Pearls & Peridots

Currently reading…

Dave and I have never been financially savvy or even all that financially responsible to be honest – and I guess as we reach 30 and our kids all head off to school, we’re reaching the point where we’d like to start getting ahead. With two incomes and no day care come September, its time to get serious about how we handle our money and get ourselves out of debt so we can buy a house. We currently have about $65K in debt and our goal is to get that paid of in 3-4 years.  So – like everything I decided to learn – I have been reading and this week I picked up a copy of MoneySense magazine. It’s a great magazine and this particular issue is their 10th anniversary issue so they had a special feature talking about typical financial decades (the 20s, 30s, etc). It was reassuring to hear that most people spend their 20s spending money unwisely  – but the problem is that most people are nearing the end of their 20s when they start building a family and are starting to be more responsible financially by the time they have children. Since Dave and I started at 18/19 we’re kind of a mix of the average 20s and 30s.  More expenses and responsibilities then the average 20 something year old – but without any more financial smarts or experience.

Messy right? But we’re fixing that lol…..

Currently Frustrated By…

My weight!! I have been doing a pretty good job of losing weight this year – I lost 30 lbs from Jan-April and then hit a plateau. That is until the week of our anniversary when I put on 10 lbs!! I have managed to lose only 2 of those 10 lbs since then and it is driving me nuts. No matter how hard I tried, the weight just seems to want to hang on! AAAAAAAA

Currently Working On…

I have been working on scrapbook pages from the pictures of our anniversary celebration. I took up digital scrapbooking recently (less mess, less cost) and so I have been creating digital pages. You can see finished ones on facebook but here are a few of my favorites:

Currently Anticipating: Niece/Nephew #9

Right now we’re sitting at home waiting for a phone call. My sister in law is pregnant and due in 4 weeks. We had a family dinner at Mom & Dad’s today and she was having some strange pains. She’s had complications in the past so they decided to go in and make sure the baby was okay. Well – baby was fine and mommy was 5 centimetres dilated! That was at 7, so now we’re just waiting for the phone call letting us know baby is here – and praying for a healthy little one:)

Currently Craving: SLURPEES

This is Steinbach after all….

Currently Proud Of: My Little Girls

Sports season is coming to an end, at least for the kids. Baseball season for Dave and I goes until September. Anyway – this weekend was Ariel’s final soccer tournament. Ariel’s team played 4 games, winning by a landslide and took home the gold medal which is the perfect end to a perfect winning season.

Rayelle had her Baseball Jamboree which is a special event they run at the end of the season for the youngest teams where they get to play a game and show off their throwing, hitting and running skills in some fun relays.

There was a blog I used to read that did a weekly post showcasing some of the stuff the writer was currently into that week. I loved it – it’s a tiny peak into someones life and it’s also a simple way to let you guys know what I’m up to and where my mind is at. So here you go:

Currently Reading: Can You Hear Me? by Brad Jersak

I haven’t started this book yet – I just bored it from Dave’s mom on Thursday so I am looking forward to getting into it this week.

Currently Watching: The Listener

The Listener is a new show on CTV Wednesday nights. It’s about a paramedic who can hear people’s thoughts and the first episodes were really good.

Currently Enjoying: BASEBALL!!

I love this time of year when the weather is starting to warm up (sort of) and baseball season starts. Today we played at the church picnic and last week we had our first church league games. It looks like we’ve got a pretty decent team this week.

Currently Indulging In: Canadian Scrapbooker!

Since returning to work – I haven’t done a lot of paper scrapbooking. I just don’t have the time to get everything out, scrapbook and then clean everything up. So I have been digitally scrapbooking instead – the only thing I have to take out is my computer and clean up involves a simple power button lol. Anyway – this week I indulged in the latest issue of Canadian Scrapbooker – I love taking the traditional paper scraping ideas and translating them into digital pages. It’s my stress relief.

Currently Prayer For: Uncle Brent’s Family

The top of my prayer list this week is Aunty Carla, Grandma & Grandpa Wallcraft, Mom and the rest of the family as they deal with the loss of Uncle Brent.