well, we were successfully mooching the net off our neighbors (with their permission of course) until the trees all got leaves. now we can't get a signal. so that is the reason for my absence. anyways, i'm at the public libary right now and thought i'd give you all a quick update. i probably won't have time to blog much anyways as we are busily remodeling the house. yesterday dave did the wiring in the guest bath - we now have a fan in there and a ceiling light and we're all set up for a new light above the medicine cabinet. woohoo! now we just have to drywall, tile, paint, decorate, etc. ugh. bathroom remodeling is intense.
bye!
5.26.2009
5.05.2009
Un-Shopping
I'm going to create a new fad. Un-shopping. It's where you go out running errands but don't spend any money. You make money instead. :)
...Today I went to Half Price Books and sold some used books, movies and CDs. I made $25. And I resisted the urge to buy anything. So I went home with $25 more than I had before. I also cancelled my old corporate gym membership to avoid being charged. So that was sort of like making money. I have also been selling things on Craigslist rather than buying things from Craigslist. So far made $50 on there.
Also, once Dave and I went to Kroger and checked out behind a lady who got 2 shopping carts full of groceries and she used so many coupons, the store had to pay her! Now that's some stellar "un-shopping". I would like to learn how she did that.
Does anyone have any other un-shopping ideas? If so, comment and let me know...
5.03.2009
here's a photo of our recent bonfire that we had all to ourselves. we were going to throw a big party but dave figured most people wouldn't want to see carpet burn, so...we partied alone.
the LORD's day
today is the first sunday we haven't had anything planned since january. or maybe like november. wow! it is so nice to have our day of rest back.
we went to church then make fondu cheeseburgers and green beans and then i made some homemade peanut butter so that i could make some peanut butter choc chip oatmeal cookies. yum. we just took a plate of cookies over to our neighbors. i really like having them right next door. over the past 6 years we've gotten to know them and they are very nice people. i like how we can just pop over and they can just pop over here and say "hi". it is nice to live so close. ...except for the time that i was just getting out of the bathtub and dennis showed up, or the other time when...well, nevermind. we won't go there....
my first week as a SAHW was lots of fun. i stayed pretty much on track with what i wanted to accomplish. i tried to get up and get going everyday and not waste time. i got up with david each morning and packed his lunch and supported him. then i made the mistake of accidentally goign back to sleep on thursday. i slept thru my alarm and of course that was the day that david's dad called. i answered the phone for some dumb reason i will never know... sounding horrible and admitting that i had slept until 10:30. of course he thinks i'm a loser now...oh well. maybe someday i will get a chance to redeem myself.
things with the house aren't progressing as quickly as i had hoped, but i did accomplish quite a bit. we are ready to slap some paint on the walls and the doors in the guest room and we will be done with that room. we are going to finish all 3 bedrooms and then we will have lowes come out and lay some carpet all at once. and wala, the bedrooms will be done.
i attempted to remove the wallpaper on one wall in the guest bath. determined that is NOT going to work and so in talking to mom & emily decided that we should put up white beadboard paneling from floor to ceiling and have blue accents in the tiles around the tub (and possibly on the floor) and still stain the sink base ebony like we were planning. i think that it will look really nice. mom said she saw a photo of a bathroom almost just like this in a magazine.
yesterday was the womens retreat to service at church. honestly, i DID NOT want to do it in the morning when i got up. actually, i've been not really thrilled about the idea for the longest time. yesterday was the first sunny nice day all week and i had selfish thoughts about what i wanted to do for myself, but i went on and worked for others and ended up having a great day. it was good for me to be less selfish with my time for once. not having children for 7 years of marriage has turned me into an even more selfish person than i ever was with my time.
this week my schedule will roughly consist of:
mon -
mow yard
plant flowers at house
plant garden at the church if it is ready??
clean house (i.e. sweep floors, mop, clean bathrooms)
paint walls in guest room and paint doors
aerobics class in the evening
possibly dave's parents will stop by mon or tues, i don't know??
tues -
weight watchers mtg.
get washing soda at kroger so i can make homemade laundry detergent
get a bucket at TSC for the laundry detergent
society of women engineers lunch
cancel corporate gym membership if my ex-work did not
work with dave tues p.m. to finalize guest room and move furniture and clothes out of master bedroom
wed -
aerobics class in a.m.
