A year and a half later, and I'm still alive. The pipsqueak has grown too fast, another one is on the way, and Amanda is staying home (almost) full-time.
We're completely debt-free (aside from the mortgage), and there's a comfortable peace in that. Not having credit card payments, car payments, student loan payments, blah blah blah, gives you a nice sense of triumph over the system. Like, I look at the system, sneer, and go about my life. There's something very Puritan about paying for things with money that you actually HAVE, and while I may not want to put on a big black hat and grow crops in my backyard, I wouldn't mind the quietness of their lifestyle.
Well, except with electricity, the Internet, and World of Warcraft. Gotta have those.
How did this happen, you ask? Talk to Dave Ramsey about that....
The Boddishatva of the Underworld
Makes you want to flick that tongue!
