The Future: It would help if we had a plan

So false alarm on the last post... we will be paid for the dental work at some point. However I have bigger fish to fry. The future is a vast and glorious place in my mind... full of opportunity to eventually own a bigger house, live debt free, move to a farm, have a child to pass my useless knowledge to.  Who knows...

The problem with not knowing, is that we can't plan.

My dreams today (because they change on a whim) include a big 4 bedroom house, which includes a workout room with a sauna like we have now... but not at the expense of a bedroom, a room big enough for a baby grand piano I can play, a big family room complete with stone fireplace, a small barn out back to hold our chickens, ducks, cow and pig, and a gorgeous entertaining kitchen complete with gas range. Oh... its fun to dream, isn't it?

My spouses dream: To own a house that is close to the ocean/lake for sailing and close to the mountains for snowboarding, somewhere that has a strong sense of community, a house big enough for the two of us, but would include a room for instruments and a bar, relatively close to the airport so we can travel somewhere to snowboard in the summer.

This is the problem... so how can we come to an agreement?  So far we don't. We have fun dreaming up this beautiful house in the perfect location... that is in our price range... and that is as far as it goes. Perhaps that is as far as it will ever go. You don't need money to dream!

April Fools

April Fools was yesterday and while nothing particularly funny happened... I do get the feeling someone is behind the scenes, fooling with our budget every month. Our spending has progressively increased over the past 3 months but this is ridiculous.

Just when I think we are about to be in the straight and narrow, someone punches me in the stomach... or in this case, the wallet.  Feels the same though. My husband did some dental work on a relative and the lab bill came in at nearly $900. Instead of taking the money so we could pay the lab bill... he bartered some services for the summer.  WHAT????!!!!!

Seriously, I sat and cried this morning because I am at my wits end right now. Even as I write this sentence the tears are resurfacing. We are going to be fine... it isn't that big of a deal, but I have no idea what I can possibly do that will make us more money.

I am working full time now and I do bookkeeping on the side for another company. I have sold stuff and cut back... I have even created in depth reports for our sales team at work, so we all have a better chance at hitting our bonus. Please God just tell me what I can do, to bring in more money. I can't wait for someone else to do it... that just isn't going to work. It has to be me and I have no idea what else to do. I suppose a part time job wouldn't be terrible for a short time, but realistically who is hiring?

Time to get on springsjobs.com and figure something out.