Busy

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I have been pretty busy and tired and not feeling well all at the same time.

Work asked me to work this past Friday and this coming Friday and I agreed. I know stupid, but it will be nice to have the extra money and I am really helping them out.

We did get an estimate for the concrete for extending our driveway and the floor of the garage. It was $4,000.00 HIGHER than what I had expected. I am so irritated, because everything seems to be so expensive.

Three years ago we had estimates to have a garage built for us. The garage we had wanted was a little smaller than what we want now (we were told go as big as you can or you'll regret it). So, I called the one guy back (he is actually a friend of my moms). I am waiting for his phone call. I am going to have him do another estimate for building the garage and suck it up and pay for him to do it. When he estimated it three years ago, it was only about $5,000.00 more than what our cement driveway was going to cost us. So, we are thinking it just might be a better idea to have someone else do it. It will cost a little more, but it doesn't seem like much more and this way Gary and his dad don't have to stress about getting a garage done by the winter only working on it weekends and after they get off of work.

I am just getting stressed about this whole garage thing and I think I will be much happier if a group of people come in and get it done in a month or two, rather than Gary busting his butt to get it done. I really want to work on making the spare bedroom into a "big girls room" for Alyssa right after Christmas (or sooner), so she can move in and get comfortable in there at least a month before the new baby comes.

So, that is pretty much it for around here. The weather has been really comfortable here. It was nice to be able to turn off the A/C and let fresh air in.