I recently returned from a wonderful trip away with my husband. We went to Las Vegas for 5 days. He had a conference and I tagged along... My mom took care of the baby so we could go "kidless." It was a nice time away and we had plenty of time to spend together. He took me to see all the things I really wanted to see and I ventured out during the day and scoped things out that were important to me.
Next week we will depart for Florida to see my in-laws. It will be a long trip with a dog and baby, but its much less expensive than flying and boarding the dog. Next week I'll have to clean the house so we come home to a clean house and pack up for our trip. I'm excited yet nervous about the trip.
On a completely different note, I have found that I'm doing much better on our grocery bill now that I have found Aldi. I have shopped at Aldi for the past couple of weeks and have saved quite a bit of money. We still have to go to Walmart and Giant to do some of the shopping but I have found that I can get quite a bit at Aldi.
I've also been doing much better with my cooking. For a while, I slipped out of cooking and found we were spending too much money on food, so I started cooking again. I've made dinner every night since we've been home from Vegas and I dont see us going out again until we leave for FL. I'm enjoying providing a hot meal for my husband when he gets home from work. It lets him know I appreciate his work efforts enough to take the time to make him a hot meal.
I also have been trying really hard to keep the house really clean. Its nice because when I have visitors, I dont have to worry about the house being a mess, but its also hard because the baby is taking up a ton of my time. I always think its more important to spend time with your kids than to have a spotless house, but I'm trying to have both if I can :)
"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." (Ephesians 2:10)
