rant...

Begin rant.

It's hard to stay positive when your husband stresses about money. First we bought our plane tickets, which put us back to the beginning of step 2. then we had a flat tire, which we had to pay for out of our 'emergency fund'. Doing so brought us back to step one, although we should be able to pay it back today. Then we realized that in order to keep our dogs in the kennel while we're gone, it will cost us about 500$ plus the cost for the vaccines. Elijah's not sure where the money is going to come from. I think as long as we stick to our budget this month, it's do-able. On top of all of that, we had a very heavy rain storm last night, and we discovered that a good number of our windows leak...badly. So now he's stressing about how much it will be to replace all the windows next year, when we had only planned on replacing the bay window and the sliding door to the deck. Not that he's had a chance to see why the water is coming in or how much it will cost. It could be an easy fix, or it could set our financial goals back ALOT. Instead of saving for a van once we're out of debt, we'd be saving for new windows. To add more to the pot, Katie hasn't been going to sleep well lately, which means we have no couple time. Cold lake decided that it wanted to be humid this year, so it's really hot in our house. AND I have a cold AGAIN. Having a cold that keeps you up half the night coughing sucks, especially when you can't take meds for it. Okay.

End rant

On a good note, Elijah should be let off early today :) and it's a long weekend. We're going to the cabins with Nick, Josee and their little girl Laurence. They're french, but seem like the kind of people that are content just hanging out  and playing cards and stuff. It should be a fun, relaxing weekend. We went there last summer shortly after Katie was born with some other friends, which was pretty fun :) So I'm looking forward to going there again.

on an awesome note, I passed my french level 5 with a 87% overall ( the highest mark was 88%). Level 6, the last level, starts in September and should end a few weeks before baby number 2 is due. After that, I might try for my grade 12 french, which I never did. Just to say that i did it.

OH and Karen and Paul had a baby girl yesterday! Her name is Nora and she is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I couldn't be happier for them.