Well, we made it home from Toronto on Saturday around 8:30. It was an awesome trip and I hope to do a recap post tomorrow. It's been a challange getting my brain back into "home" mode. I feel like I forgot how to do things! We have a busy next few weeks coming up so yesterday I sat down and did our weekly menu and calendar, but also one for the rest of the month. I keep things written down in my planner, but that still in a suitcase somewhere. My folks left enough frozen meat in the freezer and fruit and veggies in my fridge that I don't have to buy any major groceries this week. I did pick up some bread, milk, and eggs for this week though. Monday- Brats Tuesday- Chicken Pot Pie Wednesday- Sandwiches Thursday- Sausage and cheese omlettes Friday- Shepherds Pie Saturday- eating out Sunday- Crockpot BBQ chicken On another note, our financial landscape has changed. Aaron and I started discussing 2 weeks ago giving up our truck. We were already far enough behind on our payments that it was close to repossesion. We've been in this place before and had discussed it with our loan company then, so we knew the process. We had a lengthy conversation, prayed a lot, and weighed the pros and cons and decided that, even with the downsides of reposession, we'd be in a better place in the long run. They came and got it last week while we were in Toronto.
In the tone of honesty that I value on this blog, I decided to share this with you guys. Some of you know me personally and would probably eventually ask me where the truck was anyways, but those of you that don't personally know me, I want you to know that this is real life. Stuff happens. We get behind on our bills. We struggle. Being a Christian doesn't mean that things aren't hard. Could we have managed our money better? Yes, definitely. Aaron and I made A LOT of mistakes early on in our marriage and now we're paying for them. Hindsight is always 20/20. I've done my fair share of "rescue praying" but there are consequences to every action. But, with that being said, realize that everyone you come into contact with has things happening in thier life that you know nothing about. Our financial struggles have taught me that you just never know. The mom's I see in Target that I assume are so put together could be the complete opposite. I've tried to live in a way that no one would assume things really were the way they were. If there was anything I learned this last week in Canada, it's that if you're going to live Christlike, then you MUST see people the way God sees them. If you don't, then you're opinion/judgement/perception of them is jaded by your own sinful assumptions.
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