Tinkering

Here I am again, trying to implement the annual new year’s resolution of living within a budget. Every year I fail miserably but every year I get back up on that horse and try again.

Last year I purchased “You Need a Budget” (YNAB) and was very ambitious about entering all the data I could for as far back as I could and and drowned under the weight of the volume of the numbers. I could never get caught up to current and so gave up. This year I upgraded to the latest version of YNAB and I am back at it, but now I am only going back to the first of the year so that I have a hope of getting caught up.

We have way more outgoings this year with 2 car payments and a wee little one that we feel compelled to keep surrounded by battery operated plastic toys. Even with that I am hopeful that this is the year we get it under control. Wish us luck, pray for us; we need all the help we can get!

Come one, come all. We are starting around 8PM and look forward to seeing you there. Post a comment if you need the address and don’t have my phone number. See you there!

This is your life, are you who you want to be? – Jon Foreman

It hit me tonight, I am not who I want to be and I am guessing that you are not either. That is not a bad thing really because all it means is that we are still being formed, by God, by the dreams he put in us… We are complete in Christ but still becoming.

There is nothing broken here but there is change and if I can stop my mind racing for long enough I can see the beauty in knowing that I have not yet arrived.

So on and on you go, the seconds tick the time out. There’s so much left to know, and I’m on the road to find out. – Cat Stevens