When I turned 35, last summer, I vowed to myself that it would be the year I got hold of my finances and made a difference.  Maybe I felt this lay off coming, deep down, and knew it was time to make changes.   But since my vow I’ve done pretty good at knocking out a bunch of little silly debts and now I’m working on the larger ones.  Although it sucks putting out big bucks for stuff like paying taxes and buying new tires its still a great feeling to get on track with these responsibilities and get them out of the way.

As far as committments go today I gave my trainer a check to pay for four months of private training so I can get farther on my weight loss journey.   And I’ve got to say this has been the best money I’ve spent on myself in a very long time.

Another commitment I’ve made, recently, has been back to my faith.  The girls and I have began going to church on Sunday morning.   We go to 8am mass and I’ve got to say I really have missed church.  My parents use to make me go when I was younger and I hated it, but now its something I actually look forward to.   The Snitch gets a little bored, but hey she’s only six years old so I don’t blame her.  Drama Queen, on the other hand, really enjoys mass and tries her hardest to keep up with the service.    Drama Queen has been asking questions about religion and church for the last few months so I think that’s why she’s so into it now.  And that’s a good thing, too, because she’s of the age where its almost time for her to begin her sacraments.  I need to call the church office and get info on CCD (a Saturday class attend by kids for a few years to prepare for accepting Catholic sacraments) to get Drama Queen enrolled for this summer, The Snitch still has a few years before she has to go.

So even though my life appears boring, to me, on the day to day basis I feel pretty darn good about the changes I’ve been making.