Pollen, money, birthdays, Easter and track....

First of all...The pollen. Oh my every single year. Most trees are out but the hard woods are not. Poor Joe. He suffers during this season and with his track schedule he is really out in it. There are literally clouds of pollen that he runs through. Even the heavy hitting allergy meds barely work. Sad for him.

Not sure I updated on my cash stash last week but I was able to stash another 200.00 away. I did good with my menu and budget. Kids are learning that they have to save for things they want and when it's $60.00 shorts, well, that involoves some saving. I think Jack did inquire about a job so that's good. It's time for him to get a little job. Not sure I'll be able to save as much this week because we have Kate's birthday, Lauren's birthday and Alex's birthday along with Easter in the next 10 days!

Joe ran an amazing mile last night is is now a member of the sub 5 club. That was his goal and he did it. We know he came in 2nd but the hosting school messed it up and has it at 3rd by 6 100ths of a second. There were no medals last night but instead of 3rd in the state he'll be 4th....Whatever. He did amazing. Rick and I were literally jumping up and down! We're super excited for him to run for Hoover. Coach Doran has been so great at Bumpus and I know Coach Hinds will be fabulous too!

Almost Friday

Barring some crazy event that requires money, it looks like I will have saved $200.00 this week! Not sure what made this week any different than any other week but I did it. Maybe it was creating the weekly menu. Hopefully, I'll be able to continue this through out the year. If so, I'll have 10k!

Spring green is everywhere which means, everything will be a beautiful yellow. Joe was home this week with a cold or maybe allergies. He went back today. He did PR in the meet at Spain Park. He ran the 800 and the 400. I just ran outside, had a good run. Only ran 3 but after taking a few days off for spring break, it was good. Looking forward to yoga tonight. Kate's passport arrived. She is getting things organzied for finals and then for her big trip to Argentina! i know she is super excited but I'm ready for her to be home and all of us head to Michigan! This year will be bitter sweet. Lauren will be joining us but it is our first year w/o Rick's mom. She would be happy knowing we are all there enjoying the cottage. But she will certainly be missed!

Tomorrow is prom for Hoover. Jack isn't going. He decided he wasn't going to go just to go. Have to thank him for that because there's no way I'd be able to save money with prom. I did tell him he is for sure going next year! He promised he would.