Everything's coming up roses!

Positive thinking, that. But in all honesty things are going pretty well right now. Precarious, but well.

The "well" is that we're all relatively healthy, bills will be paid up shortly thanks to a much larger than expected tax refund and with any luck we'll get our house on the market in the next month and start planning our downsized move to the country. The kids are even excited!

The "precarious" part is that Scott still has waves of that illness he had late fall and a few people at his company have gotten laid off in just the last two weeks. But we never really looked at that job as permanent, and maybe now he can go back to school for something he really wants to do. Sure we'll have to move, whether the house sells or not, but there ARE worse things than having financial trouble. On a related note, why the heck am I so zen lately?!

I just feel like things will work out, the world is not ending. I feel hopeful. I think a lot of it has to do with Spring approaching even with that layer of snow on the ground. I know we're on the other side of it for the most part. Sure we can get hit with some pretty heavy snow in Ohio well into April but it's still better than a December snowstorm, knowing you have at least a couple more months of dreary weather staring down the barrell.

This year is going to mean many changes for us, but I'm looking forward to them. I'm looking forward to moving to a smaller place with more land, more possibilities and fewer financial stresses.