talking about money actually. i haven't exactly been sticking to a budget. to be fair most of the things have been long overdue necessities that i figured might not happen again for awhile. cleaning out storage unit, getting a functioning vehicle, gloves and hat for winter. goofy, but essential.
so sunday, i decided i am pretty prepared so i better stop spending and start saving.
god forbid my renters give notice and i have pay them their deposit back right now. oops.
couldn't have been better timing! i opened up my checking account to print a statement for the trustees (judges who decide my financial fate) and boom, i have 96 dollars to my name.
not bad. i have groceries and gas, clothes and such. but a little less than i would normally feel comfortable with!! geez.
so fast i must! no more le pain quotidien trips for awhile. every time i save myself the trip (usually food related) i will save that 20 bucks i would have dropped on dinner/brunch/lunch. think i will even go ghetto and get a jar.
banks can be kind of fickle when things go array.
no more dollar therapy. its so unfortunate. it was so effective. but i have to find a better way to therapize myself for the future. and there will be some living without. i can do it!! still get to eat and got a couple trips planned to see people. i have nothing to complain about. just getting down to brass tacks.
a few deep breaths and i am off for the real deal of living on less.
pretty funny, dr. harkins sermon this week on was on the potential of less. . .sort of embarrassing how well god knows me and has got my back. . .he made gideon go from 32,000 troops to 300. he didn't want the men to be able to boast of their own strength. he wanted to be plain and clear that HE and only HE was able to defeat the Midianites. Not by Might, Nor by Power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord. Zechariah 4.6
goodness gracious. i am just hoping i am down to 300 now. =)
Gideon defeats the Midianites
Judges 7:1-7
1 Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod. The camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh. 2 The LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, ‘My own strength has saved me.’ 3 Now announce to the army, ‘Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand men left, while ten thousand remained.
4 But the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will thin them out for you there. If I say, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go; but if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
5 So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the LORD told him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.” 6 Three hundred of them drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.
7 The LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the others go home.” 8 So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites home but kept the three hundred, who took over the provisions and trumpets of the others.
waiting for the green line home last night after our little event at arena stage.
office images (my company) did the furniture for this project
nothing i love more than glass and wood texture, now add curves. ahh. . .
wondering if bing thom (architect) would mind designing some updates to my little shoreline house?
was so refreshing to see some great architecture at the amazing new theater company. probably doesnt hurt that the architect is from vancouver bc. . .the metro stations are pretty cool too. always liked their old school acoustic techniques and shapes. driving is overrated sometimes.
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