I had full intentions of blogging when I created this account nine months ago. I don’t know what happened. Rachael was too much fun, we started building a new house and I discovered Facebook; all big time consumers. But I think now I am ready to commit to blogging. I liked the suggestion from my friend Amy, that writing is good for you. I could use that. When I was working I always felt like writing was the hardest part for me. Now that I’m not working and my skills keep deteriorating, my writing is getting even worse. So this will be good for me! Now I just have to decide where to start!

I named this blog Cutler Capers. Life since I became a Cutler. Yes, things have changed. The great part is that I am experiencing things I never thought I would be able to. I am learning. I am seeing a new part of life and I love it. Sometimes the learning is difficult. It isn’t always fun. But it feels right, it feels peaceful and it is rewarding. There are days when I still miss San Diego. I miss my friends. I miss good restaurants. I miss traveling with the girls. I miss fun and familiar things around San Diego. I miss going to lunch.

I thought I would miss a paycheck more than I do. When there isn’t anywhere fun to shop, you really don’t miss having money! And there are so many other things to keep me busy and out of trouble. I just put my budgeting skills to work and I am able to save for most things I want. It’s a great feeling to be able to save and buy what you want. I love that budgeting works. It’s sometimes a tedious task and I have to remind my husband that I am counting pennies when he wants something I think is useless (ha-ha, good thing he doesn’t see my occasional useless purchase). It’s also fortunate that we really like our own cooking better than most restaurants around here. So we save a lot of money there.