Long over due post...

It has been a very busy summer and I was without internet for the most part of it. We had to move July 1 and we did not have a place to live so our friend Jessica offered us a summer place on a lake in Waupaca. We moved out there for two months while we looked for a permanent place and work for Joseph. He remained unemployed for the whole summer, only getting a cash paying job for part of it doing work for the same friend who gave us the place to live. It sustained us not having to pay any rent and only having to cover the electrical bill. We found a place to live and moved again Sept. 1. We were offered a free mobile home in the same park we lived in when we got married and had Hananh. It is a nice, quiet park but I still feel like we are taking steps backwards. Since Joseph has graduated we have been unemployed and homeless in a sense and now we have a home but it is not what I wanted. At least it was free and the rent is cheap on the lot. We were also given 3 months free rent and my dad loaned us some money to get the place fixed up. We need to paint the outside within 30 days. We also need to do cosmetic work inside and get appliances. We have a double built in oven that we purchased and need to install. I am still looking for a refrigerator and washer/dryer. We might also get a dishwasher. We will be doing a lot of work reworking the kitchen, dining, living area and removing walls to make it more open. We also will be putting in a whirlpool tub and master bath area by our bedroom. We will also do new paint and flooring in all the rooms. It will be nice to fix it up and sell it for a profit, like we did with our last mobile home. The neighbours are nice here and it is quiet. We are also closer to town again which is very nice.

On another good note is that Joseph was offered a temp job by ABR at UWSP for a few weeks. He was then going to go to Associated Bank through Flex-Staff after that. While working at the university he was made aware that the position was going to need to start sooner at Associated. Joseph said he wanted to give a proper notice to the university so he was to start the next Monday. When the university found out he was leaving they rounded up the supervisors in his area and called him into the office. The told him the really like his work and did not want to lose him. They asked why he was going to another company and he told them is paid more and was longer term. They said they would like to offer him and LTE position until February and the pay was quite a bit more. They said it could go long term if something opened up in the mean time. Joseph accepted the position and then he found out that when they worked up his job duties that he is actually at a higher pay rate because he is a supervisor. The pay went up another $2/hr. He will be making a great paycheck. The only downfall is they pay every two weeks and it will be a month before he gets his first paycheck. Once that happens we will be able to save quite a bit each month.

So we have a new home, we are up to our ears in boxes and work to do and Joseph has full-time work. He will also have the holidays off which will be really nice. Life has been busy and we are starting to get all the fall activities lined up. I have been getting Hannah's homeschooling together and we will start soon. She also started ballet and has had two classes. She has a new teacher and loves her. She has all new girls in her class so she will need to make new friends. I also have her signed up for girl scouts and that will start at the end of the month. We joined the YMCA again and soon she will be in gymnastics for the last part of the year. I am attending our church women's retreat in October and also attending a moms conference in MN in November.

Well that is all for now, I am sure I will have lots of updates as this fall is very busy and we have a lot going on.