June 15 blog prompt

e e cummings once remarked, “I’m living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.” Do you find that more people today are living beyond their income? Are you?

Yes! With today's society it seems as though a lot of Americans live beyond their income...and they are not alone...

This is it! No more instant gratification!! I have forgotten what it was like to work hard to buy the things I want. Instead I have these evil things called credit cards. How easy going into a store handing over a piece of plastic to pay for the purchase without thinking about the consequences. We are so far behind in credit card debt that it seems as though we will never get out. Well no more buying unless I have the cash to pay for it.

Sometimes it seems absurd to me that I'm the one who pays all the bills. I say hmmmmm which bills should I pay this month? I'm gambling with our money. Both me and my husband work to hard to gamble it away.

Thank you so much for reading this blog entry. I do feel a lot better getting it off my chest.

And now on the lighter side of things. I was searching the internet for starting to budget according to what we make and I came across this AWESOME website called Christian PF. I have been reading it ever since I found it.

Sometimes I cry when I think of how foolishly I have been spending. But I know that God is on my side and in Him I can get things turned around.

On my way.........

Sonya

Thurday June 11 Blog prompt

"Are you grateful for right now?"

Not as much as I should be. Lately I have been taking things for granted. I have a lovely home and a wonderful family to share it with. With the ecomomic times the way they are either me or my husband could loose our job and it would be stripped away in a moments time. So I stop and look around to realize how truly grateful I am. Now this comes to the June 1st blog prompt.

“Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.” ~Dr. Joyce Brothers. How well do you listen? Are you intent or preoccupied?

Lately I have been preoccupied and I haven't been listening. Just caught up in my own little world.

Mother Teresa once said that "Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart. It's been awhile since I have REALLY listened.

Peace out,

Sonya

May 27th blog prompt

As time goes by I forget the wonderful memories I had as a child. Until I read a blog prompt from DSP. Wednesday May 27th's blog prompt...

Blog Prompt - "Today is National Grape Popsicle Day and tell me about your favorite Popsicle or ice cream treats as a child."

What a wonderful prompt! As soon as I read it I recalled this memory.....

I'm not sure how old I was at the time, but I remember visiting Grandmas trailer home in Wisconsin. We would often go to the next door neighbors and play on the swing set, but we always had to keep an eye out for those vicious Boston Terriers named Penny and Spike. Little ass holes they were.

If they came into Grandmas yard barking with those ugly little fangs showing Grandma would get the broom out and shoo them away.


On with the prompt:

One weekend day we were playing on the swing set. Penny and Spike must have been in the house because we didn't hear the annoying bark from the vicious ones!

The picnic table was covered with a red and white checkered table cloth. There was a box of ice cream, and graham crackers. My mom would remove all the cardboard from the box of ice cream and precisely slice it in squares to fit between the graham crackers.

She always had a big glass of warm water for dipping the knife to make slicing the ice cream easier. They were piled up on a plate. Ohhh so good!! The ice cream was a little soft so it would squish out the sides of the Graham cracker.

The best childhood treat for me:)

Now what did I do with that grocery list?......