19 weeks left!! woohoo! i am definetly showing now no hiding it really. got the flu shot and really the only complaint i have right now concerning pregnancy is my HORRIBLE HORRIBLE back pain. at night lower back pain, not sciatic but back spasms all over in my lower back. cant handle it, need to search for a new pillow this weekend and hopefully can relieve some of that stress...

dont have another appt for a while yet. dont really have anything for this new baby. bought a double stroller, and bought one outfit, that is it. better start making a list!!

Bria

well bria is everywhere lately. talking up a storm every day it seems she is saying a new word. some of the words she says but doesnt really say on command is bye, dad, mom, papa, brush teeth (brush eeeeee) hi, puppy (pup pup), bria (she hasnt said this one in awhile) and we are working on others. there are more to the list too, but i cant remember them all right now. she jibber jabbers all day so it is hard to tell. she also loves stairs and having you "get her" she sleeps through the night and is only taking one nap a day...my baby is growing up sooo fast! she also loves babies!! there is one at daycare and she loves her!! shoudl be interesting when this baby comes!

budgeting update!

Hello! i know kim wanted some more updates and posts on everything I had promised so here you go!
Budgeting. going alright, paid off one credit card! woop! then bought a double stroller. but at least that gets paid off fast with just that on there. Now on to our last credit card! it is nice to have one bill out of the way and done with. grocery shopping has been going well too. i really hav been chceking ads and checking out blogs on the internet with discounts and free deals etc. i have now received 3? candy bars for free just for signing up...no i dont get spam mail from it. not that my waistline needs free candy, but still :) it pays sometimes to check out some discount sites!
I am also working on getting money in savings, well more money in savings. the financial experts say to have 3-6 months of income saved just in case. so taht is my goal. but that is a large number, so i am making small goal to get to that goal. hopefully this all happens in stride.

also i did take some clothes into a consignment store to try and get some money, they sell them and i get a percentage of that, so come spring i will check on that and see how much money i will get...hopefully LOTS!!

Baby, we are moving on up!

Sorry I havent posted in a long time. My officemate who also happens to be my boss and the only other person in my department at work had a SURPRISE quadruple bypass and has been out so i got his work and my own, was working from home a lot too. so nice overtime to go in comp time for maternity leave, but otherwise it stinks!! he is working from home now a bit, so it is taking a bit of the work off of me, so that is good. but i desperately need s mental health day when he is back full time in the office.

had a doctor appt yesterday, went well had an ultrasound too, i am 18 weeks along, we were SOOO close to finding out if this baby is a boy or a girl, but didnt....heartbeat was 140-150 range. i cant believe i am almost half way done already! so much left to do!!

Bria is talking up a storm, her new words are bye bye, puppy (pup pup) and i think she said thank you just the other day. she is also become a climber so you have to be very careful with her now.

me and brent are busy like normal. he got a job as a caretaker of a place in town, so a little extra money coming in and it keeps him busier, but really it isnt much more work then what he does now.

This weekend i get to go to Mary Poppins with my mom, sister and sister in law, should be fun!!

Okay i better get back to work!