Monday, May 2, 2011

Happy Anniversary!

We celebrated our 3 year anniversary tonight. We went to Olive Garden and then to buy Natalie a baby bathtub as hers was too big to bring on the move. Poor girl. She REALLY needs a bath. But she fell asleep on the way home and still didn't get one tonight. I gave her a bath in the kitchen sink but my hand slipped and she hit her head. Not hard and she is totally fine, but it makes me too nervous!!!!

We brought Natalie on our date with us and the host who seated us said that he had a four month old boy as well. When we set Natalie down and he actually looked at her he kind of looked unsure or weirded out or something. Then he asked how much she weighed when she was born. I explained that she was early and just a little baby, but he just kind of nodded and walked away. It was weird. Oh well. Natalie, we love you just the way you are!

Total Money Makeover!
Have you ever read Dave Ramsey's book The Total Money Makeover? If the answer is no, then you should go get/borrow a copy and read it! It is so good. It is so clear that anyone (really ANYONE) can live debt free. Including the house. And then have money saved up for kids, retirement, etc. Like enough to live comfortably on. Or even enough to live in luxury. I can't say enough good things about this book. GO READ IT!

We are currently in the middle of our total money makeover. Sama just started his new (well-paying) job today and I am doing really well with Melaleuca and making good money. So what are we doing with that? We are paying off our student loans. Like REALLY fast. And then we are saving for a house. A nice house that we can be in forever with little or no mortgage. We don't have very much right now especially in terms of furniture. We budgeted for furniture but not very much.  Like $100 a month. We are borrowing a table from my parents and we are buying the rest used. Except a bed. We did indulge in a nice bed. But now we are living quite frugally. To the point that my family thinks I am crazy. I told my mom this morning that we weren't really doing much for our anniversary so she pulled out all the money she had in her wallet and a gift card and told us to go out. That was awesome. We did have a really good time. My sister is pretty shocked that we might not have a couch right away. But oh well. There are worse things. We will soon have the furniture we need and NO debt and lots of money saved.

Maybe you all think I am crazy too. But I know it won't be so bad to live like this for a little while knowing that in a few years we will be debt free including our house, have a lot of extra money, have plenty for retirement, college, etc. That will be wonderful so I am willing to sacrifice a little to get there sooner. There is a footer throughout the entire book that says "if you live like no one else, later you can live like no one else." Basically if you give up some things now then later you will have enough to buy all those things and have all the things you need and want. This book is really inspiring and helpful and just plain awesome.

Moving
So I don't know when I last wrote on here and thought I would explain that we just moved to a new state. From Utah to Oregon. We brought two pieces of furniture with us and that's all. So if what I was saying above didn't make sense, we really have no furniture because we just moved.

Time to go as little Natalie has just woken up. Goodnight!