Busy Busy

We have had a crazy couple of weeks which is why I haven't had time to blog. April and May is always a busy time for us.
Last weekend we went to see Medieval Times in Lawrenceville. We had a great time! I got a coupon for four admissions for $100. That is usually more than we would spend on an evening out. But we combined our gift $ and our eating out $. It was my mother's day night out since I have always wanted to go. We cheered for the Blue Knight. He didn't win. But it was fun anyway!
This week Gene had finals at school. He is hoping to pull a B out of both of his classes. He is a perfectionist and normally won't be happy with anything short of an A...but it has been a rough semester! School is almost over for the kids, too. 3 more weeks. This week Patrick has middle school band auditions and 6th grade orientation. Middle school is right around the corner...I can't believe it... my little guy is growing up...
We also made the decision to put Morgan back in the public school. She is very excited to not have to wear uniforms! She also got very excited when I took her for a tour and she saw all the technology the public school had compared to the Charter School. Next year is going to be full of big changes for us!! I am honestly not going to know what to do with myself not having to sit in the carpool line everyday!
This weekend we are working on home improvements. We installed new flooring in our downstairs last year with the intent to also install it on the stairs and upstairs hallway. A year later and we are just now getting around to it. Gene ripped up the carpet on the stairs to find a mess... so he is basically having to rebuild the stairs before we can even begin to install the flooring. It has been a lot more work than we anticipated. He is off until Tuesday, so hopefully we can get at least the stairs done... I know it is going to look so good when he is finished. We have saved so much money by doing the work ourselves. The estimates I got for someone else to do it was around $2000 just to do our dining room. We are able to do the entire downstairs, stairwell and hallway for that!
Also this week we began a little weight loss challenge! We are doing Weight Watchers...counting our points... and trying to do 30 mins of cardio a day. My friend and I at work have a challenge going and Gene wanted to join in. So I have promised him a little incentive of a trip to REI if he sticks with it. So far we are doing good! We have both lost 3 lbs in a week! It takes discipline, and it is hard, but I know we can do it. After all...we had to learn the same discipline with our finances... and we have been pretty successful at that... $5000 to go and we will be free of credit card debt!! YEAH!!
Well...back to helping Gene with the stairs!
Take Care,
Krista