Actually home before dark...

I am taking this opportunity to blog, even though I have about 200 other more pressing things to do. Literally, 200. (I'm SUCH an exaggerator, just ask Dave....)

I actually got home early tonight (because I had a chiropractor appt - an actual excuse to leave work at 5). So I'm home now. When I finish this, I'm off to bake a carrot cake for lunch at work tomorrow and I will finish up some spreadsheets for work that have to be sent out FIRST THING TOMORROW....

Anyways, here are a few random thoughts flying through my mind at ludicrous speed right now.....this is my mantra until ......November 18th:

1. we finished reading Job with our small group Monday night. I consider that quite an accomplishment. Possibly the first time I've read a book from the Old Testament all the way through without quitting. (Except for Genesis and Exodus on the Bible on CD before Dave stole it from me........and he won't give it back!!!)
2. Went to the Rinker concrete plant today for a tour with 5 others from work. And LA Cafe for lunch. The significance is that this plant and restaurant are within 2 miles of our house so I got to show my coworkers where I live.
3. I'm tired of spending $1000 / month on gas because we are driving about....could it be....7000 miles / month? (Maybe I just messed up the math, but I think that's about $2.75 / gallon and 20 mpg gas mileage...)
4. I'm ready to be debt free.
5. I would like to get a massage. But I will postpone until debt free.
6. I would like for David to not have to drive the Corsica anymore. But I will postpone until debt free.
7. I would like to not drive my 257,000 mile '99 Toyota Camry anymore. But I will postpone until debt free.
8. I would like to buy some nicer clothes for work. But I will postpone until debt free.
9. I would like to have a new computer. But I will postpone until debt free.
10. I would like to have an IPOD. But I will postpone until debt free.
11. I would like to be able to sit down and not feel guilty. But I will postpone until debt free.
12. I would like to be able to sleep for more than 5 hours straight. But I will postpone until debt free.
13. I would like to not have to rely on caffeine to get through the day. But I will postpone until debt free.
14. I would like to not have stress headaches on a daily basis. But I will postpone until debt free.
15. I would like to go on a vacation. But I will postpone until debt free.
16. I would just like to have a day off work. But I will postpone until debt free.
17. I would like to not have to work. But I will postpone until debt free.
18. I would like to not have to work with people who say that I'm a woman working in a man's world. (Actually, I think they're right. I have heard these men that I work with say they wouldn't put their wives in the position they put me in....hmmmmmmmm....something is SO WRONG with this....) But I will postpone until debt free.
19. I would like to not have to walk through my house scrutinizing my belongings on a daily basis, trying to determine what I can sell that would bring the most profit so I can be debt free sooner.
20. I would like to have more time to help other people be debt free sooner.
21. I would like to have more time to study God's Word.
22. I would like to have more time to play the piano and re-learn all the songs I've forgotten in 7 years of running around like a chicken with my head cut off.
23. I would like to be a mother and know that we could afford to feed our children without a credit card.
24. I would like to not have ants in my closet so I could actually use my table again for scrapbooking.
25. I would like to be able to spend time working out, fixing Dave apple pies, and all other things that I find relaxing, fulfilling and joyful. But I will postpone until debt free.
26. I would like to not feel like I do right now. Pressured. But I will postpone until debt free.