1) My support has to be finished in 10 days
2) One of my best friends is getting married in 10 days.
3) Working with a team/meetings start back up 19 days
I'm looking forward to having a schedule. Instead of waking up between 8am-9:30am and wondering what I'm going to do for the day. It's hard to do much support raising during the day because most people are at work. Plus, Teddy is at work. I feel like I've watched WAYYYY to much Dr. Phil, Ellen, Wheel of Fortune, Family Feud...yea enough. I can honestly say i've wasted a lot of time this summer...unfortunately.
Oh and you read that last paragraph correct...Teddy is now working during the day. He moved to that shift not this past monday but the one before that. So, we've been on this schedule for a week & half. We are enjoying it so far for multiple reasons:
1) He is home every night with me=we get to sleep together in the same bed
2) I feel safer for obvious reasons. I hated when he left at night & there were people outside who could see him leave his apt in work gear. Of course I think everyone is out to endanger me. :)
3) We don't have to rush home if we want to hang out with friends at night. Sure, he probably needs to be in bed between 10pm-11pm every night. But during a week day, I don't see us hanging out late anyways
4) He has weekends completely off. That's right...Monday-Friday 7am-3:30pm. Can you say NORMAL? He is finally on a consistent schedule. Better for his body & our relationship!
5) It makes me go to bed earlier & wake up earlier. I'm hoping this will allow me to spend time with the Lord in the morning now....instead of random times or not at all.
6) Last but not least: We get to pray together every night before we fall asleep & I get a goodnight kiss. :) i cherish this!
I guess I'm into list currently.
Support support support...i'm getting closer and closer. Still have at least $5,000 to raise. And 10 days to do it....really less than that considering wedding week is fast approaching. I've actually had one person increase from $100/m to $150/m this week AND a new person come on at $100/m. YAY!...plus $15/m and a one time gift of $100. That's quite a bit in one week (14.25%). If you read this PLEASE pray that the last bit of the money will come in. If you personally want to give holla at me. If you know someone who might be interested holla at me. If you want to pray for the ministry monthy holla at me. There are many ways for you to be apart of the wonderful things the Lord does on campus around the world.
So i blogged about our snowball effect for debt we are doing. I'm excited to say that my ring will officially be paid off in August...only a short 11 months after he purchased it. Sure, most people would prefer paying that off before you get into marriage...but ehh whatever. We got it taken care of & it's worth it for my bling of a ring that i love DEARLY. Next is the truck. We are taking ANY extra money that we didn't budget for (Teddy's overtime & selling stuff on craigs list) and putting it towards debt. Plus, after the ring is paid for we take that entire payment & add it to the already payment of the truck. It seems NUTS to be paying over $800 a month towards a debt...but heck we are gonna pay off that truck by next June...then be DEBT FREE a little after our first year of marriage. Gosh, we will be able to save tons each month after it's paid off & maybe even allow some breathing room in our budget for more fun dates etc. I will keep you updated on this massive accomplishment as the months continue on.
Oh & p.s. we've been married over 4 months now. HOLY MOLY. Time just flies. Before I know it I will be at the 6 month mark of car insurance (since its on a 6 month bases)...life.
Oh I was trying another 2 recipes this week. One is chicken & stuffing skillet and the other is Beef Taco Bake. I make the 2nd one last night & it was YUMMY. Really it tasted just like a enchilada, but yum. I found both recipes off Campbell Kitchen Recipes. Soup is key :) We both had it for lunch the next day (today) and it was just as great re-heated.
We are still getting our apartment together. We hung curtains & mirror squares in our bedroom this week. I'm working on painting from picture frames brown and hanging up some of our wedding pictures. I'm using white shelves too that the frames will be resting on & hanging above. I'm excited to get it up & going. We also sold our over sized white chair that is in our bedroom & are buying a desk. We are thrilled to get all my work crap out of the living room & organized on the desk. I want a wood desk & a cute wood chair. I've had TONS of luck finding different types on Craigs List & even at Walmart. My problem is finding a wood chair. Everyone sales the black fancy computer chairs...i don't want that big thing in my bedroom. Any ideas? Plus, I'm weird about matching woods. I mean currently we have all sorts of woods in our apartment because that is just how it has to be. I'm just hoping to land something with a desk & chair...for CHEAP.
Oh and i found out the other flatware that we received as a wedding gift is from JcPenney's. It's a 101 piece set....orginally $200 and on sale currently for $89.99. WOWIE! What a lovely little blessing 4 months in. We are going to take it back & hopefully buy some pretty curtains for our living room...mostly to help block the heat that comes in every afternoon-night. We still have some more money there too because of another wedding gift from there. We bought our big mirror in my living room & still have more. I still don't understand why people go off registries & not only that spend ALOT on the gift. i mean, it's working out in the end for us...and they are still contributing to our house. It's helpful.
you know why my husband is cool? He has passed out the past two nights on the couch at 8pm and 7pm. I just let him sleep & will wake him up soon for him to shower and go to bed. He has been tired from work lately. Hopefully it won't be like that always. :)
I hope to be back on the blog before another month passes. HOPEFULLY.
-Kells
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