March 20

It has been a few weeks since I tried to sit and gather my thoughts to put them down in writing. Not much has changed in our day to day life. We are still trying to sell the house, although it is not very promising at the moment. Every once in a while we get a call for a walk through and we spend a day or two frantically cleaning everything, just to have them call at the last minute to cancel. I guess I may that sound like it happens frequently, but in reality it has only happened twice. One such occurrence was today, but the positive side is now I have a clean house which we can hopefully enjoy for a couple of days. (Most likely not.)

Tomorrow I start a new job. It is very part time, a couple of days a month. Bishop got a call last week from a third party merchandiser who likes to hire through the church employment office. We don't have an employment specialist here, nor do we have many welfare cases. So when he was thinking of people in the ward for this job he called me. Now tomorrow I start at Safeway, just rotating product. I also get to work with bishop's wife, Shelly. To be honest, it was the idea of working with her that got me to take the job. I love Bishop and Shelly. She is also my secretary in Relief Society. I am kind of excited to spend the day working with her for the next two days, and the money will be nice too.

This week is Alyssa's spring break, which has been really nice. She still has some work to do over the break, but we have been able to get other things done around the house. The kids still have their paper rules to do. I consider paper routes to be P.E. class and budgeting all rolled into one. They learn hard work, often in unfriendly weather, and the value of money. It still spends pretty quick, but they are excited to see how much they have saved. We make them put half of what they make into a saving account, and they can keep the rest after tithing. Connor was very proud of the cash he has in his piggy bank. He wanted to count it the other day, he has over $420. As I was tucking him into bed he asked me to hug my rich boy. The girls have saved up a good amount too. Even Kaylin has started helping Connor in his route, and is earning $10 a month. What a joy it is to see the kids have a desire to work.

That is all for now, another day gone. We will see what new adventure tomorrow brings.