Rainy days blog.

I have a short schedule today.  I'm pretty grateful too because I was in need of a small day.  My head just didn't want to leave my pillow this morning...

I just love rainy days.  No I really do.  I think I'd enjoy it better with a screened in front porch, a rocking chair, and a cup of hot coffee right now, but since I only have 1 out of those 3 things I'll just have to make due.

This got me thinking about something that's been on my mind a lot these last few days... why am I so obsessed with having so much so soon?  Sure I want nice things, but if I really thought about it those are things you work your whole life for!  So I've changed my mentality a bit.  I've decided to stop trying to get everything I want now, and start to work on what I'd like my future to look like.  I recently picked up a book called "The 7 habits of highly effective people." and what I hope to get from it is habits and ethics I can ingrain into myself now so that when I'm old and grey I'm not scrambling to pay the bills.  No offense America, but I'd rather not leave my elderly fate to Social Security.  I've seen just how fabulously they take care of the older community, and I'm just saying... NO THANKS.

So I will be 31 on Thursday.  I'd decided to make a plan.. I'm going to get myself out of this apartment and into a house.  And in the 30 years it takes to pay off that mortgage I will be working hard to build not only a nice nest egg,  but also something I can leave to my son.

I don't need flat screen tv's or any other expensive device's.  They are just time waster's anyway.  What I do need is a foundation under my feet, and roots in the ground.  Those should come first!  The rest should follow.. but that foundation is my number 1 priority right now!  So there's my plan.  And as I go along I'll let you know how it's working out!  So far I know what I need to do right now.. and that's build a functional baseline.. I have the tools to do so, I know what needs to be done, it's just getting into the habit of doing it that has been the problem.. hence the book...

So my hope is that by this time next year I will be settled into a new home, Ethan will be settled into a new school, and I will be a highly effective-good-habit machine!

I could never do all this or think this way on my own.. I guess God wants me to pull it together, so the position I was talking about in my other blog has been filled.. by Jesus... lol.

Ok Jesus.. let's do this!