He came home with WHAT??

A couple weeks ago Jake came home with something on and I was like what!!??? While to some this may not be a big deal- to us here in Alabama it IS. He came home with an Auburn jersy shirt on.......

We are NOT an Auburn family, we are 100% ALABAMA fans. To those of you who don't know- Alabama and Auburn are both in Alabama and here you are either for one or the other, they are rivals. We have chosen our team and now we have to stick to it. Jake was like "I'm for both teams." I said "nooooooooo" You can't be for both teams. Like the Bible says- kind of- you cannot serve 2 masters. You will love one and hate the other. It just doesn't work. So we had a talk and he will NOT be wearing that shirt again.

Hahahaha, all this in good fun really. If he chose to go for the ...other....team, I would still claim him as my son. He would just have to walk 5 paces behind me. Just kidding. Honestly- It's just something fun to do. My life will go on whether they win or lose, so whatever. ;)

Jen

Today

Whew! I am tired :) I have done a lot today, but it's the stuff that you can't actually SEE, so it looks like I haven't done anything. I have just joined the world of online banking. Just so I don't look totally lame, I access my bank account online and have for years, but I am doing the bill pay with my bank. I set up all of my bills with my Wachovia account and instead of going to 20 different web sites and logging on and off paying 1 bill at a time, I will just go to my bank's website and pay them all there. Crazy I tell you! :) :) :)



Jason suprised me today by going to church this morning for the men's meeting, they were having breakfast. :)



It's starting to be busy season around her with baseball and everything. It always starts out as fun and then gets soooooo tiring later on in the year
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yeah, that's as far as I got and then stopped for a week! I'll do whole other post for the weekend ;)

Jen

Does it ever really slow down?

I don't think so!! I haven't done too much today...I'm just sitting here trying to talk myself into going to the mall or something. Should I stay home and save money or go anyways? I don't know- there's something I really want and I'm just not sure......I guess we'll see. I do need to save money though just in case...you never know.

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Later- I think I have talked myself into going to the mall....I think....

Jen

Getting Caught Up

Well, by no means am I *ahead* yet but I think I'm almost caught up. The Holidays really stretched my pocketbook and I probably spent a lot more than I should have. Next year will be better. I should start saving now. My mom had an idea to get 20-50 dollars giftcards every time you get a paycheck (whether that be Walmart or AMEX or whatever). Then by the time Christmas rolls around I'll have a big chunk set aside for Christmas. I think I will do that- I really need to do something.

Today I'm going to get my finances in check. I have been so scared to look at them because of knowing there wasn't enough to cover everything. But I'm turning over a new leaf. Just because I don't look doesn't mean the bill isn't there, so I have to have some sort of reality check.

Speaking of checks, we got our taxes today!! Yeah!! Jason and I are splitting them this year which is really awesome. Also, Monday is my payday and it should be a good one, and although I'm probably not too much ahead, I AM going to be caught up (or almost caught up). My next paycheck will be just as good if not better than this one and it includes a bonus, wahooh! My goal is to pay off all my little bills this year...

My goal is to improve my credit in the next 2 years. I just want to pay everything on time and still have some left over to put in savings. I enrolled in a credit watch so I'm going to be checking my credit every month to see if the changes I am making will have a positive affect on the score.

So that's that. My next post will be about anything but money :)

Jen

Working at 3 am

Before I start my post I would like to thank everyone who read my previous post, your comments were taken to heart and I really appreciate you ladies! I love you!!

So, around 2:30 Jaylin wakes up and I get her a little drink for her sippy cup. I just threw her bottle away a couple days ago so it's still a transition for her. Actually, ever since getting that sippy cup she hasn't been waking up at night, except for tonight. After I put her back in her bed she just stands there and cries. Now, this is something I can handle- a crying child. Jason though, cannot handle it and he got her up and was trying to get her to lay down on him. She really wasn't having it, she just wanted to try to crawl over to me. (awwww) So I finally tell him that he needs to just put the covers over his head and let her cry it out. It was 3:00 so I just decided to start my work day. She only cried for 6 minutes- then she was out.

All this confirms that we REALLY need another bedroom. So I have to work work work to save for some kind of an addition to the house or who knows. Jason is in love with the land that we live on. I think I would like the house better if ***someone*** would start doing things like putting drywall in place of the wood panneling. Do you know how much I HATE wood panneling? Yeah- a lot!! Honestly, I would do it myself if I knew how. And doubly honestly- I don't think Jason knows how. He got a book and read it. We'll see now won't we. Of course, if he does it and it looks perfect I will be the first one in line with an apology ;)

Jen

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Tuesday, January 15

Okay, it's writing in Hindi and I can't make it stop! Well, Christmas has come and gone. I have a love/hate relationship with Christmas. I LOVE the excitement in the air, looking at all the lights, teaching my children about the true meaning of the season. I HATE all the long lines at stores, traffic, greediness of my children caused by being overrun by commercials about every toy imaginable. But one year down and now life can get back to normal.

So my birthday is soon, January 22....I'll be 29. My very last year in my twenties. I hear life starts at 30 so we'll see! ;) Life has been just crazy these days. I've been trying to work and get ahead and the more I try, the more behind I am. That's how it is these days I guess. It's stressful. Now for me to just be honest....I have been in a struggle the past oh, lets see...years. Spiritually I'm in a desert and I want out. I am living my life day to day in what seems like a cloud and just getting by. So we have been going to Church lately and ever since then life is getting hectic again. I'm getting frustrated with my husband more it seems and he's getting more frustrated at me. I'm paying tithe and I'm having money problems. What in the world? I feel like I'm being attacked on all sides and I need a bit of relief! I'm trying to be OBEDIENT to what I should do. It's hard to have faith though and I'm really trying. With the tithe I prayed "Lord, if I'm not giving this with the right attitude, please change it. I want to be obedient and do what you say but I'm going to be honest here, it makes me nervous writing out this check. PLEASE help me." Did I pray it wrong? I don't think so, but maybe I did. Maybe I showed lack of faith by being nervous. I didn't pay it expecting a big return, really...I just didn't think I would get to this point...

So, that's what's going on in my mind. It's a battlefield. So now what? Keep doing what I'm doing? I just need some help here! And I'm not talking about money, I'm talking about everything else. Why is it that I'm having one of the best years in my marriage right now and then I try to get involved in Church again and do right and all this crap is coming back? I need to fight it and claim it. I must be doing something right or headed in the right direction though right?? Right? OHHHH, I'll stop rambling now!!Jen