Saturday evening here (day late, several dollars short . . .). I finally got Comcast to fix the problems with our cable/phone/net connection, this after three visits from their techs. I have been going through internet withdrawal.

We are totally into the new house, it is 75% unpacked, the only boxes still sitting around are full of books, and outgrown toys/games. The kids have been here for the past two weekends, but staying at their grandmother's house during the school week as I can't transfer my son out of that elementary school until our official meeting with his IEP team on Monday. We have been keeping our move a secret from the school staff as that news will affect the outcome of our meeting.

I have been feeling anxious about finances lately, I have a feeling my hours are going to be cut back at work, so I've been looking around for something part time/weekends, but there's really nothing out there. This economy stinks. My fiance can't find any work, and we are now spatting about him being "too picky" about what jobs, if any, he's applying for. It's like he is so depressed he is just giving up looking. Frankly I have three children of my own to worry about, without a grown man acting like a child.

We got our first electric bill for the new house -- it covered only a 7 -day-period -- $235!!!! I called our rental agent and asked her to notify the landlord, there must be something wrong with the heat pump, they can't send someboy out until Tuesday. In the meantime the meter is spinning round and round, and so is my stomach worrying about the costs here.

I did catch a good meat sale at Safeway this week, beef roast and pork loin roast, $1.99 a pound, so at least we're eating well on the weekends when the kids are here. During the week we have been sticking to spaghetti and sandwiches to cut back on food expense -- and trust me those carbs are showing, my clothes are getting tight, even my bra LOL.

I did get my treadmill out of storage -- have gotten as far as wheeling it into a corner of the family room, where it is sitting collecting dust. I guess I am just too busy getting the house in order to even think about exercising for now. My body is aching (I have fibromyalgia) by the time I flop into bed at night, like an old lady LOL.

-BJ