Eyes Closed

Do you close your eyes and think about your life? Do you think about how other people seem to have it all together? Think about where you always thought your life would be by now? I feel bad because I do have many things to be happy about and I am blessed. But sometimes my [...]

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Money Money Money Mon-eeey

(I’ve been doing this post update every few weeks, in between posts I write my thoughts/struggles each day in note format, this seems the most readable way to do this) -so I needed some craft supplies and stuff, so I did bill me later, since I can’t ask the hubs for money and I feel [...]

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Heart Aches

What I know.  I know that this little device keeps my husband alive.  I know that sounds strange since he is only 33. I knew when I married him that there was always going to be a nagging little fear about this little object and here it has come to play.  Today he found out [...]

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Date night is not just for dorks

Ok I read all the time things telling you to date your husband, make time for just you and your husband and I must admit I think it sounds weird and cheesy, but at the same time, my heart does ache a bit when friends and their spouses go on dates.  But tonight, the kids [...]

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There’s a 1st time for everything-Top 10 Tuesday

Top 10 First Times: 1st car- 1986 VW Jetta, Gray, 5 speed 1st professional job- Marketing Admin for an International Bank (not as exciting as it sounds, really mean boss) 1st time out of the country- it was 1986 and we drove to Niagara Falls Canada, my first impression of Canada was that they had [...]

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Light on the horizon

So the hubs has been doing the budgeting/bill paying for about a month and I can honestly say it’s been some work, but it makes me feel 100% better, because I know he will get things in order, that is his way.  So here’s my notes from the field: (I’ve been doing this post update [...]

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Psalm 34

I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me, freeing me from all my fears  Psalm 34:4   I have been bugging out about money forever it seems.  My husband and I decided my main focus would be on staying home with the kids, so I left a really good paying job and of course [...]

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Have I changed my habits….

So at a review of our debt at year end last year, my husband told me that instead of it going down it went up from Oct to Jan- ok hello, husband dear that’s called the holidays and we do have kids.  Now before all the hard core debt deleters out there freak out and [...]

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Family

My grandparents are getting older.  I am very blessed to still have grandparents and even more blessed that my kids know them.  My grandmother told me she wants my grandfather to stop running errands, he’s not what he was before in health.  About 7 years ago, he had open heart surgery.  He gets winded and [...]

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My First Year of Marriage

My husband and I were in our junior year of college when we got married.  We had been together four years.  We were living at home with my family and commuting to college and working during the days when we weren’t in school. Our wedding was as simple as could be, us, the people we [...]

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