Dave's Thoughts

For those of you who don't have the pleasure of knowing or hearing about Dave Ramsey you are missing out. I found out about him 5 years ago and it was just what I needed at such and young and stupid part of my life. His book, "The Total Money Makeover" helped me get out of debt (the little I had back then) and actually pay for things with CASH money, like my wedding for instance. See it's nice to dream, but then reality comes along and gives us a nice dose of medicine, then real life sets in. Like the economy... here is Dave's Thoughts on what is going on right now. He still tells it like it is. That is what I like about him. Markus losing his job has helped us to refocus on Dave's simple teachings. So you just never know. Don't miss the part where he talks Obama and praying for him. It's so true.... whether we are for or against him, he is the president of our country. You'll see what I mean when you read it, it's a bit of humor. :)

Kickin' Butt

It's not me kickin butt, but everything around me kicking mine. I've had a sinus infection that decided to come ruin the beginning of my week and sent me out of work Tuesday in immense pain. Somedays I'd love to be sick and stay home, while others I remember how bad it sucks and think otherwise. Needless to say when that happens everything seems to come falling down. Imagine that? So if you would like to kick my butt please do so while it is still deflated, that would be much appreciated now, instead of when it gets bubbly again....

I love this dog

I was going through some old pics and came across this one which was just after the hurricane. As you can see he was indulging in some Ben & Jerrys ice cream and loving it. How could you not love this dog?? Bogey you are the bestest!

Out Loud

It's very frustrating and annoying to me that Markus is out of a job. Like most people would be I'm sure, but it has been nice in some ways. It went from me taking care of most of the business, running errands, etc. to Markus helping with that. So nice I must say. When he's not in school, looking for a job, or playing XBOX, he has taken care of things like cleaning the dishes, running cable down the wall so I won't have on across my living room floor, cancel my old car insurance, get life insurance drafting out of new account, switch new car (to us) into his name, find a charity to donate the old car to, I mean clearly I could go on, but I think that will do justice for right now. So it hasn't been all bad with him not having a job. We have been forced to watch things a little closer, but really what is the harm in that??? I was working on our taxes the last night and looked at what we made last year and was in disbelief. Crazy to think we think we are broke now and we don't even have kids. So this whole Jenn working thing and that is all we have to live on, is good for the simple fact of watching our money closer. Otherwise I would rather Markus have a job. So hopefully that is in the near future. :) Love you hunny!

The Link

Markus sent me this in an email from his favorite website Tiger Droppings. It's crazy. The funny part is what people have to say about the post. Like the one about the aspirin. It's like the 5th comment down. I almost peed in my pants. Just thought I'd share.

Our Needs Are Met

I just wanted to share a little bit of what is going on in our little lives right now. The week before Thanksgiving I took on a 2nd job. Not really a necessity at the time, but later found out (the next week) why I took it. The week of Thanksgiving Markus got an ultimatum by his Branch Manager to become fulltime (40+ hrs/week) or leave so they could hire someone who could. I call it the "Ultimatum" because in my opinion there was no choice for Markus to work there any longer. Clearly school was more important, duh! I mean for crying out loud it was his silly job that was keeping him from finishing school. (Which was also another necessity in life= a college education). So he lead them to believe he would see what he could do and the manager told him to let them know by Christmas. Well Christmas Eve Markus told him there was just no way (he was trying to buy himself time to get a job). Somehow Markus was able to work there until he started school. That was good because goodness knows we needed it to help pay for his school. So Markus no longer has a job. The money we managed to set aside to pay for his schooling we desided we should pay for what we could and defer the rest so we could live on the remaining until we figure out the job situation. So needless to say I've been a bit worried (which wouldn't even begin to describe it) and we get a phone call on Friday. It's my MIL calling her son and offering him their old car. They wanted to donate it to us. I couldn't believe my ears. A 2nd car. What's that????? So tomorrow we will have a 2nd car. Which to me is a necessity after almost a year of being without it. Boy do I ever miss it. O for those who want to debate it with me, just let me throw out I have a Stake calling... 'Nough said, right? Thanks that is what I thought. As if that isn't enough, we will be donating my old car to a charity. So it's amazing to me how the charity keeps going around. And how a crappy situation can really be a sweet one if you make it. We have always tried to help those around us and it is nice that when things aren't looking up for us that it is being returned to us. One of Markus' friends is trying to get him a job so I really hope that works out. I thank the Lord that we have what we need. We do enjoy our wants right now, but ultimately our needs have been met and I owe that all to a loving Father in Heaven who knows exactly what we are going through and sees to it that we are taken care of. I'm truly so grateful for what I have. Though Markus and I don't have children I think the Lord knows the desires of our hearts and will see to it that we are blessed with one of HIS children when we NEED to be and that time is not right now. Obviously.

O What a Thrill

I'm sure Markus would be the first to say I love to embarrass him. So with that being said, we were coming back from dinner at the St. Jude Tennis Tourney at Southern Oaks and we drove through Green Trails to avoid the light. On our way through the neighborhood we saw this BARBIE doll house. It was a good 4-1/2 feet tall with plastic furniture in it the whole nine. I told Markus we HAD to turn around and go get it. He gave me this look like EXCUSE ME? Like I'm from LP as WE don't even do this. So long story short we rounded the block 3 times to avoid cars coming down the road. He made me get out and put the middle seats down so we could throw this thing in the back of the car and head to my mom's house to give it to my sister. hehe... Let's just say I haven't laughed that hard in a while and almost peed on myself while doing so. It was so fun. Markus says I owe him a year's worth of XBOX games and now we have to wait 3 years to have kids. HA! I guess before I forget to mention this, it was the 2nd time this week that we've lifted someone's trash and made it our treasure. Hey it made my little niece's night and I thought it was a good find. For crying out loud it was free. Markus was WAYYYYYY to good for that. It made for a good laugh if nothing else. I love you Markus.