make laundry soap
remove wallpaper borders in kitchen and laundry room
thurs -
do laundry
begin repairing walls in master bedroom for priming
have dave sand master bedroom walls in the evening
wash off the dust
fri -
workout on my own in the a.m.
prime master bedroom walls
drive to ohio
dave went spelunking yesterday with our friend jason. he wasn't really supposed to go in the caves, but he did anyways. last time he will get the chance for years. i am glad he got to. on the way home he stopped at the lasko school of log building and met one of the students in the spring class. this man said that david should do whatever it takes to get into the fall class. that we will save a fortune in bldg. our own home if he will go thru the class and learn from lasko. i hope that we will be able to make that happen. i love david so much and i hope that my staying home does not hinder him from any of his dreams such as attending that school, but honestly, me being home is one of both of our dreams. he supports me 100% and i am so glad. i could not be here against his will. :)
have a great week everybody!!
we went to church then make fondu cheeseburgers and green beans and then i made some homemade peanut butter so that i could make some peanut butter choc chip oatmeal cookies. yum. we just took a plate of cookies over to our neighbors. i really like having them right next door. over the past 6 years we've gotten to know them and they are very nice people. i like how we can just pop over and they can just pop over here and say "hi". it is nice to live so close. ...except for the time that i was just getting out of the bathtub and dennis showed up, or the other time when...well, nevermind. we won't go there....
my first week as a SAHW was lots of fun. i stayed pretty much on track with what i wanted to accomplish. i tried to get up and get going everyday and not waste time. i got up with david each morning and packed his lunch and supported him. then i made the mistake of accidentally goign back to sleep on thursday. i slept thru my alarm and of course that was the day that david's dad called. i answered the phone for some dumb reason i will never know... sounding horrible and admitting that i had slept until 10:30. of course he thinks i'm a loser now...oh well. maybe someday i will get a chance to redeem myself.
things with the house aren't progressing as quickly as i had hoped, but i did accomplish quite a bit. we are ready to slap some paint on the walls and the doors in the guest room and we will be done with that room. we are going to finish all 3 bedrooms and then we will have lowes come out and lay some carpet all at once. and wala, the bedrooms will be done.
i attempted to remove the wallpaper on one wall in the guest bath. determined that is NOT going to work and so in talking to mom & emily decided that we should put up white beadboard paneling from floor to ceiling and have blue accents in the tiles around the tub (and possibly on the floor) and still stain the sink base ebony like we were planning. i think that it will look really nice. mom said she saw a photo of a bathroom almost just like this in a magazine.
yesterday was the womens retreat to service at church. honestly, i DID NOT want to do it in the morning when i got up. actually, i've been not really thrilled about the idea for the longest time. yesterday was the first sunny nice day all week and i had selfish thoughts about what i wanted to do for myself, but i went on and worked for others and ended up having a great day. it was good for me to be less selfish with my time for once. not having children for 7 years of marriage has turned me into an even more selfish person than i ever was with my time.
this week my schedule will roughly consist of:
mon -
mow yard
plant flowers at house
plant garden at the church if it is ready??
clean house (i.e. sweep floors, mop, clean bathrooms)
paint walls in guest room and paint doors
aerobics class in the evening
possibly dave's parents will stop by mon or tues, i don't know??
tues -
weight watchers mtg.
get washing soda at kroger so i can make homemade laundry detergent
get a bucket at TSC for the laundry detergent
society of women engineers lunch
cancel corporate gym membership if my ex-work did not
work with dave tues p.m. to finalize guest room and move furniture and clothes out of master bedroom
wed -
aerobics class in a.m.
make laundry soap
remove wallpaper borders in kitchen and laundry room
thurs -
do laundry
begin repairing walls in master bedroom for priming
have dave sand master bedroom walls in the evening
wash off the dust
fri -
workout on my own in the a.m.
prime master bedroom walls
drive to ohio
dave went spelunking yesterday with our friend jason. he wasn't really supposed to go in the caves, but he did anyways. last time he will get the chance for years. i am glad he got to. on the way home he stopped at the lasko school of log building and met one of the students in the spring class. this man said that david should do whatever it takes to get into the fall class. that we will save a fortune in bldg. our own home if he will go thru the class and learn from lasko. i hope that we will be able to make that happen. i love david so much and i hope that my staying home does not hinder him from any of his dreams such as attending that school, but honestly, me being home is one of both of our dreams. he supports me 100% and i am so glad. i could not be here against his will. :)
have a great week everybody!!
