changes

There have been a lot of changes going on in the Jamieson household lately. I don't do well with change, to put it mildly. These past few weeks have been rather stressful for me and I'm hoping that I can start embracing all the change soon because it's too late to go back.

What's all the change you might be asking, well here we go . ..

Matt's job
Matt quit his job at ATB about 4 weeks ago. He loved that job and I loved that he had that job but nothing is ever perfect and that includes his salary. We were promised a raise that never happened and at the end they even denied that they ever promised it to us. Matt recieved the highest performance reviews possible (one of only 20 to get a perfect score in all ATB) but they were un-willing to increase his salary. We've learned our lesson about verbal agreements and are emerging hopefully a little bit smarter next time we head down this road.

We aren't greedy people, we just need enough to make ends meet each month. We've chosen for me to stay home with the kids while they are young, this is something that is very important to our family. So we make sacrifices to make that happen. We don't get very many extras in our lives and are blessed with what we do have. We don't need more and aren't feeling sorry for ourselves we want to try and do what's best for our family. And as long as we can make it work financially the right thing for our family, for now me being at home (not including the dayhome). That means that Matt can't stay at a job he loves if the money isn't there. Isn't being a grownup, tons of fun

Enter 'Digital Construction', the name of Matt's company. Not only has Matt quit his job but he's opened his own company . . . goodbye stability and regular income, hello more stress than Erin can handle :) To be fair it isn't actually as bad as all that. He has gone back to framing, contracting himself out to a good friend who owns a construction company. It isn't that we've jumped in without a safety net, there is work to be had. The other side is that Matt is trying to also develop a video side to his business. We don't want him to lose the skills he developed at ATB and honestly, construction isn't our end game. Our hope is that over the years the video business will grow and he can decrease the hours he does construction and increase his the time he spends doing videos. For those that don't know Matt produced videos for ATB both for internal and external use. His video's were even part of an award winning website created by ATB. I am so proud of him and all the work he does. This website has a few of the video's he's done, I know he's done tons more but I don't know where to find them all

http://www.wearealberta.ca/Home/tabid/38/Default.aspx

So if you are looking for a video production company, my husbands good and his rates are reasonable :)


Our House
We bought this house 4ish years ago and have spent lots of time, energy and money fixing it up and making it our own. It has been a good house, good layout, great neighborhood and neighbors, but all good things must come to an end. We have begun the process of building a new house in Beaumont. I am terrified, it all seems scary and unknown and I keep praying we are doing the right thing! This house is more of an investment than long term place, which again isn't not something that suits me very well. Matt told me I couldn't become attached to a house if it could financially benefit our family to move and sell, and for now I agree with him. There will come a time to put down roots and stay somewhere permanently but that time isn't now. For now we are trying to get our current house ready to sell and then move into a rental home until the new house gets finished . . . makes me tired just thinking about it!


Those are the 2 big changes, it maybe does sound like much to those of you that love spontaneity and a challenge but it's huge for me. For those of you that pray, I would appreciate your prayers as we do our best to follow the Lord in whatever way's He leads us. No matter what change comes our way our Lord and Saviour is always the same and so that is what I cling to when all the change threatens to overwhelm me. Thank goodness I have that!