Ah, so blogger is a google thing. Nice.
Anyway, thought I'd try to blog. I realized after going through tons of pictures that are only a few years old that I'm forgetting some small things I thought I'd always remember. So now, I'm gonna do this so I won't forget anymore!
Oh, I guess I'll just empty everything from my head onto this page. First off, I've been babysitting two little boys for the past few weeks while their momma takes classes. They're 6 and 3, and my girls at least have a good time playing with them. Benjamin, however, is always down the street playing at Colby's house. They've been playing together since school let out for the summer. Colby has an older brother, but right now he's playing with our next-door-neighbor's kid while he's in town.
Our neighbor had a new baby last week. I still haven't seen him. I need to go over there sometime this week.
Rebecca had her gall bladder out last week. She almost couldn't handle the pain, but is feeling much better now.
We've finally made some progress on our house thanks to my parents! We've been wanting to turn the garage into part of the house for well over 5 years, but have never had the money. Now, we've got 3 sections done from the front of the house almost to the kitchen. Now we've got to raise the laundry room floor before we do the rest of the other floor. Otherwise, we'll have to lift the washer and dryer out AND UP through the door. We're just trying to get what we need little bit at a time because that's all we can manage. And we really can't afford that right now. :-/
Jake had a phone interview today with a company down in Arkadelphia. I pray he gets it. I'm so tired of having to deal with and rely on the government to help pay our bills: all three kids on ArKids1st, Livie on SSI, and we're still barely squeaking by. That's what $30,000 year income for 5 people will do. blah....so sick of it. This other job could pay enough that we could get out from all that government stuff. Of course, that means we'll have to pay for health insurance, but at this point, I don't care anymore. It's worth it for our sanity.
I finally got to order school books for the kids for this next school year! Yay! I didn't really wanna spend the money but I'm so grateful we didn't have to go into debt! Now, I can start getting lessons ready as soon as the books come in. Am I a nerd for being excited about this?
Why do I worry about money? I guess everyone does at one time or another. I've been shown SO MANY TIMES that I don't need to worry. Good grief, can I even list all the times?.....
Jake got fired while I was pregnant with Benjamin. The plan was that I was going to stay home when we started having kids. We blew through our savings, but never had to borrow money to pay the house payment. We still were able to pay the bills on time. Then Jake got a job right before Benjamin was born. We were able to survive on his income alone.
After Livie was born, one of my first thoughts was, "How are we going to pay for a child with special needs?" Then we got her on TEFRA. Boom. Thanks, Mike Huckabee.
Jake got a good paying job in the beginning of 2012. We were finally able to get out of debt, refinance the house, and stick some money in savings. That money came in handy for when.....
Jake was laid off at the end of 2012. We blew through what savings we had. But a job FOUND JAKE! It doesn't pay enough, but he's learned so much that his web developer skills have greatly improved. Now he's able to apply for bigger and better jobs!
We thought over the last few months that we were going to have to go into debt to pay for a ton of things we needed: a new window a/c unit, school books, my yearly exam, my contacts, and a brand new computer because mine got fried in the storms that blew through Moore, OK.
Turns out my computer was fixable and the fix-it shop still hasn't billed us, I only needed to pay for 6 months worth of contacts for now, my yearly is 100% payed for through my insurance, we had enough in saving for pay for the school books and the a/c unit.
Why do I question God when I've been shown so many times that I don't need to? I really wrote all this so that I can come back and read it to remind myself that we're always taken care of.
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