Bummer day in our household! :( Stephen has decided to go ahead with the asbestos removal in our new house. What? I haven't mentioned that? Well, that's funny, considering it has been Stephen's ALL CONSUMING ANXIETY SOURCE since we bought the house. :/

Anyway. Good news: the shingles we need to remove are not asbestos. Bad news: the popcorn ceiling is.

Asbestos removal is E-X-P-E-N-S-I-V-E! So there goes all our money for new *anything* in the house. I'm so sad. By the time we get the removal done, we'll have just $1500 left in savings, and Stephen wants to keep that as a safety cushion (something I am totally on board with).

Grandma also called us into her back room today and talked to us about the bathroom, which we've known was going to be a problem for a long time. Grandma just finally got it looked at and got a quote. It's all bad news and the quote is sky-high. Grandma will be taking care of the cost, but Stephen feels like it's our fault that the bathroom is in such bad shape.

He's talking to his family right now, which will be good for him. I wish I knew what to say to make him feel better but I'm as uneducated about this stuff as he is.

I've been feeling bad lately because morning sickness has kept me from upkeeping the house more. The counters and stove are pretty disastrous and Grandma asked us to take care of them--which we did.

I just wish we were better at this whole house upkeep stuff. Especially me. It SHOULD NOT BE THIS HARD to just keep a house clean, but it is. :( Ugh.

Anyway... I think that's enough for now. Praying for peace tonight.

-Stephanie

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