Happy Thanksgiving.
It’s that time of year where we start to reflect on all we are thankful for and I am just overflowing with thankfulness. The year started out very tough for us, both financially and with just a lot of bad experiences. The end of the year holds another story.
I just realized that I never gave a final update regarding my husband’s truck that was stolen. It was stolen on April 25th and as the weeks ticked by, we had truly given up hope of ever finding it.
Here is the post I promised a couple of days ago. This serves as both an excuse as to why I’ve been a little quieter than usual as well as an announcement.
One simple thing I’ve learned on this journey to save money is that sometimes my frugal attempts will cost me more money instead of save me money. I’ve had to learn to stop beating myself up when those times arose and instead just learn from my mistakes and move on. So what type of things will cost you more? Read more »
You know, I’ve had some really great people go up to bat for me in my journey to create a miracle for my husband. I just wanted to give you all an update on what’s going on.
A couple of days ago, I asked for your ideas on how I could create a miracle for my husband in order to get a new guitar for him. I received several comments and emails full of great ideas and I thank you all for taking them time to send them to me. So, now is the time to put them into action. Read more »
We haven’t heard anything about my husband’s missing truck or, more importantly, its contents. I’ve never seen him so depressed and it’s killing me. He just got a contract with a major casino near here to teach guitar to a group of students and he starts tomorrow. Nothing like teaching a guitar class when your guitar was just stolen.
I’m just beside myself right now.
Tonight I was waiting for my husband to get done with one of his appointments and so I ran to a Walmart near where he was so that I could wait for him. He decided that when he was done, he would just run in and meet me and we’d go. When we got back to the parking lot we found that his truck was gone. A 91 Nissan pickup truck with 220,000 miles on it. The parking lot cameras showed an SUV pull down the aisle we were parked in, a guy get out, walk up to the truck, open it and drive away – all within about 30 seconds. The cop that we filed the police report with said that the older vehicles are stolen all the time with worn keys.
Sometimes I look at what search terms brought people to my site and realize they must have been pretty disappointed when they got here. Therefore, every Friday, I’m going to take the top searches for the week and elaborate a little more on them. Read more »
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By the way, that’s miserly, not miserable.