As you can imagine, things have been really crazy for us the last month and a half. Everything is starting to settle down now. We have been home with the family 5 out of the last 6 weekends. While Zachary and I really love visiting with them, it's also nice to stay home some on the weekends. You know how it is, you go away and then you get behind on everything else, like laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping, mail and so on. So we are staying home this weekend and I've already set some goals. I really need to finish painting my bathroom so I'm going to do that this weekend and then I'll be able to take the tape off of the trim. I'm excited!!! This has been a work in progress that I just haven't been able to finish. So once I'm done, I'll post a picture of the final product.
I'm also on a mission to clean the house and catch up on all of my laundry this weekend. That will take several hours but I figure I can knock most of it out while Zachary is napping. That is, if I can keep myself from napping with him. Stay tuned on how that works for me.
I guess the other big thing that I've been focused on the last few weeks is setting up my cash flow spreadsheet (I prefer this to "budget"). I set up this awesome excel spreadsheet and I am tracking every dollar I spend. I love excel because all I have to do is insert the information one time, plug in the formulas and it does everything else. It's amazing how much money you can go through and have NO idea where it all went. Now, for the first time in maybe forever, I know where all of my money is going. The credit cards have been shredded (except for one emergency card) and I'm on a mission to get out of debt. I have been trying to ignore this for the past year. The adoption expenses, as a lot of you know, can put a real hurting on the finances. So I have been plowing along trying to ignore the fact that I'm in all of this debt while continuing to charge. I'm happy to report that this is NO longer happening. I have more control over my money than I ever have. I have found all kinds of unique ways to save money, aside from my coupon obsession. It's amazing how little cuts here and there can really add up. Oh and there is a light at the end of the long tunnel for those of us who have adopted. I'm holding out for the tax refund that I'm getting this year. Every penny of it is going to pay debt down. My accountant is working on them now so I should have them out the door by early next week. I'm excited to say the least. ;-))
Zachary is doing great! He's getting so tall! He's also doing very well in school. His language skills are really starting to develop. He can tell you what the cow says, the duck, the cat and the dog. We are working on numbers too and still working on the alphabet. This weekend I'm planning to spend a lot of time working with him (and playing of course). I also want to get outside and let him run around. He is SUCH an outdoors baby!
Zachary's asthma is under control. He still has a slight cough but it's getting better. We went back to the doctor this past Monday and they cut his breathing treatments down to one per day. Can I get a "GLORY HALLELUJIAH"!!! So now we do one breathing treatment at night that takes 5-7 minutes to complete. Life is much easier now!
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! Hugs...
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