Counting my financial blessings

I just feel so fortunate. This week, I thought I’d keep track of our financial blessings. - $10 gift card to Panera from bank debit card rewards program. Shane and I went out to lunch with it and had a nice meal and only paid a few dollars above the gift card amount. - $28 price adjustment for Shane’s shoes. It was time to buy him some new shoes and we found a great pair. What’s even better, I discovered that they went on sale and we were able to recoup the difference. - $20 bonus from ING.

Leader of The Plaque

Remember last week when I got a midnight message, reportedly from God? If not, go read it really quick. It's short and relevant to today's post. Yesterday I went to the dentist after an over four year break. I'm not one of those people who fear the dentist or feel like it's the equivalent of a mini-trip to hell. Mostly I just couldn't be bothered with it. But after dealing with a sensitive tooth for a couple days and making the realization that I don't want my teeth to fall out my head, I took

25 signs that you have grown up

Your house plants are alive, and you can’t smoke any of them. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question. You keep more food than beer in the fridge. 6:00AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed. You hear your favorite song in an elevator. You watch the Weather Channel. Your friends marry and divorce instead of “hook up” and “break up.” You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as “dressed up.” You’re the one calling the police because those %&

Current Events

Gosh, it feels like it's been a really long time since I sat down and wrote a proper post. It's kind of like when you haven't cleaned your house in so long, that when you finally have time to do it there is so much to do that you don't know where to start. So then you get discouraged and just give up all together, which just makes it that much harder next time! You know? We've finally gotten into a (sort of) comfortable routine with me back to work and the girls in preschool. The last couple o