The Brown House is Becoming…

It’s gotten worse, before it’s gotten better. BUT… it HAS gotten better. 

One of the goals that we really, really wanted to accomplish with Project Money was to get to a place where spending wasn’t always going to cause “STRIFE”. I can see that goal clearer and clearer each week. After the first month I thought we had made a big mistake. I really doubted our ability to come out on the other side, but as time (and monthly payments, and monthly bills, and weekly budgeted money in “cash envelopes”) has gone by, I am seeing the goal. It’s not a goal that will be accomplished and finished and forgotten about, but a goal that is going to be one of the strong foundations that this family continues to build on. PEACE.

As of 2010, the most common type of family in America is the Step Family. In step families there is a combining of two or three different worlds. That’s us, the Brown’s. When different views come together there isn’t always going to be peace. Sometimes there is war, or frustration, or disappointment. And that type of response leads to failure.  

With that in mind… we would like to announce that the Brown House is becoming (drum roll please, Jr.) peaceful.

How do I know this? Well, just this weekend we got to take Larry, Jr. to his out of town Football Tournament and stay in a hotel and buy new Basketball shoes. There was no last minute “OMGosh!!!  WE HAVE TOTALLY WASTED SO MUCH MONEY” attack in the back of my mind. We planned ahead. We spent smartly. 

It’s working. Some days are better than others, but the “better” are outweighing the “others” by quite a bit. And I will have to say that there has been lots of encouragement all along the way. Thanks to all of you!! If you are new on this budgeting journey… keep going. There are better days coming.  If you are new on this Step Family journey… keep going. There are better days coming… LOTS OF THEM!!