Movin' On, Livin' Life

We learned today that our very last baby attempt didn't work. With that comes a lot of things Brian and I need to wrap our heads around. It's a new reality for us and one we need to figure out how to deal with. It also means we need to figure out what our next steps are....the good news is our self induced break is going to allow us some time to do that.

Since our lives aren't going to be revolving around every-other-day trips to the doctor and not being able to plan anything because you never know when ovulation will be, I am putting on my Cruise Director hat and planning out the coming weekends with fun things to do. This new duty comes with a curve ball thanks to that damn budget I mentioned a few days ago...which on a sidenote, sadly made me cancel our surprise weekend in Aspen (Sorry, Bri!)

Friday night will be date night here-$50 worth of Sushi for $25 (thanks to Livingsocial.com and the sweet deals they have)

Saturday will be date day trip to Frisco where we thought we could get some good clean mountain air and visit this crazy event:

Sunday will be spent celebrating My Dad.

Now, onto the weekend of June 25th...lets see what I can come up with for that!

S'more Tuesday

After grilling some yummy steak and potatoes, we thought we'd give S'Mores a try.

I burned the hell out of time, and being the wonderful hubby he is, he ate the burned one!

Connor Keating Mulloy

Dear Connor,

Well, it's about time you showed up. It seems like your mom was prego forEVER!

I hope you don't curl your lip down into a huge pout everytime you see me like your big bro does! We'll give it a whirl when I come meet you on Sunday.

Please and thank you.

Love,

Bree

Budget Living

Who out there lives by a budget? Well, the BDews are now raising their hands.

For those that know me way back...I used to be in Sales. I used to rake in the money hand over fist. I rarely worried. Single, 2 homes, 2 cars and all the shopping I wanted to do.

Fast forward to present...threw sales out the window in exchange for my sanity and mental health. I still stand by the fact it was a good decision, but our pocketbook doesn't necessarily think so. That whole "trying to have a baby" thing was certainly not a $26,000 and growing expense we anticipated either.

So, where does that leave us? Well, with our first attempt at the budget. I made an excel document, broke it out my our pay periods and what needed to be paid when. We also instituted a new rule of saving every receipt so we can see what we spend. Also, a cash system for groceries and no eating out 3 x per week like we used to.

I am also super fired up that hubby re-financed the Durango and we are saving $126 per month!

So far, so good.I felt good paying extra to credit cards and throwing some $$ at savings. I guess this budget thing does work. Here's to stickin' to it!

My only question is what happens when you forget to factor in very important items...like Arbonne? Do you just place the $65 order and realize hubby probably will never look at the excel spreadsheet? Do you post about it on your blog as a way to tell him?I mean come on, I am quite sure Babycakes doesn't want my porcelain skin to turn wrinkly does he?

3 day weekend

Gotta love a 3 day weekend that brings:

a) Seeing the "A Team" with hubby on a Friday afternoon




b)Celebrating a friend's 30th brithday at The Wine Loft

c) The Pearl Street Farmer's Market and Pet Fair. I think a few of our dogs found new homes!!!

d) Meeting this sweet old soul, Max, who we will be fostering until a forever family comes along.

What are you doing Sunday morning?

If you just answered nothing, than I have a plan for you! The Pearl Street Farmer's Market and Pet Fair. BDHPI will have a booth and there are tons of other rescue that are going to be there as well. It was a ton of fun last year- pets and shopping!

The market is located on the 1500 block of the Old South Pearl Street between Florida Avenue and Iowa Avenue in Denver.

Come on out..grab a Starbucks to sip, bring the kids, bring the pooches! Come see us!

As Ross would say...

…We are on a break. No, not from one another silly, but from baby making.

One’s heart can only take so much hurt, and one’s pocketbook can only take so many debts.

I simply need a break. We’ve been pushing my body hard for 1.5 years and our emotions have been all over the place. It is hard to live like this month after month.

Brian initiated the conversation about making this big life decision, and while I waiver between anxiety and relief, it is hard to stop. I told someone it’s like playing Blackjack…”what if the next hand I win?”…”what if next month is the month?” You could drive yourself crazy.

So, for the rest of 2010 we will be relaxing. Saving money, detoxing my body and looking forward to a time where we aren’t always worried.

2011 will bring some big decisions. We are close to having a new plan. We know there is more than one way to make a family.

My sister-n-law sent me this today:

We know we'll have a baby. And we're going to have the baby we're supposed to have. Whatever baby we end up having will be the right baby. Our baby. And we know that we'll hold that child and think, 'If our journey had been easy, we wouldn't have you.' --Emily Giffin, Baby Proof