5.01.2009
Movie Give-Away
Hey everybody! Since we ditched the TV and DVD and VCR, we have no need for the movies so I'm giving them away for free! Leave a comment if you want any of these. Mom & Emily have already spoken for most of them, so this is what is left. I will give preference to those of you that I can meet in person in Indiana or on the way home to Ohio or something so I don't have to pay for postage, but I can make exceptions :) Feel free to send your blogging friends my way if you think they might be interested. Thanks!
DVD -
Into the Wild
Matrix Reloaded
Two Weeks Notice
Meet the Parents
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Office Space Special Edition
Dodgeball
VHS-
Babe
Wild America
Alaska
Twister
Tremors
Denise Austin Ultimate Fat Burner
Taebo Basic Workout
DVD -
Into the Wild
Matrix Reloaded
Two Weeks Notice
Meet the Parents
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Office Space Special Edition
Dodgeball
VHS-
Babe
Wild America
Alaska
Twister
Tremors
Denise Austin Ultimate Fat Burner
Taebo Basic Workout
4.29.2009
Lashing out at the TV
Ok. I said I wasn't coming back until next Sunday, but I'm back for a quick mid-week update. Some important things to share.
I lost 3.6 lbs last week. I joined a WW meeting that meets at a nearby church on Tues a.m. so I'm really excited about turning a new leaf with these new friends.
Also, Dave & I decided to give our TV, DVD player and VCR to our church. They were in need of some of these electronics and we have determined we no longer want them in our house. If anyone wants any of our movies, let me know. I'm already giving a lot of them to my sister, but some of them she already had so they're up for grabs...
This decision has been a long time coming. Dave disabled our antenna probably 5 years ago so we couldn't get any stations. I was angry. I loved my TV shows. But I got over it. We kept the TV to watch movies. Lately whenever we watch movies I think afterwards, why did we waste our time doing that? Last time Dave's parents visited Dave suggested we watch America's Sweethearts. I felt awkward most of the movie because I feel that a lot of humor in it was inappropriate and not something that I would really sit around talking with them about. I just recently got Little House season 8. I haven't even watched the entire thing. But I've noticed that in the later seasons, the people lie more, there's more reference to sinful things, women and children are more disrespectful, etc. We recently watched Cinderella Man and I found myself riding an emotional roller coaster all night. Life is stressful enough without willingly imposing stress on myself. And the other night we watched Ocean's Eleven and I found myself wondering why we would watch something for entertainment that was centered around disobeying 2 of the 10 commandments (lying and stealing). I decided if I looked at all movies before watching them and thought about whether they went perpendicular to the commandments, most of them would make it on my "do not watch" list. So I began to wonder what the point was in even watching movies. It is a way for Satan and sin to slowly slip into our minds. Our youth pastor recently spoke about influence, how it is inevitable, how we influence others and how we are constantly influenced ourselves. I do not want to be influenced anymore by these terrible things. The more I think about having children, I do not want their precious little minds to be affected by violence, sex, scandal on TV and if I care so much about their unborn minds, why don't I care about my own and my husbands? And all the people we invite into our home to watch movies with? My sister-in-law also mentioned how TV affects children's minds developmentally as well. I think that I've heard that before too. So, there's just another reason.
I think that our time will be better spent reading, playing games, exercising, working on house projects or hobbies, etc. We will be better off without that black box of evil. I know that sometimes it can be good, but by and large, it is not. The bad times outweigh the good in my mind. It is over.
...Now that I think about it, maybe we shouldn't even give it to the church. Why give an evil black box to them? Well, I know the reason. I think that it can be used for good teaching in that setting. But having it in our home allows us to take advantage of it and watch things that we should not....
It's kind of like when someone on a diet takes all the bad food out of their house. That is what we are doing.
Ok. Off my soap box now. I just wanted to let you all know :)
I lost 3.6 lbs last week. I joined a WW meeting that meets at a nearby church on Tues a.m. so I'm really excited about turning a new leaf with these new friends.
Also, Dave & I decided to give our TV, DVD player and VCR to our church. They were in need of some of these electronics and we have determined we no longer want them in our house. If anyone wants any of our movies, let me know. I'm already giving a lot of them to my sister, but some of them she already had so they're up for grabs...
