Roommate & the Holidays

Yay, we were able to finally rent out the other room in our house to a good friend of ours :-). We're all excited about being able to financially help each other out.
Well it is looking like we wont be decorating a tree this year as things are pretty tight when it comes to the pocketbook and so we decided that we will go with out a tree this year and get one next year. Things probably wont be so rough next year either (emotionally & financially). Thank you all for the holiday cards so far though. We have been setting them up to enjoy.
We also got internet & basic cable tv too which has been quite nice and is making it easier to look for work. The housekeeping business gig looks like it might be picking up soon. Our new roommate, Mo, knows of a few potential clients for me and she is going to put in a good word with a local construction company owner who stops by the coffee shop all the time since he is looking for a housekeeper for his business. So we shall see how that turns out. One of my goals over the holidays is to come up with business cards and flyers for what I do to drum up more business.
We both are also looking at trying to take some college classes again, possibly even take a class together at the same college. Something we haven't done before. A lot depends on funding though.
Things in many ways are better than a year ago at this time but in some ways not. Its nice to have a place together, both of us working part time, and having finally met most of his family especially his Mom. C and Mom N decorated the tree at Mom N and his stepdad's. It turned out really well :-).