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Sorry, I got busy at work yesterday...Well Im holding down the fort this mornin. I kinda wish it would stay this way. Its quiet. I think I may have to quit caffeine in the mornings. I think it may be contributing to my AM anxiety  and depression. Unless its normal to be slightly depressed in the morning? If I am at home I dont get it because I think I am kept too busy with Peepers to notice. But at work when its just me then I think I may have too little distraction and then I start to notice. Either that or I am just freakin tired. I need to go to bed earlier. I always say I would love a day to sleep in - but then that means I wake up at 9am. That is not really sleeping in to someone who used to spend until 4pm on  a saturday sleeping. (keep in mind that was elementary through middle school...and some highschool)

I wish Pandora would play the music I like. Some days they are spot on...other days like today they tend to get "creative" with crappy songs.

Well today is Thursday - 1st paycheck on the new payroll - Im official now. (hired, that is...) Didnt get much since it was only for a week - I started mid payroll cycle. Next check should be better :) My goal this year is that I wind up with a raise at my 6 month review.

Z and I are starting to put the plans together for a European excursion. We would like an entire month there, but I have a feeling we may have 2 weeks max. But if the latter is true then we will just have to take multiple trips. We have yet to figure out a starting point - we only came up with this 2 days ago.

Today is such a pajama day. I have no want to get dressed today - even though I did. Unfortunatly I have to look alive at work since I man the front desk.

This year I am getting our finances in order. I am re-starting up quickbooks and will be running our personal finances like a business again. Worked so well before. We had our own business years ago so I was already on QB and just decided to do ours. And then we moved, I got prego, and gave a valiant try at it again in 2009, but the events of that year really prevented me from caring. So I stopped. THIS year, however is going to be different. We are in a new place, a bigger place, I have room for organizing and I am going to be a millionaire in 30 years so I need to start keeping track of things and start actually using my budget. I am going to do this. Plus if were supposed to go to Europe I need to make sure we are actually saving something.

I am excited about this year. It is going to be a good one. I am also putting everything I get from the Theater in savings as well so that will be nice to actually have a savings account that has somehting in it.

I am so thankful that I have a job - so thankful that it is one I like too! The Lord really does provide - He's shown me that too many times to count and it makes me really happy that I am not alone in any of my ordeals or situations. I am so totally blessed. <3

Z was having a bad day the other day and went to go see a movie - I had a bad day and a horrible rehearsal so I was in a horrendous mood that night...I think it was Tuesday?? NOTHING had gone how I wanted it to, I was  waaaaaayy PMS-y and nothing got done. Anywho - I was fairly beside myself so I picked up my scriptures (1st time in months...i need to get better at it, I know..) and decided to read Proverbs 3, since it was the 2rd day of the month. (did you know there is a proverb for every day of the month?? proverbs only go to 31..)  I started reading and then hit verses 5-7:


5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7Be not wise in thine own eyes:


I have read this proverb many times in my life and only this past Tuesday did those 3 verses really hit home. I immediately felt better - still didnt change the fact that I had a horrible day, but it softened it to the point where I was ok with it and that I would start over again tomorrow. It is nice to have a manual for life. Sure does help.

Peepers is starting in on his new-found independence. We are starting to fight everything. Its his way or the highway. (the highway being time-out.) I know it is normal for this age, however I am loving the person who invented sending kids to their rooms for "quiet time". Love that kid to death but have no clue why he thinks that kicking walls and doors when he doesnt get his way accomplishes something.

Alright - on to work. Bye!