I know.  You don’t have to remind me how slack I’ve been.  I realize I haven’t posted in 2 weeks, but things have been busy around here as usual.  I’ve been doing the typical mommy stuff, running Elliana to the doctor for her 4 month wellness exam.  I posted the results of that checkup here just in case you’re a family member who hasn’t stumbled upon that post yet.

We’ve had some beautiful Spring-like weather, so we’ve spent as much time as we can outside.  That weather has disappeared again today for what I’m hoping is our last snow storm of the year.  At least the bad weather is giving me a chance to catch up on some of the cleaning I haven’t done during the nice weather.  I’m going to start by sorting the mail while Hubby and I watch a movie together during Ellie’s nap. I’m tired of seeing the pamphlet laying on the top of the stack telling me I need to start thinking about funeral planning. I know things like that should be planned out in advance in case anything ever happens, but I just don’t want to think about it right now.

Anywho, this has definitely been a very wet winter, and we’ve seen more snow that usual.  I’m not complaining as I love snow, but it has caused Hubby to miss quite a bit of work.  It will be nice when Spring arrives, and he can start getting full paychecks again.  We’ve been struggling a little, but we’ll be able to start building the savings again come Spring.

Of course, our tax check will help with that, too.   We did our taxes Friday, and I was totally shocked at what we’re getting back.  I did factor in the fact that we have a dependent now, but it’s still way more than expected.  I was hoping we’d break even since we normally pay in a couple thousand and maybe have a few hundred to catch bills up.  To my surprise I’ll be throwing a large chunk in savings, finally replacing my broken stove top, taking care of bills, and I’ll still have enough to get some decent flooring down before Ellie starts to crawl.

The floors have been a major concern for me because I feel like our old floors are icky.  Then again this entire house is covered with old linoleum from the 70s, and no matter how much you clean the floors they don’t look clean.  I didn’t want Ellie crawling around on that.  Lowe’s has some laminate hardwood exactly like I want on sale right now for .78/sq ft, so I’m not passing that up!