This decision has been a long time coming. Dave disabled our antenna probably 5 years ago so we couldn't get any stations. I was angry. I loved my TV shows. But I got over it. We kept the TV to watch movies. Lately whenever we watch movies I think afterwards, why did we waste our time doing that? Last time Dave's parents visited Dave suggested we watch America's Sweethearts. I felt awkward most of the movie because I feel that a lot of humor in it was inappropriate and not something that I would really sit around talking with them about. I just recently got Little House season 8. I haven't even watched the entire thing. But I've noticed that in the later seasons, the people lie more, there's more reference to sinful things, women and children are more disrespectful, etc. We recently watched Cinderella Man and I found myself riding an emotional roller coaster all night. Life is stressful enough without willingly imposing stress on myself. And the other night we watched Ocean's Eleven and I found myself wondering why we would watch something for entertainment that was centered around disobeying 2 of the 10 commandments (lying and stealing). I decided if I looked at all movies before watching them and thought about whether they went perpendicular to the commandments, most of them would make it on my "do not watch" list. So I began to wonder what the point was in even watching movies. It is a way for Satan and sin to slowly slip into our minds. Our youth pastor recently spoke about influence, how it is inevitable, how we influence others and how we are constantly influenced ourselves. I do not want to be influenced anymore by these terrible things. The more I think about having children, I do not want their precious little minds to be affected by violence, sex, scandal on TV and if I care so much about their unborn minds, why don't I care about my own and my husbands? And all the people we invite into our home to watch movies with? My sister-in-law also mentioned how TV affects children's minds developmentally as well. I think that I've heard that before too. So, there's just another reason.
I think that our time will be better spent reading, playing games, exercising, working on house projects or hobbies, etc. We will be better off without that black box of evil. I know that sometimes it can be good, but by and large, it is not. The bad times outweigh the good in my mind. It is over.
...Now that I think about it, maybe we shouldn't even give it to the church. Why give an evil black box to them? Well, I know the reason. I think that it can be used for good teaching in that setting. But having it in our home allows us to take advantage of it and watch things that we should not....
It's kind of like when someone on a diet takes all the bad food out of their house. That is what we are doing.
Ok. Off my soap box now. I just wanted to let you all know :)
4.26.2009
freedom
I am back. After a 9-10 month separation from blogging. I can't say that I missed it that much, honestly since I was able to get some more things done without the computer, but it is nice to be back. I'm probably going to update most Sunday afternoons now.
Anyways, I come back with some good news, too. Friday was my last day as an engineer. Hopefully forever. Wow. All I can say is that I love David for giving me this opportunity. And I'm praising God for giving us the means for me to "retire" and become the stay at home wife that I've always wanted to be!!! I may be doing some things like piano lessons or substitute teaching or an errand service or tutoring homeschool kids on math and science, but for the most part, I'm not going to spend a lot of time and energy making money anymore. I'm going to focus more on saving it. Finding ways to simplify our life and save money. Being here to fix all our meals rather than working 70 hours in a week and eating out most meals, etc.
I have never been a big fan of the feminist movement and dual career households. All that I've ever wanted is to stay home, keep the house clean, fix good meals, bake, etc. and take care of my David and our children (if God chooses to bless us with them). I never wanted to be a career woman. I feel like I've gone on this 9 year walk into someone else's life only to re-emerge back to myself. i've finally decided to live my own life where there is margin so that I can take care of the things that really matter to me. My spiritual walk, my home, my family.
I have taken in a lot of feminist propoganda in the last 9 years (and before) and as a result, I am having to battle with a lot of feelings of guilt and inadequacy. I wonder what people think of me for quitting my "career". I had some people at my job say some condescending things to me this week, etc. I feel like I'm being lazy or something by not having that job, but in all reality, I have a lot more to do at home, and a lot more physical labor than I ever had clicking a mouse at work and living up to their low expectations. In fact, one of the biggest skills I learned at work was how to "look busy" when not actually "busy". Not to work too hard and fast or they'd give me a ton more work that I didn't really want to do. Just work hard enough not to get fired, etc. This was so hard to participate in when all I wanted to do was come home and clean up my personal life...Ugh. I am so glad that I've been able to cut off these terrible programs from my life forever. As you can see, I have a lot of re-programming to do in my mind now. A lot.
Tomorrow marks the first real day of my new life. The first day that I "should" be going in to the office, and I won't be. And I have so much to do. I want to try to organize my days into some sort of schedule. I'm such a schedule nerd. Does anyone have any advice? I found a website that makes lists that seemed somewhat helpful. Kind of like Flylady but different.
