Anger, banking, budgets, christianity, Climing Out, credit cards, Dave Ramsey, debt, Debt Free, debt snowball, embarrassing moments, emergency fund, envelope system, FPU, getting a deal, progress updates, The Dad
In General on December 6, 2009 at 2:33 am
Fact 1: The wife and I had a car repossessed about 3.5 years back.
Fact 2: We owed Ford Motor Credit $3600.
Fact 3: FMC has SCARY lawyers:
Fact 4: I set up monthly automatic withdrawls from my checking account of $100 to pay them back.
Fact 5: After 2 years of paying on time the lawyers decided to up our payment to $150.
Fact 6: After a little over 3 years we finally paid off that debt!
Fact 7: The journey continues…
Anger, banking, budgets, christianity, Climing Out, Dave Ramsey, debt, Debt Free, debt snowball, emergency fund, honesty, Job Loss, Unemployed
In General on November 17, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Anyone who has seen the franchise of Saw movies knows the above quote. Jigsaw is all about testing people’s resolve to live in the face of unheard of adversity. Well, I am about to be tested. Here is the low down:
The pastor of my church is retiring at years end. No biggie except for the fact that the leaders of the church just told him that he is not welcome back in the building after the first of the year! I’m like his golden boy…so guess who’s next on the chopping block. You guessed it. Personnel wants to “talk to me” on Thursday. I’d be nervous if I wasn’t so damned pissed that people who claim to be Christians could treat thier leaders this way. I shouldn’t suprised though since people have been doing really stupid things in the name of God for centuries.
I guess I’m going to really see if this budgeting thing can keep me above water until I can obtain other employment. No matter what, I will not find another job that pays the way this one did. So, it also looks like I’m going to have to work a little harder to get debt free.
The past 2.5 years have been an awesome time of personal growth for me. I really know who I am now and what I can do. This will aid me greatly through this rough time. Today, I am reminded that the only constant is change. So, as Jigsaw would say, “You think you will go untested? You will be tested. There will be blood. Oh yes, there will be blood.”
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