being thankful in hard times

As of right now we are still waiting on our ins. company to get back to us.  We heard from the body shop who did the estimate and sent that info to our ins. company.  They told us that repairs are going to be $4800, which is 94% of the vans value.  Which most likely means they will total it out.  We are unsure if that is the case and we are also unsure on the amount they will give us for replacement/repair.  So we are waiting to hear from them.  In the mean time, I've been driving one of hubbys trucks.  Which isn't fun considering the size and having to drive around the kids in it.  We have started looking at replacement vans on craigslist incase it does get totaled out, but until we know  that for sure if/and how much we have to fool with, it makes it hard to know what price range to look in.

On another note, I've still been working and thinking and figuring out our money situation this month with the extra bills we have.  Now, add in the towing bill we just paid and when we get a different van, we will have to pay close to $300 for title and plates transfers.  It seems like theres always big dollar items that come up and are messing w/ our financial plan.  I'd like to keep this debt snowball rolling, but it may have to be put on pause for the time being.  We have sold a few more things this week and will update the what we've sold page.

On another note, a sadder one, in the middle of all the stress of money this month, wrecking our van hubbys grandfather passed away this week.  We will be traveling over an hour one way for the funeral and visitation and probably eating out quite a bit this coming week.

We are believers that God gives you what you can handle and this week/month he sure is "blessing us".  We will get through all these difficult times.  We are  thankful for what we have, that we have things to sell to make money, that no one was badly injured in the accident and for family and the love and support we give each other during difficult times.

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