In less than a week, we will be saying "goodbye" to 2009 and "hello" to 2010. I have to say that I'm actually happy to see it go. Its been a long and partly bad year and hope that 2010 can be a change for us. I wanted that to happen this year but it just kept getting bad.
Lets start with the lady who lived across the street backed up in my truck in April. It took $250 out of our pocket for the deductible and we still haven't seen it. Probably never see it since the collections department will have to take out interest and other things. Since then we have been $250 short every paycheck.
We (or Andrew) have been on a compulsive buying spree. He purchased a motorcycle this year which I am happy for since he's always wanted one but course here at the end of the year it is hurting us. Hopefully next year we can use it for more use than we are now.
June was rough on us because Andrew was let go of BlueCross BlueShield and he was trying to find another job. It was begin of the resession where it was hard to find jobs. I was wondering if we were going to be filing bankruptcy anytime soon.
The end of June was a bad part of the year for me. I lost a very special love one to me, my friend, grandma. We still question what happened that made her fall so quickly but in the long run she is not suffering so much. I still miss her even though I really haven't grieved for her. I don't think she wants me to but I hope she hears me when I tell her I love her and miss her so much.
Course before grandma went, we heard a sign of good news. Andrew got the call from the State of Texas to be a correctional officer. I was happy because he would be getting twice as much as he was from BCBS and hoped he would like it. 6 weeks later he graduated and was showing signs he enjoyed his new career. He is currently working out in Colorado City, TX in the Ware unit and enjoys the people he works with and what he does.
Another good sign was in the fall when we found out we are expecting our first child. I was mostly upset that my grandmother wasn't here to enjoy this with me but spiritally she is watching. Who knows, maye she was the one who helped us with the blessing of a child. I just hope she continues to watch over us and allows us to have a healthy child.
Now of course we decided to get rid of our Scion and put $1000 down for a Jeep Liberty. This was a bad idea as we then ended up being really short on bills and tried desperatly to catch up. Thanks to our Christmas money from Granny Clayton, it has helped us catch up closer where we are almost in the black. If my brother is serious about buying our TV and taking over payments on the Jeep, we should be back up where we were and this will help us prepare more for the child.
Now, this is what I can remember for this year but course I live for the future. I want to meet our little bundle of joy and can't wait to get our family started. I'm still on the lookout for a career and still leaning towards the Air Force but I do not want to take Andrew away from where he enjoys working. Its like I'm stuck inbetween even if Andrew says he does not mind what I do. I just want to support my family and being able to offer our child (and future children) things we were not able to enjoy. Want to be able to travel more as a family and be not only financially stable but have the stability as a family.
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and have a great New Year's. I hope to keep up on my blogging in the future. If not, leave me a message on facebook to tell me to update.
