First, our neighbors have quieted down a lot. Thank goodness! Maybe its because we keep calling the cops and they keep getting arrested. Soon there won't be anyone left! We heard a rumor their landlord told them they had to be out by this Friday. We will see about that.
As I have mentioned before, Eric is currently in seminary. He was a junior in college when we got married (I had just graduated) so he has been in school our whole marriage. For some reason, I had this idea in my silly head that I would see him more when he was in graduate school. That idea has blown up in my face this semester. Silly Katie. I should know by now that any sort of school equals a busy, busy husband. And I need to just get used to it, because he will most likely move on to doctoral work once he finishes his masters. The higher the degree, the busier I'm assuming. Yesterday I had a bit of a mental wife breakdown and asked Eric to take the night off and he gladly agreed. We cooked a nice dinner, watched movies, talked, laughed, it was a great night. Once it was time for me to go to bed he had to stay up and work on some material for his classes. I am so glad he sacrificed a little sleep so we could hang out. I miss him.
Time to brag on my husband. He is so, so smart. Really. I couldn't imagine having the passion he has for learning- And that is why he is in graduate school and I am not ;) But for real, almost every professor he has had in the past year has commented on how he is a level above and they cannot wait to see his doctoral work. I'm a proud wife. Maybe a wife who is a little intimidated by the 25+ page paper my husband just wrote and asked me to read that goes WAY over my head, but, I am still a proud wife :)
We feel pretty strongly about Eric only working part-time while he is in graduate school so he has more time to focus on his studies. But that makes each month a struggle financially. If we were better stewards with our money, it would still be a struggle but not near as much. We are both just so, so bad with handling money. We talk about budgets and make budgets, but never stick to them. Anyone have suggestions on ways that help you better manage your monies? Thoughts on Dave Ramsey?
I looked at some of our biggest "money pits" They were mostly me! Things like grocery shopping (which I do), shopping (Walmart, clothes, random stuff....again mostly me), and eating out.
ReplyDeleteSo I decided to "fast" from things to wean myself off the habit. I fasted from online shopping for a while until I didn't feel so compulsed to do it. I fasted from buying anything at Walmart that wasn't written on my list. I fasted from clothes shopping (if you know me, that was HARD!).
We also only eat out if there is a special, or if we have a gift card (90% of the time). That means only going to places that have the $20 for 2 menu, or eating from the value menu...or whatever. We also asked for gift cards for our anniversary/birthday/etc from our family so we could enjoy those date nights on them!
I looked into Dave Ramsey, but for me, it seemed too overwhelming at this point to try and rid us of debt. He is all anti-credit card, anti-debt. We just bought our land and built our house...and Tyler has some loans on his business. It just wasn't a plan for us at this point with our loans.