blessed. blessed. blessed

Holy cow, we are BLESSED!!!!!!!!

So, little update. Svend got paid on Friday. I emptied our savings account to pay our $1400.00 discover bill.  I then paid all our bills...plus Svend enjoyed black friday more than I thought... $40 worth, and I enjoyed the savings... around $60 worth (that included ham and extras for thanksgiving)...two extra bills....and before you know it... we have $120 in the bank to last about a week... So THAT would have been fine, however we changed our car insurance and because of the timing on the change, we were still billed the $120 .. so actually as of 12pm today we were just about to be -$4 in the bank.  INSERT PANIC ATTACK!  So, I remembered we had a $14 check that never got deposited. Done. Plus I took $20 of our $50 left in our savings account and put that cash directly in...so that when our bill for $89 car loan comes out tomorrow, we won't be at -$4...we'll be around $30... whew!!!

Well, I have about 20 miles of gas in my car...to last 2 weeks. Yeah...not going to happen. Shoot! BAsketball tomorrow! Guess Svend will just take the two oldest kids in his car. Actually, it's BETTER THAT WAY! YAY!

ANYWAY, so bottom of the barrel right?  Well, Svend has some real GEMS that work with him. Literally.  They are first years.  One, Sarah Miller, is pregnant with their first child and due in May.  She gave Svend two target gift cards today for Christmas presents for the kids.... totaling.... $200. Yes. That's right, $200. Can you say "TEARS?"  What a BLESSING she was to us today. Holy cow. We are so unbelievably grateful and in serious shock. What an answer to prayer.


Last week, we were at the bottom of the barrel....we had $100 in the bank and I was waiting on a bill for $89 to come out. I got scared and tired of waiting and wondering...so I went on my bank account and it had already come out! WHAT A BLESSING-AGAIN!

I am GRATEFUL for moments like this. Where I can Literally see the LORD'S HAND in our lives.  There were so many times I wanted to call my parents and complain just so they'd offer some $$ and I didn't. I held back. I am grateful I did.  I hope my children can someday appreciate this. I don't know why we are blessed so much when other's aren't. We are blessed with security. I 've been thinking about this a lot lately.  A woman tried to sell me life insurance...and I declined because food is more important right now and I'm praying I or Svend don't die.. because we'll get life insurance in about 7 months... ANYWAY, she said, what is he dies? Well, I didn't say this...but I would go live with my parents! I would get a job and live with my parents until I could get things going. I am grateful I have that option. She said what if you got horribly sick and couldn't do your day to day things? We would pay you $45 a week to provide for someone to help. I thought "$45 isn't going to get much help." haha but then I thought "I have a CHURCH and RELIEF SOCIETY sisters and family to help."  So many in this world don't have that. We do. We are blessed and I am grateful that my Father in Heaven is mindful of his children. I know he is ...because we ALWAYS have sufficient for our needs.