Posted in Homestead or Bust
Today I’ll take a closer look at our road to Our Little Slice of Heaven. Where are we? What do we need to focus on? Do we even want our slice to be a mountain slice? Or do we want to look toward the Valley again?
Right now, we are still inching along Square One. Our main focus at the moment is living frugally and paying down our debt. I have no advice for how to do this, there are many others out there who can help with that. Dave Ramsey is good, and so is Crown Financial. I have to be honest with you. We aren’t following any particular plan. I’d like to, I think, but Hubby has to get on board with that. Right now, we are just paying a little extra on everything we can, and when we get close enough on any one thing, we make a big push to pay it off. Then we distribute the payments we were making on that between everything else. Sort of like the “snowball method”, but not. We have several items that will be paid off in April, May, and June, and then we’ll really be able to fly through the rest.
Two weeks ago, we drove out to the Matanuska/Susitna Valley. This is the agricultural center of
Of course, driving out there again made us realize just how much we love it there. And furthermore, my mother-in-law fell in love with it. See, she lives with us right now. She has yet to decide if she will stay forever, but she’s been here since October. Hubby is an only child, so after my father-in-law passed away last June, my mother-in-law has been alone. Having her here has been such a blessing. We value her input on our move, and she prefers the Valley to the mountain.
So, whether we chose the Valley or mountain, the road starts off the same way. I should get my quarterly bonus from work tomorrow, and I intend to pay off a little loan that I have. That will make me feel like we are finally making some true progress toward our Slice of Heaven, no matter where it may located!
Kristina Duckett
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