Posted: 16 Oct 2012 05:26 AM PDT
Four years ago this month I came home from my first blogging conference (the very first Blissdom with only 70 people) and asked my husband if I could temporarily stop homeschooling our boys and see if I can make this Nesting Place blog into a real business.
Of course, it’s more complicated than that.
We moved to Charlotte five years ago after losing a business. Lost business = a bunch of debt. And not the fun kind like vacations and clothes and furniture and bottles of wine. Our debt wasn’t even a dumb fun mistake. Plus, we decided the smartest thing for us was to buy back into a franchise that had been really successful for my husband in the past. Which meant more business debt and purchasing a vehicle for the job. We pretty much had to buy a job.
..........................As of today, we are ‘this-close’ to being debt free. I underestimated our 2011 taxes and then we had a huge unexpected medical thing show up so that threw a wrench in our plans. But we hope to be debt free (minus a family loan) by the end of the year.
And debt free is just that…freeing….
to be continued…tomorrow
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And I get to keep writing here. And doing something I love, and I’ll
actually have real time to spend working instead of doing everything in
the cracks. Why do I always feel like I only work in the cracks? Oh
yeah, because I do. I do most of my work before 7am. And then it’s
cracks after that.And the best news, our boys get to have their dad as a teacher! They are so lucky.
I am so excited for all of us!
So, small side note but remember how I had that sofa in our foyer because we got a new sofa? Once I knew we were pulling the boys out of school and they’d be doing more reading books at home I figured it was time to trade out the old homework table for a more cozy option. I pulled that coffee table down from the playroom so they could still have a much-needed surface for working and computing and Lego-ing and puzzle-ing.
But knowing they were gonna be home more led to a different purpose for our family room and ultimately an odd change. We took the kitchen table out of our family room and brought in a secondary sofa. Is there such a thing as too many sofas? I hope not.
Anyway, we are all so excited about this new adventure and I couldn’t wait to share it with you. Thanks for being a part of it.
I’d love to hear about any “freedom decisions” that your family has been able to make or is hoping to make once your debt is paid off. Share in the comments?
Pay off debt has been a common refrain I've been hearing lately. Ways and means are far more difficult! Our freedom decision would simply be to have a home and a new car, and another baby! Of course, we dream of adventures and many other things, but its the basics I want right now. God, please help us!
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