I usually don't mind Mondays.  Sometimes getting back into our normal weekly schedule is a good thing.  Weekeneds are usually busy and hurried around here for some reason, and Matthew usually works most Saturdays, so Sundays are full of daddy time and by Monday, well, Mommy is ready for daddy to go to work, and get Noah back on his schedule.  (Have you noticed kids work better with a good schedule??? LOL  At least mine does!)

This weekend was so nice and laid pack though, and we enjoyed having daddy home for the whole weekend with us.  Saturday we lounge around in jammies most of the day, and spent lots of time listening to Noah giggle and have so much fun with daddy.  He is definately a daddy's boy in the evenings and on weekends when Matthew is home.  I don't mind it at all.  Of course I am included in most of their things, but sometimes I find it a good time to get away for a nice bubble bath, or some other excuse for a little alone time and refreshment!!! 

Matthew was a joy to be around this weekend.  He was able to leave the stress and uneasiness from work behind him this weekend, (sometimes easier said than done), and we talked and prayed alot about his new job position, money matters with the refinancing on the house (our house appraised low, so to get us locked into a lower interest rate, we need to come up with $4300.00!!!) and we are waiting on God for an answer right now.  I must admit, at dinner on Saturday I went into panic mode, and Matthew had to bring me back to reality and the fact that God is taking care of this!!!

But last night, sitting here alone together after Noah was put to bed, Matthew's face went from fun daddy to stressed responsible money maker.  I could see his whole body fade a little.  I asked him if he still had a headache.  He said no.  I said are you nervous about going to work tomorrow??  He said yeah I think I am.  We talked about it a little.  We prayed about it, and I hope he is feeling better about everything today.  It is alot of pressure, alot of politics and backstabbing going on in the office, and he is feeling the stress.  He was able to relax this weekend and have fun, but as of last night, he was dreading going to work today.  He even asked me if he could call in dead.  I said, no and don't even joke about such a thing!!!!!

On a good note though, I know God is taking care of everything!!!!  Matthew has unofficially been tol the position (of his former Supervisor) is his.  The company will be hiring another person part time to help, but Matthew thinks the new person will most likely answer to the president, Jim, and not himself.  OH well, he gets paid the same, either way since it is a salary job. 

Antoher good note is that I opened my mail today, and received a check from our gas district.  We are on monthly billing.  Instread of paying very little in the summer (because we only use gas for our water heater then), and large bills in the winter (for our hot water, and heating), they average it out and we pay that amount for each month.  They adjusted our monthly amount last year (only about $10 more a month), and now realize we overpaid for the year.  So we received a refun check of $ 248.65!!!!  YIPEEEEE!!!  How wonderful.   Of course, this will immediately be put into our emergency fund (for emergnecies, and possibly for the refinancing if needed) as soon as I can get to the bank this week.

We also canceled several extras in the last few months, like caller ID, etc. on our home phone, and they have been crediting our account.  So this month's phone bill was lower that usual, and our cell phone was only $9.74 after getting a refund from calling them and telling them I had charges on my cell phone bill for games that I had not received and a voicemail package that I had not signed up for. 

God is good, and I know he will provide for our needs and right now, our need is to find out how long we have ot get the $4300.00 for the refinancing.  It sounds like alot of money, and to this one income family IT IS!  But in the long run, it will save us ALOT of money if we can get the much much MUCH lower interest rate!! 

Ok, that's enough for now.  I am signing off to get some dusting, windexing and vacuuming done.  I had on my menu planner soup for tonight, but once again, I am changing it.  LOL  I rarely ever go a whole week having exactly what is on the menu planner.  It is warm out today, about 80 degrees, so I am thinking hot soup is not a good idea.  I will have to look through my monthly dinner planner and pick out something else from another evening.

God Bless you!!