Day 691 and Happy Thanksgiving

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. We are going tomorrow to visit Serenity, then on Friday, we're going to visit my family. We're having Thanksgiving/Christmas with my family on Saturday. I am really looking forward to that. So I won't be around much the next few days, but Monday I will get back on track with my postings. Hope everyone has a safe and happy weekend.

Days 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, & 690 and thankfulness

Well, here we are again. I have really been neglecting the blog lately and I apologize. Since I finished my classes, I've been avoiding the computer as much as possible and I guess it shows. I won't make any promises for this week with the holiday and everything going on, but I will get back on track next week!

I am so thankful for:

To God for sending his Son to die on the cross.

My family who showed their love and support for me by having a celebration party for my graduation from college. It was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it. I felt really loved and special.

My husband who shows me everyday how loved and special I am to him.

My 3 wonderful children who are growing up way too fast.

My job where I get to spend my days playing with and hugging children.

My friends.

Days 683 & 684 and slowed down to a crawl

Well, as I'm sure you have noticed, our debt repayment has slowed down to a crawl. I'm not even sure it's a crawl. More like a creeping along, sort of like a snail. Pretty much the only debt we've paid on the last few months is the house payment, which is of course the most important. But it's been pretty frustrating. I just keep praying that things will pick up at work so Tom can go back to 40 hours a week and that things stay busy for me.

With Thanksgiving coming up, I want to list something each day that I am thankful for:
Today, I am thankful that Tom has a job and he still has his benefits even if they are not working full-time hours.

Days 678, 679, 680, 681, & 682 and no excuse!

Well, I have no excuses for not posting the last few days. I have had a lot going on, but not so much that I couldn't have posted. Anyway, my apologies! Hope you all had a nice weekend. I did. It was my first weekend totally homework free and it was really super. I was pretty lazy for most of it. I got my grocery and Wal-Mart shopping done and that was about it. I went to see Tom's band play Saturday night, which was fun. The cold weather is back, I sure was enjoying those nice days the last couple of weeks.

Hope everyone has a great week!

Days 676 & 677 and got my cap and gown

I got my cap and gown yesterday! Wow, it's all starting to feel so real! That end of semester exhaustion has hit me too only about 100 times worse because it's the END!

Day 675 and the new-to-us vehicles

The blue car is a 1999 Honda Accord. It's the one we've been borrowing. The owners offered to sell it to us. We liked it and felt like it was a good car. So after taking out what we owed them, that left us $1700 to buy another vehicle with. We found the red car, a 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer. They were asking $2000 for it, but it needs a driver's side front strut, a tune-up, and a headlight. As we drove it, Tom & I discussed it and reminded ourselves of Dave Ramsey's advice: 'be willing to walk away'. So when we got back, Tom offered $1500 for it and the girl very adamantly said no, she could not take less than $2000. So we said, ok, we understand, thank you, and we left. Not 20 minutes later, the girl calls us and asks if we can go up to $1600! So we talked about it, said yes, and drove back to pay and get the car. I was so proud of Tom! Bargaining does not come easy to him and it was hard for both of us to walk away because we liked the car. But we simply did not have $2000 to spend.

So, we were able to find 2 nice new-to-us cars with the insurance money from Tom's car and the little bit we had put aside since the van had quit. What a blessing!

Days 672, 673, and 674 and GUESS WHAT???

I got a grade on my capstone paper and I got an A! I am done! I cannot stop smiling and celebrating! I am so excited!

Tomorrow, I'll post pictures of our new-to-us cars and tell Tom's bargaining success story. Right now, I'm going to go do a Happy Dance!