Roasted Peppers

Well it's hot and steamy here at the Pepper household! I'm not sure why this is but it seems just when I think I'm starting to get my little ducks in a row something comes along and just mixes them all up again. Case in point. Mr Pepper and I have been avidly trying to keep our finances in check as of late and do all the things that good frugal people do, such as eating at home, not splurging on big expences, paying more than the minimum on credit cards, etc. only for my mother to call me today and inform me that it is 85 degrees in my house and climbing. Yup, you got it, my air was officially on the fritz. Now why oh why when I'm trying to be smart about money do things like this have to happen? I was just starting to get excited about the fact that we were making some headway and this mean old bully came and stomped on my sandcastle. Now we've got to fork out an obscene amount of money to replace the WHOLE UNIT. Can I just tell you, we do not have obscene amounts of money just hiding around our place? The Pepper Patch is a humble abode and while we make ends meet we don't stash loads of cash in the attic (although after this something that costs loads of cash will be in the attic so I guess that could change things, huh?), so this was not good news for us. Fortunately one of my ever so wonderful and helpful coworkers got us in touch with a nice company in Brandon that has put in a temp unit until we can order one and they are working with us on the cost. So we're slowly cooling down here in the Pepper house and hopefully when we go to bed we'll be at more of a simmer than a boil. Guess it'll all work out in the end, but if you see me working the corner this weekend, know it's for a good cause. I gotta pay for the air conditioning!!!!