Guess whos biz-ack?

Sorry for the mini hiatus again.

First and foremost, I will try and announce if I'm going to run away and hide under a rock/sleep through weeks/abandon anyone who reads this. I know its not nice to leave undeclared and for that, I apologize.

Secondly, it just got really quiet around here for a while because things were going as usual. Just standard. Nothing really to report back on. So I didn't think you'd want to read about the status quo. I was probably wrong.

Finance wise, things have a been a bit restructured as outlined before (I think?) and they are running smoothly for the start of December. We have made it through our first, new, larger mortgage payment and our new spending plan is in place. I've taken to using mint.com to aggregate our accounts so I can see them all in one place and it helps to check in on our three main mini budgets for the month, food, household, and gasoline. Along with my extensive forecast tool (read: homemade excel spreadsheet filled with formulas) we are all covered and we know where every penny makes its home.

I saw this studio in a post on Making it Lovely a long time ago and wished to do work for a living that would require a space like this.

Lastly, there are so many prayers for friends, family, and strangers swimming around my head...I just want all to know that I'm thinking of you, more than you know...but not in a creepy way.

P.S. thanks to V for the gift of a sewing machine, she has made my Christmas wishes come true!