So far the New Year has been relatively uneventful but since my husband sent me an email telling me I need to update my blog I thought I would share some of the blessings we are thankful for in regards to his news about his job.
If you do not already know, he is being let go (as is his entire department) on March 31. We made a decision to TRY and focus on God and all of the ways he is blessing us during this difficult time, so here it is...
This is an opportunity for Joe to find a job he really loves!
This happened AFTER we got out of debt - thanks Dave Ramsey!
His date of lay-off went from Jan 4 to March 31 in a span of 15 minutes.
This can be Joe’s mid-life crisis! (He got the news the week of his 40th birthday)
We decided to continue our giving to the church instead of lowering it when we completely renovated our budget. The next day my dad suggested looking at our 401k contribution. The amount of contribution that now goes into his paycheck instead of his 401k equals the amount we had considered lowering our tithe amount – plus some.
That same day we received a monetary gift – enough to live by our Emergency Budget for almost 3 months.
Someone who provides a service for us dropped the rate by $10 per month, without us asking.
December 2008
We had our 2nd straight year of All Cash Christmas!
We have had tons of encouragement and prayers from family and friends
We are living on an Emergency Budget and putting money in savings every month, we have realized that we can live on SO much less than we have been!
Found out about using an antenna instead of cable and we disconnected our land line saving us over $600 per year and we still get great channels!
Started using Cartridge World for our printer ink cartridges saving us over $10 per cartridge.
We know that God has a plan for us and we believe part of that plan was for us to learn to live on less. It is such a great feeling to have a little money in the bank rather than a ton of debt hanging over our heads. We continue to search for more ways to save - it has become almost a game for us! Thanks for taking the time to read this, hope you have a great week!
Hey girl!!! Love your blog! it is so great to be able to keep up with those far away! We are just getting back online, so check my blog again next week. Life is so crazy...Bart has been worried about his job for the last month as they have had continuous lay-offs. So far and it looks good, he will be keeping his. (with two mortgages I don't know what God would do with us!!!) Our church is hosting a Dave R. Financial peace U starting next month....I am looking for the $90 in the budget to attend! Thankfully, we are already not carrying consumer debt, just those pesky mortgages! I'm so proud of you all, the Bible tells us all about true freedom and Daves counsel comes right from God I believe. I know whatever happens in March (or before or after,) you all are in the palm of HIS hand! Love you!
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