mamabear
01-04-2008, 08:20 AM
I like to post here because it gives me a bit of accountability. As hard as it is to walk away when everyone's posting so much, I'm going to limit my time here to afternoons/evenings/weekends when I give myself time "off" from work.
My "steady and unglamorous" writing job has started; I got my first assignment yesterday. :cuc: I get a sign-up bonus when I hand this in, which is nice.
My income went up in December and we're already seeing the positive benefits of that in the budget. :) Exciting things are afoot, mamas! I can't wait to really be able to sock away several hundred bucks per pay period...I did it this pay period for the first time! :cuc:
So, it's to work for me. Dh is getting really excited about getting our little farm off the ground this Spring. So am I. I am even thinking about growing enough veggies for a farmer's market stall, with our eggs and maybe some felted soaps that Katie makes (she has a real talent for design and art and loves to make felted soaps). She is really into the idea of crafting and selling items - she's made a few for my mom that she sold at a craft fair in Florida, and she's excited about having her own little business.
With visions of more chickens, some Highland cattle, and maybe even some sheep in my head - but most of all a big fat savings account and our car loan and HEL paid off - I'm off to work!
(Oh and if you have positive vibes and thoughts to spare...please think of me in the next week. I have only posted "teasers" about it but I went in for an interview for a PT mostly-WAH job last month...should hear any day...and between that and my steady writing gig we'd be more than on our feet financially...add to that me doing the writing I love on the side and farming and working on the farm-to-school project, and you have a recipe for a very happily engaged, if incredibly busy, mama.)
ETA - I should throw in a quickie Lyme update. Dh and I are getting MUCH better on antibiotics with some supportive supplements thrown in. Dh is off of gluten and may have celiac disease; he's having some pretty severe reactions, but it is hard to tell what is Lyme and what might be something else. For now, GF it is. I even rowed for 5 min yesterday...my muscle weakness is getting less and less and I think it might be yeast-related, at least partly. I feel like we're on the upswing, anyway!
My "steady and unglamorous" writing job has started; I got my first assignment yesterday. :cuc: I get a sign-up bonus when I hand this in, which is nice.
My income went up in December and we're already seeing the positive benefits of that in the budget. :) Exciting things are afoot, mamas! I can't wait to really be able to sock away several hundred bucks per pay period...I did it this pay period for the first time! :cuc:
So, it's to work for me. Dh is getting really excited about getting our little farm off the ground this Spring. So am I. I am even thinking about growing enough veggies for a farmer's market stall, with our eggs and maybe some felted soaps that Katie makes (she has a real talent for design and art and loves to make felted soaps). She is really into the idea of crafting and selling items - she's made a few for my mom that she sold at a craft fair in Florida, and she's excited about having her own little business.
With visions of more chickens, some Highland cattle, and maybe even some sheep in my head - but most of all a big fat savings account and our car loan and HEL paid off - I'm off to work!
(Oh and if you have positive vibes and thoughts to spare...please think of me in the next week. I have only posted "teasers" about it but I went in for an interview for a PT mostly-WAH job last month...should hear any day...and between that and my steady writing gig we'd be more than on our feet financially...add to that me doing the writing I love on the side and farming and working on the farm-to-school project, and you have a recipe for a very happily engaged, if incredibly busy, mama.)
ETA - I should throw in a quickie Lyme update. Dh and I are getting MUCH better on antibiotics with some supportive supplements thrown in. Dh is off of gluten and may have celiac disease; he's having some pretty severe reactions, but it is hard to tell what is Lyme and what might be something else. For now, GF it is. I even rowed for 5 min yesterday...my muscle weakness is getting less and less and I think it might be yeast-related, at least partly. I feel like we're on the upswing, anyway!