30 Days of Gratitude: Day 1

As I posted today on Facebook, I need to refocus my trust in God to provide what we truly need, so I think it is time to start up some thankful posting. 

Today, I am thankful we still have one working vehicle and the ability to reschedule events for my husband to take my van to work.

My husband's little 1998 Honda needs a new wheel bearing, so he does not want to drive it until it is fixed.  If he does, he risks the wheel falling off the car completely.  We replaced the other front wheel bearing just a few months ago, and we knew it was only a matter of time before the other would be due.  

We do our best to follow the Dave Ramsey Total Money Makeover method, so this car has to last us until we can pay cash for another one.  Each of our vehicles has a long list of work to be done on them, but we can only get to them one at a time.  Does that mean the four girls and I suffered through a long, hot summer with no air conditioning and only the front windows that opened on my van?  Indeed.  It was a non-essential expenditure, so the a/c repair was shunted to the bottom of our priority list.  The silver lining: the van will be paid off in the spring.

So, for now, I am sacrificing my workouts at the gym so that my husband can continue to be the bread winner.  Not much of a sacrifice, really.  We do have to be extremely careful not to be late for the bus in the mornings, though.  That would not be a fun walk.