What I have so far for this week is this....
Mon- laundry, clean house, make phone calls about insurance, etc. , go work out in the evening @ Eagle (one of the area churches started a free aerobic workout class/ministry, I love it and I can go 3 times a week...), finish priming the guest room (Michelle, if you're reading this, I haven't done anything else in there since you and Pat were here!!!)
Tues- Weight Watchers mtg and grocery shopping at 6 stores in Lebanon (to find the best deals because now I have time...woohoo! new highlight of my life!!), see Tamara & Blake?, send out Society of Women Engineers lunch reminder (I'm still organizing a monthly engineers lunch to keep my foot in that door should something ever happen to David and I would have to be an engineer again...)
Wed- work out in the a.m., paint the ceiling in the guest room and the walls
Thurs- either paint trim/doors in the guest room (dave's actually better at that kind of detail than I am so I might save it for him) or remove wallpaper in bath, kitchen and laundry room
Fri- work out in the a.m., finish up any tasks that aren't done for the week, laundry, get ready for the womens retreat to service at church on Saturday
anyways, you all have a great week! I'll check back with you next Sunday!!
Anyways, I come back with some good news, too. Friday was my last day as an engineer. Hopefully forever. Wow. All I can say is that I love David for giving me this opportunity. And I'm praising God for giving us the means for me to "retire" and become the stay at home wife that I've always wanted to be!!! I may be doing some things like piano lessons or substitute teaching or an errand service or tutoring homeschool kids on math and science, but for the most part, I'm not going to spend a lot of time and energy making money anymore. I'm going to focus more on saving it. Finding ways to simplify our life and save money. Being here to fix all our meals rather than working 70 hours in a week and eating out most meals, etc.
I have never been a big fan of the feminist movement and dual career households. All that I've ever wanted is to stay home, keep the house clean, fix good meals, bake, etc. and take care of my David and our children (if God chooses to bless us with them). I never wanted to be a career woman. I feel like I've gone on this 9 year walk into someone else's life only to re-emerge back to myself. i've finally decided to live my own life where there is margin so that I can take care of the things that really matter to me. My spiritual walk, my home, my family.
I have taken in a lot of feminist propoganda in the last 9 years (and before) and as a result, I am having to battle with a lot of feelings of guilt and inadequacy. I wonder what people think of me for quitting my "career". I had some people at my job say some condescending things to me this week, etc. I feel like I'm being lazy or something by not having that job, but in all reality, I have a lot more to do at home, and a lot more physical labor than I ever had clicking a mouse at work and living up to their low expectations. In fact, one of the biggest skills I learned at work was how to "look busy" when not actually "busy". Not to work too hard and fast or they'd give me a ton more work that I didn't really want to do. Just work hard enough not to get fired, etc. This was so hard to participate in when all I wanted to do was come home and clean up my personal life...Ugh. I am so glad that I've been able to cut off these terrible programs from my life forever. As you can see, I have a lot of re-programming to do in my mind now. A lot.
Tomorrow marks the first real day of my new life. The first day that I "should" be going in to the office, and I won't be. And I have so much to do. I want to try to organize my days into some sort of schedule. I'm such a schedule nerd. Does anyone have any advice? I found a website that makes lists that seemed somewhat helpful. Kind of like Flylady but different.
What I have so far for this week is this....
Mon- laundry, clean house, make phone calls about insurance, etc. , go work out in the evening @ Eagle (one of the area churches started a free aerobic workout class/ministry, I love it and I can go 3 times a week...), finish priming the guest room (Michelle, if you're reading this, I haven't done anything else in there since you and Pat were here!!!)
Tues- Weight Watchers mtg and grocery shopping at 6 stores in Lebanon (to find the best deals because now I have time...woohoo! new highlight of my life!!), see Tamara & Blake?, send out Society of Women Engineers lunch reminder (I'm still organizing a monthly engineers lunch to keep my foot in that door should something ever happen to David and I would have to be an engineer again...)
Wed- work out in the a.m., paint the ceiling in the guest room and the walls
Thurs- either paint trim/doors in the guest room (dave's actually better at that kind of detail than I am so I might save it for him) or remove wallpaper in bath, kitchen and laundry room
Fri- work out in the a.m., finish up any tasks that aren't done for the week, laundry, get ready for the womens retreat to service at church on Saturday
anyways, you all have a great week! I'll check back with you next Sunday!!
