It's been awhile...

Well, this time my blog is called "It's been awhile"...because well...it's been awhile for quite a few things in my life. Some are good and some aren't but it certainly has "been awhile" and now I think I have to make some changes. Some of the good actually runs into the bad...so I have to be careful to figure out what really is important and what I want to change.

I think that I have to face facts financially first of all. Although I have been furloughed for 9 months now and I'm still doing alright (thanks to my savings account) I will not be able to continue spending more for my bills than I'm earning for much longer. I cannot ignore this fact anymore and have to figure out exactly how long I have before I'll have to sell my house, rent out a room, get a second job, or see if there are other options. I'm going to sit down today and see exactly how much I earn compared to my bills and see if there's any other ways I can cut back so I take less out of my savings each month. It's obvious that I need to do this, but I've been putting it off due to the fact that I just don't want to see it on paper...so I'm putting it in writing so that I can't ignore it any longer.

One very good thing that has "been awhile" now is dating Michel and living in my very own home! I have known Michel for about 17 months now, and been dating seriously for just over 1 year! He is the most wonderful man I have ever known and I cannot believe how lucky I am to have him in my life - I don't remember ever being this happy before! My home is amazing too! I have lived here for 9 months now and never dreamed it would be so much fun to make your own home become what you want to be surrounded by! I am doing better than I ever have in my life as far as cleaning and organizing are concerned but still not quite up to where I want to be. I really enjoy taking care of my house and it should shine! Not because I want other people to be impressed, but because it just deserves to shine and show how grateful I am to live here and appreciate this chance to have a place like this. That said, I think it's time to take the first couple steps and get my financial situation written down and get shining my house today! I can get those things done and be on the path to make things even better than they are right now. Still have lots of things to deal with...but I just need to take one step at a time and I'll get there.