Slow

There is something to be said for slowing down and then slowing down a little bit more :o) I personally prefer slow. I enjoy mapping out my week and then knowing that the majority of it will be spent at home. I love having just the right amount of stuff to do and enough time to get it done. I love staying at home (with my to do list made up) because I know that I have the freedom to sit on the floor and play with Annie or go to lunch with a friend and that its ok that I didn't get the laundry done because I will have time another day.


Now that I think about it, that is probably the freedom people talk about when they live on a budget. You have everything mapped out and know where all of your money needs to be and have freedom to make decisions about what you want to do with the rest. I have to ashamedly admit that we don't budget our money :o( I would like to, I have even sat down with 2 different responsible people twice and mapped out what it would look like, they were encouraged by our spending habits and they both put us on a one month challenge of looking at our expenses, which I did, and then when the month was up I didn't do anything about what I found out! We are not big spenders and we do put money into savings... I am just not to sure what the savings is for! There is no freedom in that! What if I decide to buy a small island, or a Ferrari... I don't know if I can because I am not sure what my savings is for, what if I need it for future medical expenses?! Oh the frustrations! Now I feel convicted to start budgeting again and that is not on my to do list!!! However the dryer just buzzed and I have been working on crossing THAT off on my to do list for 3 days now... what? Its my last load. How many of you can say that?