7.08.2008
i guess the net is still working even though dave cancelled it last night. i'm not sure how much time i have left :) but i will blog while i can....
please pray for me. last night after i blogged, i went to bible study. i was feeling great and then satan hit me like a ton of bricks. he strapped me with a sore throat, headache, bodyache. i felt miserable. i came home and dave blanketed me with scriptures of healing and i felt better. we decided that satan was attacking because we're making some huge changes, etc. and he doesn't like them.
so we went to bed and i woke up at 3 a.m. i felt like i was going to be sick to my stomach. i yelled out for dave, and leaned over the side of the bed, at which point i fainted and rolled onto the floor. he said i quit breathing for 5- 10 seconds because my tongue blocked my throat so he rolled me over and i was better. i praise the Lord that my yell actually woke him. i woke up having no idea where i was of course. i didn't know why i was laying on carpeting and crocs. we were up till after 4. he was reading the Word to me. i was laying on the bathroom floor feeling horrible then finally made it back to bed.
i can't really miss work right now. so i have to drag myself in. i think i will take my time and get ready at a slower pace than usual today (hence this morning blogging thing) so i don't make myself dizzy again. i really don't like being dizzy.
please pray for me. last night after i blogged, i went to bible study. i was feeling great and then satan hit me like a ton of bricks. he strapped me with a sore throat, headache, bodyache. i felt miserable. i came home and dave blanketed me with scriptures of healing and i felt better. we decided that satan was attacking because we're making some huge changes, etc. and he doesn't like them.
so we went to bed and i woke up at 3 a.m. i felt like i was going to be sick to my stomach. i yelled out for dave, and leaned over the side of the bed, at which point i fainted and rolled onto the floor. he said i quit breathing for 5- 10 seconds because my tongue blocked my throat so he rolled me over and i was better. i praise the Lord that my yell actually woke him. i woke up having no idea where i was of course. i didn't know why i was laying on carpeting and crocs. we were up till after 4. he was reading the Word to me. i was laying on the bathroom floor feeling horrible then finally made it back to bed.
i can't really miss work right now. so i have to drag myself in. i think i will take my time and get ready at a slower pace than usual today (hence this morning blogging thing) so i don't make myself dizzy again. i really don't like being dizzy.
7.07.2008
Goodbye
well, we've put it off since march 4, 2007 and it can be put off no longer. we must cancel our home phone and internet. so my blog is coming to an end. this hurts me more than it hurts you, my dear readers.
but now that we're teaching another FPU class we're even more determined to save and to pay off our home. we're wasting $75 / month on the phone/net. we are getting gazelle intense once again.
maybe someday when i no longer have payments, i will get back up on the line and share with you my every thought, but for now, goodbye. and i guess i may periodically update if i go to the library and get online, but i won't be able to upload pics there, etc.
last night we came to the conclusion that dave might possibly be the "nerd" and i might possibly be the "free spirit" with the finances. we've tried to switch roles for 6 years because he cares least about money than anything else in his life (or did) and i used money as a way to maintain control. anyways, i'm excited because the decision to get rid of the phone/net is mostly his and although it breaks my heart cuz i love blogging and reading other peoples' blogs, i must submit. this is one of his first defining acts of leadership in the finances. and i welcome it.
by the way, our churchwide fall FPU class that has been delayed to january was still listed on the dave ramsey website up until today. a couple who we don't know from indy registered for it. dave called to tell them it is delayed till january and that they could come to the one at our house since we're only 3 weeks in. anyways, the wife had to check with her husband but there's a good chance they may join us. i'm so excited to meet complete strangers and connect in the area of finances. isn't it awesome how God works?
but now that we're teaching another FPU class we're even more determined to save and to pay off our home. we're wasting $75 / month on the phone/net. we are getting gazelle intense once again.
maybe someday when i no longer have payments, i will get back up on the line and share with you my every thought, but for now, goodbye. and i guess i may periodically update if i go to the library and get online, but i won't be able to upload pics there, etc.
last night we came to the conclusion that dave might possibly be the "nerd" and i might possibly be the "free spirit" with the finances. we've tried to switch roles for 6 years because he cares least about money than anything else in his life (or did) and i used money as a way to maintain control. anyways, i'm excited because the decision to get rid of the phone/net is mostly his and although it breaks my heart cuz i love blogging and reading other peoples' blogs, i must submit. this is one of his first defining acts of leadership in the finances. and i welcome it.
by the way, our churchwide fall FPU class that has been delayed to january was still listed on the dave ramsey website up until today. a couple who we don't know from indy registered for it. dave called to tell them it is delayed till january and that they could come to the one at our house since we're only 3 weeks in. anyways, the wife had to check with her husband but there's a good chance they may join us. i'm so excited to meet complete strangers and connect in the area of finances. isn't it awesome how God works?
