Plans for Strick's Birthday!
Strick will have a "hulk" themed birthday party and I am pretty excited about it! It is rather hard to find things with just the Hulk on them, so we are digging through ebay and different handmade websites (etsy) for design inspiration and items to buy! Hoping it won't rain and it won't be crazy hot! Since we were worried about heat we opted for a 10am birthday start time! Ending at 1 for naptime! PERFECTION! :) Kids will play their little hearts out, eat then maybe fall asleep in the car on the way home! Naptime is great! I still need to send out the invitations but the party isn't until the 23rd - so still lots of time. But I'm a planner, if they aren't out by the weekend I will flip! ;)
Strick will have a "hulk" themed birthday party and I am pretty excited about it! It is rather hard to find things with just the Hulk on them, so we are digging through ebay and different handmade websites (etsy) for design inspiration and items to buy! Hoping it won't rain and it won't be crazy hot! Since we were worried about heat we opted for a 10am birthday start time! Ending at 1 for naptime! PERFECTION! :) Kids will play their little hearts out, eat then maybe fall asleep in the car on the way home! Naptime is great! I still need to send out the invitations but the party isn't until the 23rd - so still lots of time. But I'm a planner, if they aren't out by the weekend I will flip! ;)
Tim's Accident
Tim was in a minor car accident this morning. Everyone involved was OK thank goodness. Just damage to cars (obviously) that needs to be address by the insurance companies. Luckily the truck wasn't completely totalled... still has to go to the collision center for our insurance company's adjuster to asses the damage. They already provided a rental car for us and we picked it up this afternoon. We were (still are actually) a little apprehensive about how this claim will go... we switched from State Farm to Progressive not too long ago. With State Farm we actually had an agent and Progressive not really... hopefully all goes smoothly - well as much as it can anyway under the circumstances. We are definitely prepared and well aware that our premiums will probably rise, bummer! We are glad we pay six months at a time so we won't feel it for a few months! We shall see how this pans out! Here are two pictures.
Home Sweet Home
In other Busby news, we are pretty much settled into our rental house. Pretty much everything is unpacked and in its place. We just got satellite yesterday - FINALLY. Not sure how I feel about this satellite dish thing (I think I must be 'old school') but Tim really wanted it. All we need now is a couch?! LOL. Luckily the couch I wanted from Rooms to go our friends have and we will be buying from them when they purchase a new couch in a few months! Win-win! They will get a new couch and we will get a "new to us" couch that is in GREAT shape! I'm VERY excited! Until then, it's the bean bag ;) Dude really doesn't seem to mind, Tim is gone for half the month anyway and I don't watch very much TV ever so waiting is A-okay with us! We still seem to argue about our next home... Tim wants foreclosure I want to build... We anticipate being out of debt in the next 18 months but(provided I bring in what I was making at TSS with my new job working the hours I want to work) 24 for sure. Then we will live off of what I make and hopefully saving everything Tim makes for a house... We will stay here for 3 years (two or less of those getting out of this remaining debt) and save for a year of that. I, personally feel that we should move to another rental house for 4ish (possibly less) more years to save a LOT of money to either pay cash or put down $200k on my dream home (which would cost approximately $300 to build) And purchase land somewhere in there for $40-$50K. Tim does not seem to be on this same "building" page as I am. I think he feels that we (or I rather) are dreaming way to big to build a $300k home. I need him to DREAM more! That is what helps momentum! Pray for us to get on the same page, even if it's not my ideal dream home but something that we can agree on! I need to have something to look forward to in this area, like literally, it is hard for me to work hard for something and not have a goal in sight! Getting out of debt - we have that goal, I can see that, feel that and get upset at this debt payment we send off every month so that definitely helps. So yes, prayers definitely needed.
In other Busby news, we are pretty much settled into our rental house. Pretty much everything is unpacked and in its place. We just got satellite yesterday - FINALLY. Not sure how I feel about this satellite dish thing (I think I must be 'old school') but Tim really wanted it. All we need now is a couch?! LOL. Luckily the couch I wanted from Rooms to go our friends have and we will be buying from them when they purchase a new couch in a few months! Win-win! They will get a new couch and we will get a "new to us" couch that is in GREAT shape! I'm VERY excited! Until then, it's the bean bag ;) Dude really doesn't seem to mind, Tim is gone for half the month anyway and I don't watch very much TV ever so waiting is A-okay with us! We still seem to argue about our next home... Tim wants foreclosure I want to build... We anticipate being out of debt in the next 18 months but(provided I bring in what I was making at TSS with my new job working the hours I want to work) 24 for sure. Then we will live off of what I make and hopefully saving everything Tim makes for a house... We will stay here for 3 years (two or less of those getting out of this remaining debt) and save for a year of that. I, personally feel that we should move to another rental house for 4ish (possibly less) more years to save a LOT of money to either pay cash or put down $200k on my dream home (which would cost approximately $300 to build) And purchase land somewhere in there for $40-$50K. Tim does not seem to be on this same "building" page as I am. I think he feels that we (or I rather) are dreaming way to big to build a $300k home. I need him to DREAM more! That is what helps momentum! Pray for us to get on the same page, even if it's not my ideal dream home but something that we can agree on! I need to have something to look forward to in this area, like literally, it is hard for me to work hard for something and not have a goal in sight! Getting out of debt - we have that goal, I can see that, feel that and get upset at this debt payment we send off every month so that definitely helps. So yes, prayers definitely needed.
Work Stuff...
It is possible that Tim is up for a promotion and we are just playing the waiting game I think.... I don't get all the details but from what I'm hearing it will be in the future, I'm hoping soon... Tim has started studying the necessary materials for when he gets the promotion... he would have to go to a "school" or "classes" for making sure he is doing his job function correctly. I'm very proud of him for taking the initiative to study already that way he is prepared. He has wanted a promotion for a long, long time. It would give us more money for the debt snowball so we are definitely praying for this too! I will be going out on my first appointments with my field sales trainer on Friday! I am very excited for this. I need to make sure I know how to do my job before actually attempting to do it! ;) We are working together Friday and a few days next week, I am hoping at least two! I still have tons of material to go over but I feel that going to an actual client appointment will help me SO much! Perks of my job include a 25% discount off our Sprint bill! WHO-HOO! And I also get a FREE gym membership! Pretty sure I will be using Gold's Gym since they offer childcare!
Alright, think this is it for now! Need to get my little man ready for bed and start "working" on a multitude of things from things for my actual job, photography edits and uploads and finishing up school applications!
tata!
