No rest for the wicked

I know I've been quite AWOL lately. Lots of reasons for it. Let's explore the 'holy man life is busy' aspect of it.

Last weekend DS1 had a hockey camp from Fri to Sun night. This is for a Junior A team. He did very well and was one of the 32, including vets, who was invited back for the fall selection camp.

DS2 had a busy band week. Music Festival. His band played Wed night. He plays baritone so his is mostly a background sound but for the one piece, it started with him playing the primary lines. It sounded gorgeous. They did well and received a 96 and a 95 for their two pieces. mama was proud

School has been whirling busy with one thing after another that is above and beyond the basic academic material. Lots of meetings before and after school. Lots of special events for the students.

This past weekend, DS1 had another hockey camp. Things went very well until he took a slapshot to the side of the foot. Off to ER we go. 3 hours later, xrays come back saying things are not broken but very badly bruised. Crutches for him  for a few days.

DS2 had a scout camp about 3 hours of north of here. We have had the beginnings of spring with the snow almost gone but that certainly wasn't the case up north. They'd had a dump of several inches of very wet snow. Highways weren't cleared and it was one of the worst drivings I have had in winter. The best was right before we got to the camp when we hit the ditch. I had about a 40 min wait and then the other scouters came and pushed me out.

I'm exhausted and it's another busy week at work. It's almost 9 PM and I just got home with DS1. DS2 is home with all his wet and smelly camp gear and the washer is just a humming away.

no rest for the wicked.

It's P & G Free Sample Time

It opened today and sample packs are limited so head on over  to P and G if you have time today.

There are also Free coupons on the site as well.

Happy Free Sample Day!

Where the money stands

as of April 8th

Debts
Mortgage - $34 443.47
Vehicle Loan - $12 565.63
Total Debt - $47 009.10

Savings
Summer - $1000
Back to School - $1500
EF(TFSA) - $2000
Total Savings - $4500

Planned Savings
RESPs - $7150
RRSPs - $2500

With the Tax Refund it certainly helped the lowering of debt. It decreased by $1954.53. Given upcoming money crunches (which I will talk about next post) perhaps I should have kept some of that refund in reserve. Ahhh hindsight.

design opinions

just testing out a new one...

which do you prefer? this one or old one?

spreading the link love

It's been quite awhile since I added to my link list. Since then I've adopted several blogs in my favourites on my browser. I am visiting them often and they are becoming greats supports here on mine.

• Even though she's thousands of miles from me in Australia, I can see a lot of similarities in our journey. She's been here a lot lately and I appreciate her support. Please check out Louise at  Eliminate my Debt.
• Even though she's sooo much younger than I, I can relate a lot to Sarah. I wish I had had her money smarts and awareness when I was in my early 20s. Comment Cents is a fun place to visit.
• This fellow Canuck is just a teensy bit younger than I am, but enough that she gets claim a different decade.  I love following the journey of Anty Eboo at My Life Journey

If these are new blogs to you, I hope you enjoy reading them.