3 weeks left

We only have 3 weeks from Tuesday before we're packing up in the cars and U-Haul and leaving Southern CA for good. I can't wait to get back to work (still need to call and see if the store in Roseville is hiring) and bring in some income for our family. I pray that Ian can find something that will also help bring in income, will be steady and hopefully day-time hours, and that he'll get into school soon. He knows what he wants to study, it's just a matter of getting the funding and then getting started. He wants to study web design and major in computer science. It's something that he's good at and he enjoys doing. Why not make a living out of it? His dream is to have me stay home with the kids and live comfortably.

Other than knowing where we want to go with our life, we've been trying to hang on here. Ian is only working one night a week for 4 hours helping his brother Shane. His paychecks aren't much so we've been having to push back credit card payments, car loan payments, car insurance, cell phone, etc. We've been able to pay some credit cards but it all depends on how much the minimum payment is. I've been able to check both our credit scores for free without doing it as an inquiry (thankfully) and my score was a shock to me. It was A LOT lower than what it needs to be (i've closed 2 credit cards in the last year), so when we are living on our own and more stable financially, that will be my goal. If we want to be able to get a 2nd car so we can have more kids, and move into a house to have more kids, then my credit score needs to be higher. Ian's on the other hand is actually not too shabby, though it too could use some work.

We've been looking at places to live and we've found 2 complexes that we like in Roseville. Now we're just waiting to see if they're in a safe neighborhood, and go from there. Of course we're only halfway there financially too, so it's not the only thing we need to work on. Maybe if we get lucky we could rent a house. But then again, who's dreaming???

Enjoy some pictures of McKenna taken this week. She would've been 4 weeks old (turned a month old today, though).


Hmmmm, what to do next????

Let me tell you, Mommy......