Frustrating Situation

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I’m frustrated I honestly don’t know why I can’t seem to get it together. This month my husband and I are finally working together to make the journey to financial freedom via the “Dave Ramsey plan”. We are using envelopes for Grocery and Blow money and we are diligently creating a snowball to pay down debt. You wouldn’t believe what lengths I’ve gone to in order to scramble up some snowflakes (cash), but no matter how hard I try it seems like Murphy is around every turn.

I just keep having issues, whether it be yesterday’s Paypal mishap, ugh or the fact that we are faced with cookie dough sales from the school at $15 a pop or any other random thing. I must inform you of the Paypal mishap though because it has GOT to be the most frustrating thing that has happened to me in a long time.

On Friday I had some Paypal cash I wanted to transfer to my bank account. It was a pretty good amount of money so I was excited. Somehow, wires got crossed however and on Monday I check my bank account to find that Paypal has instead withdrawn that amount of money from my bank account overdrawing it. I was then faced with a possible overdraft fee unless I covered the money that day and when I called to find out how to fix the issue I had to pay a $20 stop payment fee to have the money stopped.

As of this morning the money has still not been returned to my account and I am waiting on a new transaction to transfer money from Paypal to the bank yet again. I have most of my money “hanging in the air” right now between Paypal and the bank account. Can you say frustrated?

Fear & Doubt

Over the last few months I have completely changed what I do online.  Spending little to no time blogging here as  “mom blogger” and spending more time on my business / ministry and all things business related.  It has been empowering and exciting.  I have seen my business change tremendously. I’ve gotten focus and grounded in a way I have never been.  But, suddenly, right as I feel like I’m reaching some sort of plateau and about to reach my tipping point, I feel doubt.  No, the tipping point hasn’t occurred yet and for some reason though I have felt that it would occur quickly I now doubt it.  I am now almost paralyzed by the fear that it won’t.

Maybe it has something to do with my first live event, it is tonight in  my hometown. The Pro-Tech the Kids Workshop. It is something I feel called to host.

What do you do when you get this feeling?

Photo credit: greekgod

Will You Pray?

I don’t often mention my family on my blog.  But, I felt led to ask you to pray for one of them today.  Tomorrow my brother leaves for a 13 day mission trip to Thailand.  This will be his third overseas mission trip.  He really has a heart for the lost.  I am thankful for that.  He also has the courage I do not have to go across land and sea to visit a foreign country.  I am glad God has given him this ability and these opportunities.  Will you pray with me for his safety and for him as he serves our Great Big God.  Will you pray for the people he meets and the team he serves alongside.

He has a blog where he is going to be sharing from Thailand.  You can find it here.  He’s also an amazing photographer.  You can find the pictures from his previous trips here.

I appreciate your prayers.  The picture is from his last mission trip to Thailand last September.

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