A New Beginning

I have started a new blog. My old blog was good for me, but a member of my brothers family took everything I said personal and it ruined the concept of why I blog. I like to blog because it is a form of therapy for me. I can talk about things that bug me or things that I need to put more emphasis on and for some reason, putting it in writing helps me to process what I am feeling without getting all upset and worrying about it to the point of exasperation, or dwelling on things that are of no major significance but somehow, consume me. Also, I use my blog for working through problems that absolutely need to get resolved. I would go to a real therapist, but there is just no extra money in the budget.

Speaking of budgeting, I am having a problem with our home budget. There is more money going out than there is coming in. My husband and I moved to the mountains of Utah last November, and ever since we have been struggling to make ends meet. At this point, I don't think the ends are even on the same planet and we are starting to get behind on our monthly bills. We have old medical bills that need to get paid that have not been touched for a long time, and we both (my Husband and I) need to make some new medical bills, because it is time for a few procedures that have not been taken care of for a few years (Dental and Physicals etc.) because there is no money for them. I have worked our budget over and over and have decided after seeing the numbers, the only solution that I can come up with is that we need to move back to the valley where life is a bit less expensive and the cost of the commute alone will not put us in the poorhouse. I have figured out that if we did not have a 80 mile daily commute, we could save about $200 per month. That is a significant amount!

Convincing the husband is the problem. He absolutely loves living in the mountains, I do too, but I have to be realistic about the whole thing and it isn't working. Maybe once we get some of our bills paid off we can do it. But unfortunately, not right now.