I really do try!

I’m back.  Things have been so crazy, they still are, but I’ve got to make an effort to write.  It keeps me sane!  Since I last posted, we have moved.  I was so nervous about breaking our lease in our old place, but it actually worked out perfect for everyone and there were renters in there before we ever moved completely out!  It’s SO nice having our OWN place.  It’s just me, K, and the kids.  Since my last entry we lost one of our furry family members.  Kaels old dog(darn near 18) passed away just before Christmas.  He’d been going downhill the last year and it finally caught up to him.  I didn’t think Kael would ever want another dog.  We still have our two labs, but we’ve also added a mini schnauzer.  I’ve become consumed with our local animal shelters and rescues and I started watching them and I seen this guy and fell him love with him.  He’s been a pain here and there, but he’s fitting right in.  We also currently have 2 foster dogs.  They one is an older guy and he was set up to have a new home, but it fell through as the guy was elderly and I was keeping the dog for him until he went through a surgery, well it sounds like he never recovered fully from the surgery so the dog is back up for adoption.  He’s such a sweetheart.  One of the most awesome dogs in the world.  He’s so smart, persistent, and we’ve debated keeping him, and it still breaks my heart to let him go seems how we’ve had him going on three months.  We also have a little heeler pup that surprisingly is a pretty well mannered pup.  It keeps us busy and on our toes, but I love helping out!  
I am no longer watching my cousins kids for extra money.  It just doesn’t work out when she just all of the sudden quit paying me.  I asked her the one time and she acted like she forgot and then I never seen anymore money.  I shouldn’t have to ask.  It was costing me so much money to do it because I’d feed them my food, I’d use my gas to drive 15 miles round trip to pick up her  one from school and it just frustrated me how violent the kids were towards my kids.  I finally had enough.  It’s been a bummer not having the extra money, but in the long run I wasn’t getting the money anyways. 
K and I have been doing ok.  We have our ups and downs.  He’s been offered a job that makes me nervous, it’s what he’s always wanted to do but I just don’t think it’s as stable as what he has now.  It makes me feel bad because I know how much it’s what he wants to do, but we’re finally on the right track to being debt free.  In three years we will hopefully have all our un needed debt paid off and hope to buy our own house soon after that.  I can’t update on everything that has gone on, but this is a start!  It feels good to be back and I hope to stick around!