So another month seems to have just flown by. Last month was filled with the regular daily activities, a trip to Stanford for my husband's health, and buying a new to us car.
Daily activities seem to change daily, but there are so many things that are just routine. I do not even think about them, just do them. Straightening up messes, cooking meals, and the never ending pile of dishes that I think breed when I'm not looking. I can wash every dish that I can find in the house and within 30 minutes there is a glass or spoon or plate or all 3 in the sink again waiting for my next round of dishwashing. An amazing fact of life.
Our Stanford trip was eventful in that we now know what is going on with hubby and what they want to do to help him. He has always been a person who snores, but it has gotten worse and put that with his asthma, he is a walking miracle. Apparently the part of his anatomy where air goes in and out is about the size of a drinking straw. Put that with the genetic fact of him having a small jaw, throat, and all the structures around that area, the doctor wants to perform 2 different surgeries. They are major surgeries that I won't go into detail about, but the recovery period of the first is 6 months to a year. And that is the "easy" surgery. The second one involves the breaking of bones and adding titanium to lengthen out his jaws. The recovery period of that one is at least a year. Not at all what we were expecting. We pray that the surgeries do what the doctors say and he can breath again and not be at such a high risk of heart attack or stroke.
The new to us car was totally unexpected. We have been putting money aside for a couple of years to replace our 1997 Plymouth Voyager. Well, our son was driving our 2004 Prius when it overheated. This car has been a money pit for us since we got it. We repaired it again, to the tune of another $500, and then decided we needed to start looking to replace the newer car. So we went out after hubby got off work and looked at a couple of places. I was not expecting to buy anything, but we came home with a 2007 Lexus RX 350. We got it for $12,000 off their asking price and paid cash with the money we have been saving. It is a type of car I never ever considered owning, much less paying cash for it. Makes me so very thankful for following Dave Ramsey and his teaching for financial peace.
I bought Dave Ramey's book in the fall of 2007. We started following it in October 2007. We are now out of all consumer debt and have 4 months worth of expenses saved in an emergeny fund. We are saving for retirement, helping our daughter with college, and paying off our house as fast as we can. We still have a ways to go with the house, but we're making progress.
I need to be better about posting on my blog. I also need to get back to clearing out my house of clutter. I have a bag in my room ready to go and a few things stacked, but also ready to go out the door.
Today I will plan my week and start the ball rolling again on the simplifying road again. There are going to be changes in the plan, there always are, but moving forward is always a good thing.
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