Isn't it funny...

... how life doesn't always go the way you want it to, but somehow it still ends up working.

My reformed Shopoholic hat has been getting a lot of wear these days. Louis and I sat down and made a budget for the first time in our almost 15 year relationship. We see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it means that we are going to be living pretty frugally for the first time ever. Still, when all is said and done, this time two years from now, we will have only a house payment and a student loan payment, in addition to our monthly bills.

All of this came about becauses Louis was offered a day position, which is something that we both agree we need for our family, but due to the choices we made in the past, the loss of income would have been too hard for us to make up. So, he has to turn it down. I will be honest, I cried. I cried because he works so hard and he spends so much time with us that I know he is burning the candle at both ends. I cried because I get lonely at night when the kids go to bed. And I cried because I am so tired of living seperate lives. So we made a plan to get out of this situation once and for all.

And you know what... it feels great. If we didn't do this now, there is no way we could put our kids in private school (Louis and I still disagree on the terms, but as a product of public schools, catholic schools are private schools). We will be out from under the leacherous banks that have been siphoning off the dignity of the American public. (Netflix has the best documentaries ever!) But what's even greater is that I have a hand in making all this happen, and that we created our plan together. And it's just going to keep getting better!! (oh, and it's going to be hard, but like anything worth doing, it's time to do it right!)