Back to reality...

I'm sorry that I've been MIA over the last week or so. Work has been crazy busy, but is hopefully returning to a more manageable pace now that my manager is back. While he was away, we get to not only take care of our own stuff, but his clients and orders as well. But we made it through, and I don't feel so overwhelmed anymore!
At least at work.
I will tell you what's been overwhelming me - budgeting. The dreaded "b" word. Chris and I have been struggling to find a good way to keep track of and pay off bills. It's been nightmarish the last month or so, leaving me wondering just how I was able to do it by myself. I guess I'm just one of those people that like to avoid unpleasant things and situations, which doesn't really work well with money and bills. But I do think I see a tiny light at the end of the tunnel. Really, a very very faint pin-prick dot of light. But before it starts to really shine, we have some sit-down time between us to really get it all down on paper - or computer, as the case may be. We've got a long and hard road ahead of us, this much is already abundantly clear. And it's very depressing and shameful just how bad it's all gotten. What's going to be even harder is communicating to Chris and getting him on the frugal-wagon. Without laying any blame, he is not the world's best budgeter. He tends to spend a little here, a little there, because it's a good deal or we could use it... whatever. It's going to be hard to get him to give up some of these things for our greater interests, and it's going to be hard to give up the wanting of things myself and to learn to appreciate all that we do have.
Okay, so enough of the philosophical rambling. This experience is definitely me "learning along the way", so to speak, as I am not a money management guru! So I am sorry to not have been posting lately, I just really haven't had any creative or nice or wonderful things to say. But I am hoping that as we can work through this, I can come up with some cheap and creative tips to share. Or at least some pretty pictures. ;-)