Delightful and Magical Tuesday Morning Readers!
I hope that this finds all of you doing wonderfully well!
I must apologize for the rather nasty blog post about hypocrites the other day~ the message was intended for a single reader. That person knows it was directed to them and I am sorry to anyone who might have read it and became offended. It was not my intention to offend others. In fact it wasn't even my intention to offend the one it was directed at.
Rather, I felt the need to point out to this one reader the hypocrisy of their actions and hopefully direct them to change. Although I doubt that change will come for this person, I can only hope that perhaps that someday they will see and they will make changes in their life.
Having said that, I am excited to share with you some things going on in my life!
Having had to walk everywhere for the last 6 months, now that I have my car, I am finding that I am still walking often. The reason? Well for one thing walking is significantly less expensive than driving. Especially given that fuel for the car is above $3 a gallon here. I just cannot justify taking the car a few blocks when the weather is beautiful and the walk is so healthy for the kids and myself. So we are still walking.
To the dear friend who stopped today and offered us a ride~ again I want to thank you and reassure you that this was not about you, it was about keeping up healthy habits. Also, as I know you are reading this (since you mentioned the hypocrit post) let me assure you that I write for me but do not mind my friends reading this AT ALL! If I did not want people to read it, I would not have it in such a public place.
Walking~ can I just tell you, that it is amazing what you get to see when you walk! Did you know that there is a small herd of young bucks in down town Susanville? This small herd of about 5 young bucks roam the side streets and ally's. They frequent neighborhood apple and pear trees, we see them regulary munching away on these tasty treats. We would miss this if we were driving. There are butterflies, squirrels, quail, and so many other miracles of nature to see when you are out for a walk. Even Main street has some wonderful things to see.
As Fall and Winter approach, I am going to miss our walks and getting to see so very much around us.
It was darling, yesterday at the park, I was telling Elizabeth that our park days would be ending soon. She was sad. Then she perked up and said "We can come to the park and chase snowflakes!" My baby girl has the same sense of magic about her and her world as I do and I am so excited for it!!!! So watch, as winter comes, to see the post about the kids and I chasing snowflakes at the park!
Soccer Season, Girl Scouts, Kids Church, Awana's, so much going on now that school has started! I think back when the boys were little and wonder how I did it along with working? I did it because I never got to enjoy it. It was rush rush rush all the time. Never enjoying any of the things that I did. I regret taking so long in life to learn to be truly grateful for all the blessings I have. But it is not a regert that I will dwell on. I will be grateful that I learned while I still have small children to enjoy it with.
My budget crisis is still affecting me. I admit, I went off budget in giving the kids what I hope was a great birthday. I spent some money that should not have been spent. But I am glad I did it! The kids got things they really wanted and I had one day with all six of my children together. Something that I do not get very often.
The budget crisis is meaning that I must be extremely cautious in the coming weeks to not over spend or go off budget.
As I sat going over where I stood financially, it dawned on me that one of the issues I have in regards to finances is that I tend to end up having to do a lot of damage control because of my own going off budget. My income is sufficent enough to take care of my family and our needs. There is no issue with making ends meet~ except when I spend in areas that either were not budgeted for or I spend more than the budget alotted.
I would love it if my income were just a couple of hundred dollars a month. Except I know, that if more was coming in, I would spend it just as fast as I spend what I have coming in now. So it is all about training myself to stick to that budget, despite my compulsion to get things that are not in the budget.
Well that is about all that is going on right at this moment~ I am off to spend the morning with my cookie monster, then get my girl child from school and head out for another afternoon of fun before the cold weather gets here!
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