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mentormom
Sep 8
Sep 8
Love the military? Read my post on lodge about what we are thankful for!
SpiritWarrior1981
Sep 7
Sep 7
Okay, so now I have some more recent photos. Now I just need to take some GOOD, recent photos.
AmyRN
Sep 7
Sep 7
Less than 24 hrs until vacation!!!! If only I could convince my homework to take a vacation too. :)
JamieLee
Sep 7
Sep 7
has been in the car for far to long but is excited to be up in Mackinaw City MI on holiday.
Beren_the_Adan
Sep 7
Sep 7
This weather makes me want to start building something on some land of my own... :-D
Put it in savings to get interest while I slowly chip away at it paying off student loans.
I’m a saver so I might treat myself to something and then I’d probably put the bulk of it in savings/investments for a rainy day. I might also put a down-payment on a house if I had that kind of cash. I figure I’m doing fine w/ the possessions I have now, so why get more “stuff” when I’ve done w/out so far. Fortunately, at this time, I have no debt. Thank-you, Lord!
Pay off debt and stick the rest in savings. Maybe take a trip to see my sister, that would be lovely.
I’d start my Dave Ramsey baby steps, after I gave my tithe back to God.
1. Put $1000 in the bank for my baby emergency fund.
2. Pay off debts.
That wouldn’t be enough to get rid of my school loans, but that would really help. For me, being able to throw a huge chunk of money at a large debt really gets me more motivated to keep plugging away at it.
I would buy a piece of land with it. I already have a place to live and cash is always losing value. I think land would be a good investment.
A lot of my missionary friends are low on support, so I think I’d use it to support them monthly for a year or two.
save it for a future adoption for a godly family that cannot afford it.
Finish paying off my grad loans so I can go into missions, and with the money left over take my family on a Disney cruise to celebrate my grandma’s 90th birthday.
Exchange it for 1,000,000 pennies and go find a wishing well/fountain?
Really, if it was a gift (as opposed savings), some would go to tithe and offerings. The rest would wind up in savings or investments (minus a small shopping spree).
Tithe, savings, then use the rest to pay off my grad loans (or “the albatross” as I like to call them).
Probably tithe, pay off debt and give the rest for relief work or invest into business’ at kiva.org (and keep reinvesting it) or something like that.
Give to God:
Get new glasses, buy a health plan. Havent been to a doctor for 3 yrs. Only when i am sick I go and pay out of pocket. Continue to fix my teeth. Save the rest.
@jumpymonkey9: i’m doing the Dave Ramsey thing too! w00t
I would tithe, finish the $1000 emergency savings (i’m almost there now) and pay off the rest of the student loans.
I would pay my tithe on it then put some in savings. After that I would pay off any smaller debts I have left and start on my loans…it would defintely make a good start
Throw off my debt, ugh! Then use the rest for a wedding, I hope
pay off my car, save the rest
Travel to China to see the culture and visit several missionary friends and try to be a help to them
@anwelei
That’s awesome that you’re almost there. I’m slowly working on getting mine built back up. I had it saved about a year ago, and had to use it all during a job transition. It brings an amazing sense of comfort and relief for when those “emergencies” come up. They don’t seem so bad when you have that money to pay for them.
Hard to say what I’d really do – but I’d like to think I’d give a good portion away and have fun doing it.
After tithing and giving some gifts to organizations I support I’d pay more of my mortgage down and put some toward a new bathroom.
@anwelei and jumpymonkey
That sounds brilliant! Is there a book that Dave Ramsey has written that gives you some FAQ’s and game plan?
Pay off my school loans!
LANDSCAPING!!! I am dying to up the curb appeal of my home by painting the exterior (on the list for May), adding a paver patio, pergola, partial privacy fence, pourous concrete driveway (or at least strips), and lots and lots of native plants and wildflowers!!!
@onlysixcamels
Oh yeah, he’s got a couple of books. I’d recommend The Total Money Makeover. That one gives you the “baby steps”, as he calls them, to get out of debt and build wealth. If you have a used bookstore in your area, I’d check there first to see if there is a copy there, since it’s a pretty popular book. If not, then just get a used one off Amazon. He has another book called Financial Peace, and that is great too, but as he says, that book is more of the “why” as opposed to the “how and what” in Total Money Makeover.
I’d tithe first, then I’d pray about what God would have me do with it. If he left it up to me, then I’d probably either invest in redoing my backyard, or redoing my third bath, both of which are “on my list.” I’d also fix my car’s front bumper which got cracked during the snow.