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31 Day Financial Challenge, Finance

My 31 Day Financial Challenge- Day 30: Live What You Love

December 31, 2010 by Bethany No Comments

http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/01/30/31-days-to-fix-your-finances-day-30-live-what-you-love/

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My 31 Day Financial Challenge- Day 29: Paying Cash

December 31, 2010 by Bethany No Comments

I guess this has always been an obvious step for me. Not to say that we have never financed anything,…

31 Day Financial Challenge, Finance

My 31 Day Financial Challenge- Day 28: Preparing for the Inevitable

December 13, 2010 by Bethany No Comments

The inevitable is not a topic I like very much. Mostly because I know we aren’t that prepared for it….

31 Day Financial Challenge, Finance

My 31 Day Financial Challenge- Day 27: Keeping Good Records

December 8, 2010 by Bethany No Comments

There is nothing more crucial to your finances than keeping good records. For the first seven years of our marriage…

31 Day Financial Challenge, Finance

My 31 Day Financial Challenge- Day 26: Refining Your Budget

December 1, 2010 by Bethany No Comments

While it has been taking me much longer than a month to actually go through all of the steps of…

31 Day Financial Challenge, Finance

My 31 Day Financial Challenge- Day 25: Evaluating Your Expenses – Credit Cards

December 1, 2010 by Bethany No Comments

Trent covers four important ways of dealing with your credit cards and their associates balances and interest rates. I won’t…

31 Day Financial Challenge, Finance

My 31 Day Financial Challenge- Day 24: Evaluating Your Expenses – Entertainment & Hobbies

November 23, 2010 by Bethany No Comments

I really wish I had something to actually evaluate in this step. We have a virtually non-existent entertainment budget. We…

31 Day Financial Challenge, Finance

My 31 Day Financial Challenge- Day 23: Evaluating Your Expenses – Bank Fees

November 15, 2010 by Bethany No Comments

In my particular situation, this step was almost pointless. So much so that I’m not even going to devote a…

31 Day Financial Challenge, Finance

My 31 Day Financial Challenge- Day 22: Evaluating Your Expenses – Monthly Services

November 15, 2010 by Bethany No Comments

Monthly services are the kind of small expenditures that add up quickly. That being said, we also have very few…

31 Day Financial Challenge, Finance

My 31 Day Financial Challenge- Day 21: Evaluating Your Expenses – Housing

November 6, 2010 by Bethany No Comments

I thought these were some really great tips to help save on housing. That being said, none of these apply…

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This girl! She just comes to life on stage. The la This girl! She just comes to life on stage. The last three months have been grueling for us all. (Hard work for her trying to learn all the songs, dances and lines and for us managing schedules and transport). 
She'd never done a musical before and it's been quite an experience. In the end, I know she's proud of what she and the rest of the cast accomplished. (And still has two more shows to go!)
So grateful to @chrysostomacademy for opening their doors to homeschoolers and giving her this chance to shine. 

#musicmanjr #chrysostomacademy #parenting #parentingteens #theaterkid #homeschoolkid #babygirlgrowingup
At least seven years, possibly longer. I've lost t At least seven years, possibly longer. I've lost track at this point. 
There is still tons more work to do but I'm officially done with my first full manuscript edit and ready to send this well loved (and sometimes hated) project off to my beta readers. 
Holding my breath and hoping it's as good as I hope and not as bad as I fear. 

#manuscript #firstedit #betareaders #actsofwives #amwriting #amediting #historicfiction #onwriting #amwriting #writerproblems #theendisnear #musedontfailmenow #writingonthego #writerslife #wordcount #80000strong
#justafewmorewords #honestyarns #author #writing #workingtitle #AuthorsOfInstagram #WritersOfInstagram #alwaysawriter
What does rest mean to you? I've always thought of What does rest mean to you?
I've always thought of rest as either physical rest (sleeping) or something like a vacation when there is a freedom from responsibilities. 
I'm taking some time off from work this week and it's harder than I thought it would be. I'm not actually going anywhere so the daily needs of the house and family remain. 
If anything those needs loom even larger because without my job taking priority I suddenly feel responsible and even guilty for all of the undone projects. 
There is a sense of panic about what my in-box might look like when I return, and the need to feel valuable at my job.
Perfectionism raises its ugly head as I try to figure out the ideal, most efficient way to spend my week. 
But instead of galvanizing and exciting me, it paralyzes me. 
All the usual things still need to happen (laundry, cooking and cleaning), my children are still here and my husband is still working his paying job. 
Perhaps what I need most is freedom for my mind and spirit. 
The freedom to not be in charge of everything. The freedom to let go of the outcome (even though it wasn't truly within my control to begin with.) 
While I have always tried to create some sort of Sabbath rest, I wonder if this is the part I'm the worst at. Because the responsibility of life and parenthood never takes a day off. The weight of responsibility for their present and future needs is palpable. Some days I can almost feel my body bend under the pressure. 
Except these children are not mine alone, they are given to me to steward. The same power that spoke the world into motion is at work in their lives too. There are good plans for their life that I have no knowledge of or responsibility for. 
I may not be able to take the week off from parenting but I can take a break from worry and strife. I can be present without having to be pressured to produce perfection, in myself or in them. 
Now I just need to take a deep breath, and begin. 

#honestyarns #sabbathmonday #parenting #sabbath #rest #timeoff #presentoverperfect #freedom #recoveringoverachiever #preventingburnout
The only thing better than having a garden is havi The only thing better than having a garden is having a friend with a bigger, better garden. ☺️ Especially one who lives out in the country and invites you to come harvest berries (and peas) during a heatwave and it's a good ten degrees cooler than at home. 
So grateful for a community of friends that continue to be part of our kids' lives and education in so many ways. Last night was the most relaxing, fun I've had in a while, especially considering this heat. 

#garden #gardenlife #harvestoffriends #berries #summer #summergarden #natureday #notaschoolday #alwayslearning #alwaysgrowing #communityeducation #communityhomeschooling #microfarm
In the last week this kid has turned 15, and finis In the last week this kid has turned 15, and finished her first year of high school. She's become more independent while still being very aware of the benefits of childhood dependence. She's strong and stubborn, funny and deep, delightful and exhausting. 
I see glimpses of possibility and hear whispers of intermittent competence. Most weeks I'm not even sure how I feel about her growing up and I'm for sure grateful that she is my first and not my last. 
But this week has mostly been the joy of milestones completed with cautious moments of optimism. 
They get older. The problems are different. There is still joy, there is still struggle. But we change too. Our shoulders grow stronger and our hands open wider. 
I'm not ready to let go, but I'm getting used to the idea. 

#thisis15 #babygirlgrows #growingup #rootstogrow #wingstofly #celebrate #endofyear #homeschoolyear #honestyarns #faithandfamily
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