Our Not-So-Mini Miracle

So, as I have mentioned in an earlier post, we have been trying to follow Dave Ramsey's advice for the last couple of months. So far so good. We have a poster in our room that has all of our debts on it and we have been consistently crossing them out as they have been getting paid. I was going through the bills and called to pay one that was for about $50. Not so big. When I called the doctor's office, they told me that I didn't owe anything. I was wondering why I hadn't recieved a bill (I only got a statement from our insurance company), and that was why. I was excited and I hung up the phone. So I started going through our other bills and I realized that there were several other statements that we hadn't received bills for, and I began making calls. All in all, it turns out that we don't owe over $700 dollars that we thought we did. We were ecstatic. Most definitely blessings for paying our tithing. We are so grateful that we will be able to get out of our debt that much faster!

Why I Love Dave Ramsey

Brett and I were introduced to Dave Ramsey a few weeks ago by the Guerrettes. We are so happy that they did! We have read his book The Total Money Makeover and we're hooked! Considering that we just had a baby by C-section and that earlier this year Brett was inbetween jobs for a while we have accrued some debt. We are now determined to get ourselves out of debt and stay that way forever! He has some incredible ideas about debt and economics. For an example, read this and see what I have been saying all along. He has really helped us to see what we can do with our money and how it can work for us and how we don't have to be slaves to our debt. I love that one of his main ideas about money is that giving is part of the fun. He talks extensively about how wonderful it is to give. We are so excited that we can start so young so that soon we will have plenty of money to have fun, invest, and give it away as well as being able to help our kids get through college. Read his books. You won't feel the same about money again.