Posted in Living on One Income
If you have been following our blog you will know Brent & I nearly 3 years ago in February decided to get off the bus & become mortgage free in 7 years. It has really become a way of life that usually we enjoy – being honest there is the odd occasion when both of us wanna play like others & have everything. But we are both motivated to live well within our means on one income and save.
It is really starting to become who we are – we enjoy living very simply, we enjoy seeing how little we can spend – eg our trip to town this week only cost us the petrol & the Christmas decorations, no stopping for drinks or snacks or purchases not needed. And going to photographer & not getting emotionally involved with looking at our family photos & buying portraits. But then we have days like last week when I impulse purchased at the quilt shop – these days don’t happen very often.
So it was much joy last night I was at kitchen sink & Brent pulled up from work in truck, stopped & tooted to show me his free wood he had got. For me this gift of gathering was more to me than getting a bunch of flowers. He said he could get as much as he likes – usually the staff from the company take it in the winter – but not in the summer – so guess who’s getting it in the summer.
This year we will have to buy the bulk of our wood in –Brent has sooo many projects that need to be done – cutting down trees is not going to be one of them – it will seem funny not having as much wood to burn as I want – I am waiting till a few weeks before Christmas & then will contact different wood merchants to see what sort of a deal I can get for buying before Christmas using cash.
It is awesome that Brent & I are on the same page both wanting the same things & our lifestyle it is also rubbing off on the kids – we really, really want (spice girls singing along there) our kids to have the life long skill of managing money.
Caro with her litter,we always have a litter of kittens in our home! 
Some of our Sheep & this years lambs; won’t tell you which are going in pot
