In 2014, I was struggling with the idea that I really wanted to do something to satisfy my creativity. I reduced my hours for '16 and '17 for personal reasons (my Mom) and to try to open the door for something to happen to pursue my dreams. By September, the hubby and I went into negotiations for a house out on the Blue River. It's a beautiful home with an open concept, lovely swimming pool and direct access to the river. It wasn't in my "Dream Plan" (if there is such a thing), but it looked like a great idea.
We weighed it all out and went for it! The owner reduced the price by $100,000, so it must have been what God was leading us toward. We rushed and worked (hard) to sell our home and all our unnecessary junk.
~It's all gone~
Then, after piles of paperwork, we were down to the last week...the week the appraisal came through...and it was $70,000 below the asking price. Wha wha....how could we live with ourselves knowing we paid that much over market price. The last nail in the coffin was the bank saying they couldn't loan us the money unless we sold a few body parts (not really), but it was the equivalent!!!
We are now living in one of our rent houses. It was Jims house before we got married and is very nice. And without the "junk" cluttering it up, it's very comfortable.
So what did God want? Hmmm, now we have the money to pay off all our debts. Freedom! It's a glorious gift from above. He actually gave us the choice to break our necks for an expensive place that wasn't worth the money OR pay our debts giving us both immense relief from the stress! Jim's Father has 40 acres in this county that has never had a house on it. We asked his Dad about it and he's ready to sign it over to us. 83 year young Dad, by the way, is relieved we will be near by.
Oh....and I quit my job. I'm free to take care of my Mother with no worries and now I can go for the goals I laid out last year!!!
Here they are....again.
- Post 30 items to the local online auction each week. My husband and I have created a little income this year from this little auction and it's easy peasy and it will provide an extra income to be applied in different areas - hopefully my business!
- Refurbish and post one piece of furniture each month. I am way new to this, but I think I can do it. I want to start small and then challenge myself with bigger or better things each month. Maybe I'll eventually post them to Craigslist or an online site in the city.
- Post 7 items per week to the Etsy store. I just think it would be nice to have an item to represent each day of the year. I probably won't work on it every day though. Maybe on one day, and then post on another day.
- Post 10 items per week to bigger online sites. If I can group those posts to a particular time and place, I can make one trip out to meet my customers and possibly , because it will be larger communities, get a better price for them.
- Repair the building we own in town. My husband and I have a building in town that we used for a pawn shop before I started working. We hope to repair it enough to store all our items. It has a bad roof leak and old items from the pawn shop. No plans on opening the doors, just want to use for a warehouse of sorts.
- Quit my part-time job. Scary, right? Yeah. I've been thinking about it for at least two years! I think this is the year though. I make good money, but went from full-time to part-time to take care of my mother. Well, it's really hard to leave town now to go to work, so I need to do things so I can stay close to her. So this should explain the the other goals above. I hope I make enough to be able to quit my job...
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