After so much hard work, and so much success (I can’t remember the last month we got a cutoff notice, because we’ve been staying on top of the budget)…our bank account was overdrawn yesterday!

We were overcharged (by a LOT) for something, and since we keep our emergency fund somewhere else, the funds weren’t in there to cover a giant mistake like that.

I know it will all be fine, but it still brings back all the same feelings as when there just wasn’t any money at all…anywhere.  Not good feelings.  Also, I didn’t want to spend today working on righting the error, I wanted to spend the whole day at the hospital.  But:  I have the mind of Christ.  If I focus on it, it will be done.

Happy Tuesday!

The much appreciated date night happened this weekend – it’s a rare and often not magical night where John and I get to go out and do whatever we want (ha!).

Well.  We had big plans, anyway.

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I am working from the library today, since I couldn’t afford not only the gas to get to town, but also couldn’t swing a cup of coffee to sit at Starbuck’s this time.  So I’m trying not to type too loud…which is very difficult because this keyboard is pretty outdated!  Also I keep coughing, so I’m sure that’s really attractive.  The three people around me just left.

Guess it’s not so quiet in here, sorry guys!

Today’s 30-Day Power Purge goal is to organize the DVD and movies.  Guess what?!

John did that on Sunday for us!  He spread everything out, we matched things up, made a “give back to whoever we borrowed this from” pile, and threw several away.  Sweet!  That’s done.

It’s a good thing, too, because I worked today.  I just got home and checked the time.  (I’ll set this up by saying the house I cleaned today is ginormous and I am sooooo very hungry and tired.)  After pulling into the driveway, I realized there are twenty minutes until I need to leave again…and since I decided to save money by NOT getting an order of fries and a coke in a drive through, lunch must fit into these twenty minutes too.

So I came home, let the dog out and through a potato into the microwave for ten minutes.  During that ten minutes, I grabbed and scarfed a banana (real fast food!).  I jotted this post while I was chewing, and the timer just went off.  Now to read a few of my favorite blogs while I eat my potato as fast as I can (rejoicing in the three bucks I saved).

I did buy a McDonald’s coffee this morning (bad Momma), but remember:  It’s the little decisions that count.  Make as many good small decisions as you can in a day and you’ll be amazed at the results!

P.S.  The typos in the book are driving me crazy!  I have a pile of really amazing books in my closet that all have a typo in them, and I must admit it’s one of my favorite things to do when I get a new book.  Look for the mistakes!  But in this book…arg.  Oh well!  I still love the project and am excited about it!