#1 - I got my dream job, counseling children at an outpatient clinic. This will go a LONG way towards helping with adoption costs!
#2 - SEVERAL people have come to me offering donations for the yard sale. THANK YOU. I could not do this alone...emotionally or financially, ha ha.
#3 - We are going on vacation. Some people forgo vacations while raising money, but we rarely take vacations and with me starting to work full-time soon, we decided we need to do this. So, we're doing Colorado on a budget. Maybe I'll blog about it when I return. My grandmother lives in Durango, so we won't spend much money on entertainment...with my colorful family!
#4 - In Adopt Without Debt, a lady feeds a family of 6 on $75 a week, including paper goods and cleaning products. How? I tried, but I spent $120 last week and $127 this week. However, I had some birthday money left over which was supposed to be for a new phone (kid dunked my iphone in water, killing it). I found a $40 phone on ebay and I transferred the rest into the adoption fund. It hurt, but then it felt so good!
I can't wait to hold my little girl!
In the past I have been able to get close to that weekly budget but it takes a lot of time so I am now trying to keep our family of 5 fed on $100/week...still tough with a teenage boy and a 3year old who eats like a full grown man! :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the new job!