Accounting 101
I'm writing it all down. I'm not rounding it off. It's every penny and every day I'm accounting to God for each one spent.
That might sound a bit ridiculous but after the week I had where God let me know He's here, I'm not taking ANY chances that I heard that still, small voice tell me I was to do that. Everything else I've tried with moolah hasn't worked over the years. This one is.
I spent $8 yesterday I probably didn't need to. I bought some seasoning salt and some wood chips to use when grilling up some steaks the roommate bought for dinner last night. It was a thoughtful gesture and boy, they turned out great. There is plenty of leftover wood chips and seasoning for another day, too.
Today I spent almost $11 for a new dryer belt. I used glue I had left in the house to try and fix the furnace instead of going to buy some more JB weld putty. I had JB weld steel epoxy in the cabinet in the garage and that's what's holding the dryer pulley on the motor. I'm hoping it'll hold the impeller for the furnace on that motor shaft as well. It's a band-aid until I can get it replaced. So is the dryer belt. The old one had stretched just enough that it didn't grip the dryer anymore. That and it was so overheated and cracked that there wasn't any grip left on the poor thing.
The dryer is working again. I lubed up some stuff with some oil I found in the drawer in the kitchen.
I didn't buy anything other than the belt. I was going to, though. But then, I thought about having to account for the money so I went home and searched through what I had instead of spending money on other stuff.
That's how serious I am about changing my money habits. It's also being a good steward to be able to fix and care for what I already have. There was a time in my life when I just would have bought new and tossed it on a credit card. I live in this world without credit. I have to right now. Sometimes, that's hard and it means having to go without or do without. I make do with what I have.
Good lessons to learn for me. I needed them.
That might sound a bit ridiculous but after the week I had where God let me know He's here, I'm not taking ANY chances that I heard that still, small voice tell me I was to do that. Everything else I've tried with moolah hasn't worked over the years. This one is.
I spent $8 yesterday I probably didn't need to. I bought some seasoning salt and some wood chips to use when grilling up some steaks the roommate bought for dinner last night. It was a thoughtful gesture and boy, they turned out great. There is plenty of leftover wood chips and seasoning for another day, too.
Today I spent almost $11 for a new dryer belt. I used glue I had left in the house to try and fix the furnace instead of going to buy some more JB weld putty. I had JB weld steel epoxy in the cabinet in the garage and that's what's holding the dryer pulley on the motor. I'm hoping it'll hold the impeller for the furnace on that motor shaft as well. It's a band-aid until I can get it replaced. So is the dryer belt. The old one had stretched just enough that it didn't grip the dryer anymore. That and it was so overheated and cracked that there wasn't any grip left on the poor thing.
The dryer is working again. I lubed up some stuff with some oil I found in the drawer in the kitchen.
I didn't buy anything other than the belt. I was going to, though. But then, I thought about having to account for the money so I went home and searched through what I had instead of spending money on other stuff.
That's how serious I am about changing my money habits. It's also being a good steward to be able to fix and care for what I already have. There was a time in my life when I just would have bought new and tossed it on a credit card. I live in this world without credit. I have to right now. Sometimes, that's hard and it means having to go without or do without. I make do with what I have.
Good lessons to learn for me. I needed them.
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