It's going back up!

The best laid plans and all that. We made some progress in reducing the debt, and now we're pretty much back where we were a month ago. We WILL, however, be turning off all the unimportant electricity for longer than I originally planned. Instead of two days, it will be a week.

My MIL died yesterday. She came and "visited" last fall, but was insistent about returning home to Georgia. Her body gave out and she died while taking a nap on the couch in her home. I'm glad things were peaceful and quick for her. I know that we did every thing that we could to try to give her a desire to continue living. She just didn't want to.

We are now sitting in the airport waiting to fly down. My title is referring to the fact that airlines do not charge low fares for last minute flights like this. All of the costs are going to add up to a little over $2000 that we have to put on the credit card. On top of that, my husband will lose work this week. A big job came in requiring him to pre-paint shakes for a house exterior. Now the job will go to someone else meaning the loss of that income. (Tell me again why "self-employed" is better?)

BUT, while we're sad we're not yet in a position to be able to just pay cash out of a full emergency fund, we're determined not to let this cause us to lose sight of the big picture.

Needless to say, we're cancelling the trip to Woods Hole Aquarium!

Since I have my computer and I'll have hotel time over the next several days, I plan to catch up on reading blogs and writing my own posts.

I also get to enjoy a bit of southern food. I promise not to overdue, but I guarantee that the vegetable portions will diminish significantly!