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greetings :-)

we are having some money issues. *sigh* we are going through a debt relief thing cuz when gas was so high (and we were still paying support on a child that lives with us) we used the credit cards wa;y too much. well, one of our creditors is sueing us. they want $2000 down and $400 a month to settle. i said hey, if i could afford that i would have kept paying you. arrrgggg. we are just having a hard time, christmas is coming up, and it's really stressing me. i have warned my kids that santa is poor this year and not to expect a crap load of gifts. which really is fine; i'm all about character building and i think if a kid gets whatever they want, it turns them into shit heads. at least that's what i tell myself :-D

i haven't been feeling well for awhile either. i'm tired all the time, and just feel blah. i took a 2 hr nap today after sleeping 9 hrs last night. i feel a lil better, so maybe that's what i needed.

not much else has been going on. OH! i went to girl's night saturday. it was ok. there was only 3 of us, and we ate some food and watched ghost, dirty dancing, and the beginning of roadhouse.

sunday the sermon got to me and i was silently crying in church. our pastor was talking about money and how we as americans should be so grateful for what we have. he said in zimbabwe the yearly income is around $400. and that americans spend that amount a year on toilet paper. it just struck me. i try to be grateful, but i always want more. i have so much, but it's never enough. bob and i talk all the time about how we are drawn to mission work. i would love to go to impoverished countries and help. but i have my kiddos, and i think the raising of them needs to come first. maybe some day.........

well, have a great week, and i just want to add that i am so glad U2 is on my safe list! i have been re-listening to their cd's, and there are quite a few scriptural references. it makes me so happy to know that a band CAN succeed in the secular world and still have Christian beliefs!