Progress!

This is a quick, late night note.

I'm thankful.

You see, March 11th I paid off the car loan with my tax refund.

March 18th will make my first paycheck that didn't already have the auto loan partially written on it.

Granted, there are other bills it is getting used for, but I can honestly feel progress being made in this long struggle to get out of debt.

I'm not fully there yet, but I'm one step closer, and I'm so thankful to God for seeing me through this.

Israel, Israel, God Is Calling

The link for the talk I gave on March 13th is here.

Emergency Preparedness

I left for Church yesterday and found this taped to my security door.

Sometimes, emergencies occur, but if you are prepared, it's not that much of an issue.  Those of you who know me, know that Decker and I had some systems in place when he passed away.  One of those was an emergency water supply.

We use the round 5 gallon jugs of water and one of those plug-in water dispensers.  I don't have all of them filled up at this point in time, however I have enough to get me through something like this easily.

If it wasn't for the fact that I'm on Spring Break, it wouldn't have mattered, because I would have been away at work.  It's just funny how the timing on this worked out.

Tax Time!

Photo credit:  Oaks, Linda. us_treasury_building.jpg. 2009. Pics4Learning. 28 Feb 2016 <http://pics.tech4learning.com>

Yes, I realize that today is not April 15th, although based on our current weather in Arizona, it feels like it already is.

No, but today is a special day, it's not March yet, but I did and submitted my taxes today and yes, they have been accepted at both the state and federal level!

Major progress!

Much of this is due to not only the Family Finances class I'm re-taking, but also that I have finally entered into the 21st century and now am having Quicken download my transactions automatically from my financial institution, so I can better track everything that's going on.  This also makes reconciling monthly statements A BREEZE!

This gives me less time doing the grunt work, and more time looking over my finances to see where I can cut and where I can invest time and money to do a better job of handing my finances.

Progress!

Cough Suppression On The Go

I don't know about you, but I never get sick at a convenient time.

The problem is, some of the medication you might want to take, particularly a cough suppressant, is in a liquid form that gets everything sticky.  Is this something you can take on the go, when your schedule is already on overload?

Some years back I went to a doctor who told me about this nifty little product from Robitussin. 

It is a cough suppressant, much like their liquid "cough medicine", only in a liqui-gell pill.

I only take one and it usually lasts me for about five hours, and I'm able to carry this bottle in my purse with my other medication so I can actually have access to this medicine when I will most likely need it.

I've only seen this available at Safeway and Wal Mart, I've not seen it at Fry's Foods.

As with any medication, be sure to check with your physician before getting this.

This is not a compensated endorsement, just a helpful tip.

Box #2

Box #2 is filled with plastic and glass cups and mugs.  It is now in my car and will be delivered to Deseret Industries after work tomorrow.

The first box had vases that had quickly accumulated after Decker's passing.

Progress!

The Hypocrisy of The Politicans

So, is the U.S. Constitution hanging by a thread yet?

Yesterday a sitting justice of the U.S. Supreme Court passes away and the next thing you hear is a member of Congress threatening to stall any appointments made by a sitting President.

The Republicans are wanting to control the bench, and make no mistake, this has nothing to do with preserving the Constitution of the United States.

It has to do with influencing and agendas.

Want to make it so that civil asset forfeiture remains legal?  Get a conservative on the bench and make law enforcement very happy - and very lucrative.

Want to place term limits on those in Congress?  It will not happen if the Republicans can have any laws overturned that would place term limits on members of Congress.

Want reforms made to the Federal Tax Code?  Not if any passed can be overturned by the Supreme Court.

Why is this?  Because those who stand to benefit the most financially from legal manipulation want a "conservative" sitting President, a "conservative" majority in Congress and who will stop these two if there is a majority of "conservatives" in the Supreme Court who will use the bench to promote what the "conservatives" want, even if it goes against the Constitution of the United States.

People are forgetting that if you truly want a democracy, there needs to be a balance of power, or there will be (and currently are) a segment of people who will be shut out of democracy altogether.

When this happens, the Constitution's "We, The People" will become a lie.