well, it's been almost a week. here i am again. i know you probably can't believe it. life is great and busy. i made it thru the w2's and 1099's for work. i am almost thru the 990 for the crisis center. i just finished our personal taxes. of course we have to pay idaho so we will wait to file until 4/15. :) we will file the federal and utah here in the next couple of days cause we will get a refund there.
the financial peace university class is going great. it has been all cushy this last couple of weeks as far as homework. this week is a bear. we have to do our budget. then see if we can stick to it. we have our emergency fund tho. we are way excited about that. why do i need to take a stupid class when i know what i am suppose to be doing? well, whatever the reason, it's having the desired effect and that would be the point i guess.
this week i made tomatillo salsa. i also made some yummy dinners. i am finding a new joy in cooking my hubby dinner. why is that? i cleaned off the desk in the den. weird. i know where stuff is. that's even more weird.
my utility bill averages $83 a month. thanks to my wood burning stove. i will have a new appreciation for that now. others are paying upwards of $400 for electric heat. that was a good call. there will be only happy adventures getting wood this year. they were always happy adventures, only now i will have a new perspective.
i am still in the middle of "to kill a mocking bird". i have never read it. i am liking it. i am having a hard time getting thru it cause, when i sit down to read i get sleepy. i am suppose to be crocheting an afghan for the crisis center fundraiser auction. i don't think it's going to get done. bummer. maybe for next year.
the new year's goals are going great. since carlean helped me with my kitchen (we reorganized the entire thing) it has been easier to keep it cleaned. also, i have lowered the boom on the children who live here. i have started to expect way more. it just takes me to remember to not do it all and have the energy to tell them i expect more. it is moving along nicely. we are going to put the commission plan into schedule this week. troy and i have put together the commission bearing jobs in addition to the non-commission bearing jobs. i am excited about that too.
my horse is doing well. fat and way lazy. i was told i should ride him during the winter. this would be great except it is cold and cold and cold outside. i am putting money away for horse schooling. he will go to school in the spring and someone will work on his feet (he is naughty) and break him in. i haven't been on since about october so he will be a snot.
troy is healing nicely. he has the go to start running on a treadmill in march. he can run outside when the ice is gone.
paden is working full time now at kents in tremonton. he is also hoping to be a census worker and work at hess lumber setting up their new store. both of those positions are temporary. he will quit kents in april and go back to rexburg. he is job hunting there now so if he finds something he will have a job to go to when he goes back. he is also back living at home.
i have been getting postcards in the mail from walt. i love it. i have started sending them back. if you want a pick me up, start sending him postcards. it's so fun.
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It sounds like you have been busy! We love what we have been learning from Dave Ramsey. I love the book your reading! I would have read it with you. Update your good reads so I can see what your reading and maybe I'll read with you on something.
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