Busy, busy, busy

Since returning from the wedding a couple weekends ago, life has not slowed down! In fact, there seems to be more to do and think about all the time. I am writing this post partially to update friends/family on things, but also to try to sort out my thoughts.

For the past week or so, I have been trying to come up with an idea of something that I can do from home to bring in some extra money. We're doing fine financially, but I would like to have some income to save up for somethings down the road. So what can a stay-at-home mom with 5 children and no formal education do from home to make money? Well, that's a hard question. This weekend I spent the better part of my Saturday making strawberry jam. It is a process that is very fulfilling for me. I cook the berries and then put them in canning jars and process the jars. I love the whole process. Anyway, last night we had friends over and as they were leaving, I offered them a jar of jam. They asked if I had ever considered selling my jam. Um, no! The thought suddenly formed wings and started flying around in my mind. I called a friend of mine who has a catering business and talked to her about it and she told me that she is planning on setting up some booths at several bazarrs this year selling her pasteries and such and she offered to let me share with her and sell jam. Bingo! Also since I have the advantage of a husband that builds websites for a living (and does photography) I am (probably) going to have him build me a website and business cards so I can do online orders. I am very excited about all this. I don't think I'll become a millionare or anything, but I'm very excited.

Another thing that has been going on...Josh and I have been talking about the idea of moving to Corbett. It is truly a dream of ours...both of us. Unfortunately, Corbett is pretty expensive and we don't make that much money. However, we have found a house that is actually in our price range and it looks as though it would fit our needs. The downside is that it is not my (our) dream house and we know that it wouldn't fit our needs in about 5 years. We know we would need to upgrade. So, we are trying to figure out if it would be good to go ahead and buy another "stepping stone" house on our way to our dream house or if it would be better to wait it out. I mean, do people usually buy their dream houses on their second time out? It's just a lot to think about and I will probably have a definite feeling one way or the other after we look at it. (We're going to drive by it tonight after Josh gets home and get out and look around since it's vacant and we don't want to bother our realtor friends quite yet.)

So if anyone out there thinks of us and wouldn't mind offering up a prayer for wisdom on our behalf, I would be grateful.