trusting God

i tend to worry a little bit...in fact, i feel like i have mentioned that on here previously (which is VERY possible :) )

well, i worry a lot of about finances; especially now that i am working part-time and we have sophia

but at the end of every month since the beginning of the year, john and i sit down and write out a budget for the upcoming month

it has helped so much! we weren't crazy spenders but to see exactly what you have at the end of the month and all the "little stuff" that adds up is sometimes ridiculous

so we have been really careful lately (john has done AWESOME with this) and even took cash to IKEA...because who couldn't overspend there??? :)

well, due to the cold weather, our NIPSCO bill is higher than summer time

but i help it stay low by keeping the house cold...and bundling up...now i understand why my dad always said "well go put more layers on if you're cold; it costs money to heat this house" because i tell john that now :)

two months ago we had the highest heating bill since we've lived here...and i thought we were cold

so i tried extra hard, turned off stuff when i could, set the heat at 58 or 60 for the nite (space heater in sophia's room)

the next month's bill was half of that one! yeah! we were excited!

well, today i get the bill for the last month and it says we owe $20...actually $19.47

i have NEVER paid that little for a bill...NEVER

so i called just to make sure that next month i wouldn't be paying them $300 or something

they made an error last month and over charged me...so the correction is this month! :)

thank you God!!! oh me of little faith...and the weather is getting slowly warmer...so less heat being turned on inside :)