Finding Time...

Summit has been amazing and Project Money (here in referred to as PM) is a God send. We have been trying to make serious changes in how we use and think about our money, and we now know why we have ignored our money and let it have its way with our family! Budgeting and keeping up with it is hard in the wake of life!  

May has been a whirl wind trying to get our finances in order and budget prepared to start the PM journey. Along with all of that I (Kari) totaled our car, took Coen on his first ever plane ride to Texas while Darek, Cree and Chay worked on a new fort for the back yard at home. Also, with trying to keep up on house projects, daily cleaning, and the end-of-the-year school activities, it has been tough make sure the budget is a priority! However, Darek and I very excited to have a budget for the first time ever. It is great to see where our money is planned to go; and, tracking where it actually goes is just as exciting. Understanding where our money goes actually helps us keep some!  

Our coach, Don, has set us up with envelopes that we put cash in to spend on the normal day-to-day expenses. What a fantastic idea! Since working on getting these started, we noticed we spend less with cash. It looks like it is time to change the family motto from "you only live once…" to "why put off until tomorrow what you can do today."  

The things we are celebrating this week are – thanks to the insurance money and the fact that we’ve become more conscientious about money, we were able to replace our car in cash! No car payments! Wahooo!!!

PS – if any one of the three Angels that came up on our accident on  CTY PD on May 11 read this blog….I just want to say from the bottom of my heart THANK YOU!!! I didn’t get your names but I will never forget your kindness!

Comments

[Anne Blackburn]

Awesome! Look forward to learning from you guys. Great family pics, too! :)