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Again it's been a while. I'm going to bed soon, I promise myself.
I finally (with Jake's help) called and made an appointment for getting back on depression meds. I think I really freaking need it.
I discovered one thing that I've been missing and not doing for a few years now and it is listening to music. I used to have music playing all the time and I just don't anymore. I feel bad for Xander now cause his whole first year has been pretty quiet. I'm going to try and change that. Tonight I put on music finally and managed to actually get some stuff done. The house just feels different when there's music on in the background. I'm glad I found it.
I'm trying to get myself more organized. I got a tablet for my birthday. It's all super fancy. I downloaded an app from Mint.com to try and start a budget to get myself out of this debt and start saving money again. I ended up finding some credit card fraud for $675! From April. I've been so out of it and unorganized that I didn't even notice. It was the same time I paid for the roof replacement so when the credit card number jumped up I didn't really pay close attention since I knew it was supposed to go up by a bunch, but seriously. I didn't even notice! I really need to get my shit together. But, the tablet has now paid for itself and more by helping me find that (luckily the credit card took care of it for me, yay Chase!).
Jake and I are both working on decluttering. We don't want to have anything in 'storage'. We want everything we own to be something we use/enjoy. So we are going through all knick-knacks, clutter, things, etc. And if it's something to be displayed/used/can have a place, then we are keeping it, if not we are getting rid of it.
We had a yard sale today, but it was pretty slow. Jake ~hates~ yard sales. He also hates holding on to stuff. I feel like the yard sale was so crappy that we should go ahead and keep this stuff for the move and have another yard sale in Tucson. The duplex has a pretty great location for them. Plus, we are probably going to have more stuff to sell then anyway, after unpacking and finding more stuff to definitely get rid of. I know he wants to just throw this stuff away. This is hard for me to do since I know there is some value in these items. We'll see how that conversation goes. I'd like one more try at a yardsale in Tucson (I'm going to put some of these items up on Craigslist in the meantime), and then I'd be willing to donate to Goodwill or something. I'm not sure he's going to be down for that.
Jake's dad is always trying to buy more stuff for Xander, which is very sweet. But, we just don't want more crap in the house and Xander seems to do pretty well with the toys he has. But, Jake's dad just can't seem to understand that point. He feels like the baby is lacking something. I'm thinking that since I spend every evening picking up toys that have been strewn across my entire living room and kitchen, the baby has plenty.
His 1st birthday is soon and his party is next week. I'm totally all emotional about it. I can't believe it's been a year already. It's going so freaking fast. I adore him. I'm so glad that I did convince myself and make the plan happen to have this baby. And, he's so freaking cute! Here is a picture for my LJ friends to see my amazingly beautiful baby:
Ok, it's 2 pictures. One of him on his 'toy shelf' and then him crawling to me with his twisty tongue. So cute!
I finally (with Jake's help) called and made an appointment for getting back on depression meds. I think I really freaking need it.
I discovered one thing that I've been missing and not doing for a few years now and it is listening to music. I used to have music playing all the time and I just don't anymore. I feel bad for Xander now cause his whole first year has been pretty quiet. I'm going to try and change that. Tonight I put on music finally and managed to actually get some stuff done. The house just feels different when there's music on in the background. I'm glad I found it.
I'm trying to get myself more organized. I got a tablet for my birthday. It's all super fancy. I downloaded an app from Mint.com to try and start a budget to get myself out of this debt and start saving money again. I ended up finding some credit card fraud for $675! From April. I've been so out of it and unorganized that I didn't even notice. It was the same time I paid for the roof replacement so when the credit card number jumped up I didn't really pay close attention since I knew it was supposed to go up by a bunch, but seriously. I didn't even notice! I really need to get my shit together. But, the tablet has now paid for itself and more by helping me find that (luckily the credit card took care of it for me, yay Chase!).
Jake and I are both working on decluttering. We don't want to have anything in 'storage'. We want everything we own to be something we use/enjoy. So we are going through all knick-knacks, clutter, things, etc. And if it's something to be displayed/used/can have a place, then we are keeping it, if not we are getting rid of it.
We had a yard sale today, but it was pretty slow. Jake ~hates~ yard sales. He also hates holding on to stuff. I feel like the yard sale was so crappy that we should go ahead and keep this stuff for the move and have another yard sale in Tucson. The duplex has a pretty great location for them. Plus, we are probably going to have more stuff to sell then anyway, after unpacking and finding more stuff to definitely get rid of. I know he wants to just throw this stuff away. This is hard for me to do since I know there is some value in these items. We'll see how that conversation goes. I'd like one more try at a yardsale in Tucson (I'm going to put some of these items up on Craigslist in the meantime), and then I'd be willing to donate to Goodwill or something. I'm not sure he's going to be down for that.
Jake's dad is always trying to buy more stuff for Xander, which is very sweet. But, we just don't want more crap in the house and Xander seems to do pretty well with the toys he has. But, Jake's dad just can't seem to understand that point. He feels like the baby is lacking something. I'm thinking that since I spend every evening picking up toys that have been strewn across my entire living room and kitchen, the baby has plenty.
His 1st birthday is soon and his party is next week. I'm totally all emotional about it. I can't believe it's been a year already. It's going so freaking fast. I adore him. I'm so glad that I did convince myself and make the plan happen to have this baby. And, he's so freaking cute! Here is a picture for my LJ friends to see my amazingly beautiful baby:
Ok, it's 2 pictures. One of him on his 'toy shelf' and then him crawling to me with his twisty tongue. So cute!