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22
Feb

Hey there, Delilah!

Yesterday Johanna and I went out and bought a car. A beater. A 1995 Ford Windstar, to be exact. For a while I have been predicting that we wouldn’t last very long in the BMW with this many bodies to haul around…and waddayaknow, I was right on the money. But the concern was finding something that was affordable. Yesterday, someone posted an ad on KSL Classifieds, and we got the car for $750. Not bad, actually.

Oh, and the title of this post? Johanna suggested we name the car Delilah, and I was happy to oblige. So there you go – a nostalgiaic name for our newest car. Pictures soon to come.

Oh, and one more thing. If y’all could say a prayer that the beater keeps running, I would appreciate it. Johanna just mentioned Murphy’s Law and the new car in the same sentance…and I am now scared for it’s well being.

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11
Oct

My my my…Has it been THAT long?!

So it’s been at least a month since I last wrote something on here, probably more. There has been so much that has happened in that amount of time, and if I don’t get some of it written, I will forget it all forever, and you all will have no clue what is going on in. The sun will fall from the sky, clowns will cease to be funny, BYU will start losing football games, and from there it’s all downhill until the end of the world. So here’s a brief rundown of major events since my last post.

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5
Jul

Trying to be more domestic

As most of you know mike and I are in the process of getting out of debt.  With this responsibility comes some changes.  One that has really stuck out to me is cutting my grocery budget down to “rice and beans” I don’t really have a problem with it except this,  ever since I have been on my own I have taken my grocery money supplied the family with the food we need and taken the leftover money and stocked up on food storage. Right now the food budget is such that I can’t really do that as well. What to do, what to do. This is the big question. I think I might just have to start living on rice and beans more, because I do believe it is possible.

As for the debt! We have so far paid off all my debt, (big deal it was $500.00 in over draft. and paid for with the government check.) put $1000.00 in an emergency fund, and paid off mikes over draft! now it is time to pay off the car!!! By the way we have decided to keep it.  We put a for sale sign in the window, but decided in the long run we are better off just keeping it.

Ok now the domestic part.  My mom is amazing. She is wonder woman and is such a good example to me.  She is doing a garden this year, as usual, so it will be nice to have some fresh vegies from them. Ok here it really is. I am going to start building up a jar collection, so I can start canning some stuff for the food storage. I think the main thing i want to can is meat.  I am going to be doing ground beaf and chicken to start with.  We don’t have room for a freezer and caning our meat is the next best thing.  So there you have it.  Stay tuned for the result show/blog.

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26
Mar

Plastic Surgery

Last night, Johanna and I went “under the knife” so to speak. Earlier this year I lost close to 40 lbs on a diet she helped me with (which I will be going on again soon :-) ). Last night, we both decided that we need to lose a little bit more. So the gloves came off, we picked up the cutlery…and our debit card is no more. The “get out of debt” plan has begun.

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