Plates!
Last night I got to go on a date and buy new plates! Where did the money come from for the plates, you ask? After all, I have been using two mismatched and chipped sets for years... You guessed it! I made it from my articles :). It feels good to make a little money on the side so I don't have to feel bad about waste. It's not that we couldn't have used the money Aaron makes, it's just that I have other plans for it. Big plans. Mostly to do with paying off things and saving up for things. You know the deal... I am a habitual saver and can't part with money without good cause. Not that it works anymore, since the money all seems to know where it's going...
In any case, I am very pleased to say that I am now both published and paid. Sonja wants me to write for her every other month, which means a bit of a project and some fun writing on the side, but honestly not more than I'd make if I babysat a couple of times. No one pays adults for that, though. I've considered offering a homeschool German class to make a little spending money too. Aaron says that one day, when we are fabulously wealthy, we will need to hire a decorator. The truth is, I've never decorated much because I am too stingy and he is opinionated, but if he plans on hiring someone, maybe I should figure it out and make some money to spend on doing it myself. I can't paint in this rental house, but maybe I could find something versatile enough that it would move well and match whatever? Oh, the things we spend our time on! What a waste....
You know, when I was a teenager, I thought that all of my time could be used in the glorification of God (you know, once I hit adulthood...since I was too busy as a teen). As I mature, I am beginning to think that I have to use my moments glorifying God by reacting well to life and thanking him for my blessings, since I obviously can't spend my entire days singing hymns or evangelizing. In this fairly isolated role I play at home, the evangelizing is pretty well only to my kids and the hymn singing is virtually non-existent, since I still can't play piano and don't have time anyhow. I have to say that what I AM doing seems to be working well. I have a happy home, smart kids and a content husband. THAT makes me truly rich.
In any case, I am very pleased to say that I am now both published and paid. Sonja wants me to write for her every other month, which means a bit of a project and some fun writing on the side, but honestly not more than I'd make if I babysat a couple of times. No one pays adults for that, though. I've considered offering a homeschool German class to make a little spending money too. Aaron says that one day, when we are fabulously wealthy, we will need to hire a decorator. The truth is, I've never decorated much because I am too stingy and he is opinionated, but if he plans on hiring someone, maybe I should figure it out and make some money to spend on doing it myself. I can't paint in this rental house, but maybe I could find something versatile enough that it would move well and match whatever? Oh, the things we spend our time on! What a waste....
You know, when I was a teenager, I thought that all of my time could be used in the glorification of God (you know, once I hit adulthood...since I was too busy as a teen). As I mature, I am beginning to think that I have to use my moments glorifying God by reacting well to life and thanking him for my blessings, since I obviously can't spend my entire days singing hymns or evangelizing. In this fairly isolated role I play at home, the evangelizing is pretty well only to my kids and the hymn singing is virtually non-existent, since I still can't play piano and don't have time anyhow. I have to say that what I AM doing seems to be working well. I have a happy home, smart kids and a content husband. THAT makes me truly rich.
Well said! And I am rich too! I think decorating is overrated (at least I tell myself that since formal decorating is not even a hint of an option for us!) and it seems to me it is only feasable in a home where no one stays home most of the time. Our walls are continually re-decorated! And the rest of it is so much in use that there is no place for knick knacks and such. I like to think of pioneers living in such small and efficiently used space. Not "decorated", but useful and tidy and pretty when and where it could be.
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