we got our first energy bill on our "time of usage" plan. it was only $75! our usual bill on the balance bill plan was $126 a month. so that saved us $50 this month :) we may not be able to save that every month... but it is still totally worth it!
hana is only wearing "real" underwear. she made it through the night last night for the first time with out any kind of thick underwear or diapers or anything!! it is a good thing too, because after christmas i am going to work on potty training... brooke!
we are working hard on our dave ramsey/ financial peace lifestyle. our biggest step was taking back the computer that we bought with our christmas money. as many of you know our computer died after thanksgiving, so we rallied our family and they all sent our christmas money a month early (thank you!). well a friend in our financial peace small group fixed our old computer and "encouraged" us to take back our new computer and use that money to pay down dept. we accepted the challenge and did just that. this was a big step for me! i was ok paying down our dept over time... but use my christmas money??!! i was not a fan. but through the encouragement of my husband and others, i realized that this is what God was calling us to do. so we took it back this morning.
i also have to share that before thanksgiving, i was a bit stressed about money... jack had 2 small paychecks in a row and i was worried that we would not make it. so i payed for God to give us money. now when i prayed this i fully expected him to answer. i just expected some annomious gift from family or a stranger. i didn't know that he would answer the prayer... just using my christmas money (that thought did not even cross my mind). it is amazing how big God is and how much he can do. even when we don't accept his gift with open arms!
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Wow, how cool is that. It's so awesome to witness God working in your family life.
That is so awesome!! You guys are definitely gazelle-intense. And what a great example to show your girls...they might be young now, but remember the story Dave told the other night about his 5 year old...you never know what they'll pick up on.
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