Chocolate Thanksgiving

I just have to say that I'm deeply and utterly in love with Chocolate...and I miss it. It's creamy goodness is always a wonderful and constant companion in the midst of happiness, tears, heartbreaks, movies, parties, good news and bad, and just for your everyday treat. However as wonderful as this little treasure is, I can't really eat very much anymore since I've had little bouts of morning sickness. I haven't had very bad morning sickness, but it makes me a little sick to even think of food at all. So, this Thanksgivng I'm thankful for stuffing my face with chocolate in days past. Chocolate, I will miss eating you in large quantities, but I guess it's better for my health. *sigh*

Debt Be Gone

One thing is for sure- I hate being in debt. I hate monthly payments and not being able to use our money where it really needs to go or where we want it. We paid off my student loans at the very beginning of the year, which was a beautiful thing, but then we kind of slacked off and didn't pay off our car as fast as we wanted to. We played a lot and kind of did what we wanted for a few months. Then, one day when I was driving home from work, I was thinking about how much we make as a couple and I was suddenly infuriated that we still didn't have our car paid off nor that much money in savings. We should have everything paid off and a least a few thousand in savings....but no. I was upset. So, we started putting my entire check on our car and today.....WE PAID IT OFF!!!!! YAY!!!!!! Now we are completely debt free and it feels SOOOOO good. It's almost like we're 15 again and we actually have control over any money that we get. We can spend it or save it....whatever we want, but it's ours and not someone else's!!! YAY! Of course now we will be saving every penny for our bouncing July baby, but it's nice to not worry about other things as well.

I feel like I've learned a very valuable lesson though, obviously. (If I hadn't then I would be in big trouble). It takes a lot of time and discipline to get out of debt and more than just living in your means to do so. We've had to re-budget so many times and try not to budget down to the very quarter, nickel, or dime. We've tried to leave room for unexpected things like hitting your car into a pole (thanks Brian), and it has helped so much. We're so excited and relieved!

Friday the 13th in a POSITIVE Light

Whoever said that Friday the 13th was a bad day? Hm? I don't know. I've always had some pretty good luck on these superstitious dates. I was married on Friday the 13th and that was a pretty darn good day if you ask me. Now, as I was contemplating Thanksgiving DINNER on Friday, it kind of made the day go a little bit happier. So, just think of being HUNGRY and full of FOOD on the dreadful day, and you'll feel better. EATING until your super FULL and ALMOST FAT feels just so good....almost to the point where you POP and might even need to see a DOCTOR. Just be POSITIVE and it will be a great day. If you put all of these words together, you have gotten then hint! Yes, we do love Thanksgiving and we're excited for it, but we're even more excited now that we're PREGNANT!!!!! YAY!!! We found out on Friday and I think it's becoming a favorite date. :)

Now, lots of people are asking why we have posted/telling people so soon, but really, we're just too excited to keep it a secret! If something goes wrong then I will feel happy about having at least a few weeks of being incredibly excited, but I am just hoping for the best and will keep praying for a healthy baby and pregnancy! I'm due July 23rd and the summer couldn't feel more far away than it does to me right now. Good thing we have Thanksgiving and Christmas to keep me occupied. The other good news is that I will be able to quit my job (hopefully) within the next year or so. That will be a VERY VERY VERY VERY happy day for me!!!