7.06.2008
a b c d e f g...and other stuff
well, we're back from our 5 day trip to ohio. we ate at the dutch kitchen in plain city, spent 2 days at mohican state park and then a couple days with our families. we had lots of fun, good food and time with family. saw the fireworks in urbana friday night. had LOTS of steak and scalloped cabbage with my parents. made homemade ice cream with dave's family and rode our bikes about 22 miles i'm guessing with dave's dad. we had a great time and pics will follow. the best part is that we paid cash for this trip to mohican rather than charging it like we did on our honeymoon. the funny thing is we think we just paid off the honeymoon in december...
our fpu class tonight was awesome. everyone was really open and sharing. i was so excited to meet sam's fiancee and she was very sweet. we're all brainstorming on how to make extra money and i think we'll have a group garage sale soon. yay!
A is for age.
26
B is for burger of choice.
one that dave has grilled
C is for what car you drive.
A hail damaged '99 toyota camry.
D is for Dog's name.
Bob (the cat)
E is for essential item you use every day.
hair dryer
F is for favorite tv show at the moment.
financial peace university classes on dvd
G is for Favorite game.
cranium
H is for Hometown.
Urbana, OH
I is for instruments you play
piano, trombone
J is for favorite juice.
does water count?
K is for who you'd like to kiss.
dave
L is for last restaurant you ate at.
Lee's
M is for your favorite Muppet.
Miss Piggie?
N is for number of piercings.
none
O is for overnight hospital stays.
one when I was 3 and had surgery
P is for people you were with today.
dave's family, the Oak Grove congregation, our FPU group
Q is for what you do with your quiet time.
read
R is for biggest regret.
hmmm....going thru 5 years of school to prove a point and getting a degree i don't even want to use
S is for status.
Married for almost 6 years.
T is for time you woke up today.
6:40....to the sound of my father-in-law calling on my husband's cell phone to wake us up for a bikeride. that was the second day in a row. neither day did i want to get up, but I did and I'm thankful for the fun times and exercise.
U is for what you consider unique.
everyone
V is for vegetable you love.
celery. mmmm
W is for worst habit.
sighing
X is for number of x-rays you've had.
maybe 3
Y is for yummy food you ate today.
lee's chicken
Z is for zodiac sign.
Gemini
our fpu class tonight was awesome. everyone was really open and sharing. i was so excited to meet sam's fiancee and she was very sweet. we're all brainstorming on how to make extra money and i think we'll have a group garage sale soon. yay!
A is for age.
26
B is for burger of choice.
one that dave has grilled
C is for what car you drive.
A hail damaged '99 toyota camry.
D is for Dog's name.
Bob (the cat)
E is for essential item you use every day.
hair dryer
F is for favorite tv show at the moment.
financial peace university classes on dvd
G is for Favorite game.
cranium
H is for Hometown.
Urbana, OH
I is for instruments you play
piano, trombone
J is for favorite juice.
does water count?
K is for who you'd like to kiss.
dave
L is for last restaurant you ate at.
Lee's
M is for your favorite Muppet.
Miss Piggie?
N is for number of piercings.
none
O is for overnight hospital stays.
one when I was 3 and had surgery
P is for people you were with today.
dave's family, the Oak Grove congregation, our FPU group
Q is for what you do with your quiet time.
read
R is for biggest regret.
hmmm....going thru 5 years of school to prove a point and getting a degree i don't even want to use
S is for status.
Married for almost 6 years.
T is for time you woke up today.
6:40....to the sound of my father-in-law calling on my husband's cell phone to wake us up for a bikeride. that was the second day in a row. neither day did i want to get up, but I did and I'm thankful for the fun times and exercise.
U is for what you consider unique.
everyone
V is for vegetable you love.
celery. mmmm
W is for worst habit.
sighing
X is for number of x-rays you've had.
maybe 3
Y is for yummy food you ate today.
lee's chicken
Z is for zodiac sign.
Gemini
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