i guess i'm on a roll....A couple of months ago we had an outragous electricity bill. We knew the high bills have been partly because of the poor insulation value of our windows. After getting a quote for double paned (ka-ching) we opted to upgrade our blinds instead. We have a number of arched windows and the current blinds start below the arch so lot of sunlight comes in the rooms through the top arches. We are having to order custom arches and they are taking forever.

Yesterday DH and I went to our first counseling visit. We're at this point because of a series of things that have happened in our family in the past which for one has obviously effected the way each of us parent. DH is heavily guilt parenting which is making for growing negative dynamics in our household. I'm sure I have my own areas (parenting and personal) in need of focus and improvement as well. Anyway, we went through an EAP (Employee Assistance Program). This is a employee benefit where EAP pays for the first 8 visits to one of the counselors under their coverage.