Pay off a significant amount of debt.
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I sat down with hubby to have a chat about our life long goals. We both agree that I need to be home with the babies, eventually. I went on telling him that he needs a better job and may have mentioned that I felt like he wasn't doing anything to move this family forward. I cried, then he talked.
I always get ahead of myself, it's my gemini personality. When I want something, I want it now. I wake up in the morning and decide it's a good day to go for a hike, we go. I need change and spontaneity in my life a little more than the average person, I think. So when I dropped the bomb on hubby and he so calmly reassured me that our current goal was to be paying off debt, I immediatley felt ashamed. I cried some more and told him that I was sorry and that it was my "other" personality coming out.
This isn't to say that I don't think he needs a different job, he truly does. For the sake of his sanity and well being he needs to be doing something he enjoys. So I agreed with hubby and firmly believe that our first task at hand is to be paying extra money to all of our bills.
A couple years back we were put in a really crappy situation. We were living with a roommate who left us high and dry in the middle of the lease. Tony and I tried to sublet the house and considered getting other roommates but in the end we were stuck with the full amount of rent each month. That said we ONLY had money each month for the rent which meant everything else on credit cards, and well you know where that leads. We are still trying to catch up, obviously.
GOAL ONE: PAY OFF A GOOD CHUNK OF DEBT!!!
AAAAAND........... GO
I appreciate your honesty in recent blogs. We are trying to get ahead of our bills and pay down our credit card bill. It's hard!
ReplyDeleteYou should be proud of yourself for working hard and making the sacrifices you need to. All to better your family's life! You're a great momma!