Trying to keep up...

I am trying to keep with my resolutions (resolution #1- blog more often). Really I am. I hate blogging without a picture, but if I wait until that is going to happen too much time goes by so here is our pitiful update sans photo.

Life continues here in Arlington. Too much rain makes me very much miss Ephrata although they have had lots of snow and cold that I don't really miss. I am working quite a bit- now 3 days a week and sometimes 4. A little more than I really would like but I am thankful for the plentiful work and the fact that I do enjoy my job. I work in this tiny little office with three other wonderful women (I said I would never work for a woman dentist again, but I had to eat my words here...) and actually look forward to going to work. And I do believe that it makes me appreciate my time at home more. I have to really manage my time well and still don't get everything done that I want to. I get up super early to get a work out in (resolution #2- lose 15 pounds...ya...exercise happening, but stress eating still also happening...bleh) and often stay up too late to get things done after the kids are in bed. It all takes a lot of planning and list writing for myself and for my dear husband to get things done for me during the day. We are praying for the day that Justin has a job again and we can feel like I can possibly cut back a bit. But right now I am just counting my blessings that one of us has steady income.

Justin has been dabbling in quite a few things lately. He enjoys woodworking and has been trying a few projects out with that. He has been working FIERCELY on our taxes and it looks like we may actually get a meager return after all. Going from owing $4000 to getting $300 back is looking mighty fine about now. Since we are "self employed" working for my dad, it kinda bit us big and we had to scrimp and pinch to find deductions. Very time consuming but hopefully worth it in the end. He has decided to take over the checkbook which has been my duty for quite some time now. I am thrilled about this. He has started a blog although it has been a good week or so since there has been a post. He is an incredible writer and I wish that he would pursue that a bit more especially with the more free time that he has currently.

I must give a shout out to our glorious nanny, Ashley. We love Ashley. It makes my going to work as much as I am all the better because she comes to the house to care for the kids. She takes them to the park or the walking trail, to the library or the children's museum. Just yesterday they went all the way to the temple to walk around and take pictures and then out to lunch. At least my kids are making it to the temple more (resolution #3- although I have to give kudos to Justin for going to the stake priesthood session early last Saturday). She is an amazing, beautiful young woman and we are so blessed to have her in our home.

Well, I best be getting to bed. I will go crawl in and grab my Jodi Piccoult novel that I have started (resolution #4). I am not quite sucked in yet, but if it is like her other novels it won't be long. At the same time, it will probably be a page and a half and I will be asleep ;)

I promise, pictures next time!