They all want money!!

This past few weeks every where I turn I'm dishing out money I don't really have per say. My sweeper broke...I clean houses...has to be fixed. My daughters lunch fund. My husbands annual (Mandatory) banquet for his work...Ticket $40. Toilet paper...it's a necessity. Car Inspection... HELP!!!

I can't wait to have that emergency fund back in place. What a stress reliever and comfort it was to have it there. I just have to find a way to get working on it. I just need to focus. When there's a will there's a way. I've been doing a lot of talking to God about the stress of money lately.

OK. So Frank's family came up from Arizona for 10 days. Talk about a whirl wind of juggling money for entertaining. It's hard to say "No, we can't" when it's their vacation and they haven't been here in 10 years. Thank God for the Peninsula, Asbury Woods, Buttermilk Falls, and the Erie Zoo. I guess sometimes we just have to be humble and say, "I'm sorry, our budget is tight could we do this instead?"

God's been so great this week, a few jobs canceled, but we got a few extra to make up for it. I even found $60 in my car. Yee Haw!!!!

My goal has been to refocus on our budget sheets by the end of the month. So by the start of school we're following "The Plan". Maybe more like the "Path" Paths have more room for movement and grace.

Sherry

Hope

I sat down to pay bills today and I was actually able to pay everything i needed to without being late. Earlier in the week I thought I may have to pay a few credit cards late, but I didn't. Hopefully we're getting back on track after a crappy July.

After taking the Dave Ramsey course it was so much easier to deal with creditors who called last month. He has a lesson on how to deal with creditors calls and it made thing much less intimidating. I felt empowered to actually talk to them.

If you have a chance to take the course, DO IT!!!!!! It is a great course. I hope listening to our journey helps someone out there.