In spite of all the recent stress of daily life, in spite of all the stuff that remains on my to do list, and in spite of the fact that our air conditioning is on its last legs, today was one of those milestone days. First, to get the knitting news out of the way, I finally finished the basketweave socks. I've made 6 pair of socks this year, in 5 months, so I'm a pair ahead. I still love the color of these socks, but am a little disappointed that they are fraternal socks, and not identical. Oh, well. No one's really going to know but me. I'm so ready to move on to something else, but I'm going to try to focus on my sweater and finish it up. Right now it's my only project on the needles.
A completed pair of hand knit socks don't really make today a milestone day. What makes today such a great day is that Robert and I have completed Step 2 of Dave Ramsey's Baby Steps, and we are DEBT FREE except for the house! It's taken us almost 3 years, but a lot has happened during that time, including us being able to afford Robert to leave a job he hated and begin to do something he loves, even though it was a significant pay cut. I can't recommend Dave's plan enough - we had previously bought into all the myths about credit, and today we have been released from the bondage of debt. Even though it was a little anticlimactic because now we're going to have to save up and shell out about $4k for a new HVAC system, we know that it's only going to take a couple of months, and it's really just an annoyance rather than an emergency. The best thing about Dave's plan is the change in attitude about money and "stuff." We are so blessed, and now have a level of contentment we'd not really known before. If anyone has any questions about the plan, I'd love to share it with you.
Oh, and I also made Dave's blog here, and you can hear us call in on Dave's archived shows - I'm the first caller in hour 2.
FREEDOM!!!!! And, as Dave says, "Remember, the only way to financial peace is to walk daily with the Prince of Peace, Christ Jesus." Amen!
Comments (3)
The socks are lovely. Just to show you what a radical I am, I would consider those identical rather than fraternal socks. Congratulations on being debt free.
Posted by tabitha | May 30, 2008 11:34 PM
Hooray for FREEDOM!! I'm happy for you guys! It's always fun to hear people do the Braveheart FREEDOM yell on the DR show.
I think it was you guys that gave us (or at least recommended) the Mary Hunt book before our wedding, and we have found it very helpful.
Congrats on your accomplishment!
Posted by Keith | May 31, 2008 6:01 AM
Just blogwalked over from Ravelry. Congratulations on your debt free status! That's brilliant!
Love the socks too.
Posted by ExpatKat | May 31, 2008 8:24 PM