and I love it. It's a 2003 Honda Odyssey. This is my actual van, but I highjacked the picture from the craigslist ad because I'm too lazy to go take a picture right now. It has a good bit of miles on it, but it's in awesome shape. Heated, leather seats, electric doors, controls for the CD player on the steering wheel, and a TON of space. The only thing it doesn't have is a DVD player, but that's okay. For our budget, I would have had to get one with 40-50,000 more miles on it to get the DVD player and that obviously wasn't worth it. It was a pretty radical decision on Joey's part to sell his truck..one that I really didn't think he would ever consider doing. It just proved to me how much my husband is willing to sacrifice his wants for doing what's best for our family. In the last 8 weeks, God has done some amazing things in our family financially. Amazing. I have no doubt that in just a few months, Joey and I will be exactly where we want to be. In the meantime, we are "living like no one else" so that one day we can "live like no one else". And I'm rockin' my minivan while doing it!Thursday, February 18, 2010
Here Ya Have It!
Just call me "Stacey, the Soccer Mom"! Actually, that's exactly what I am because we signed Tripp up for soccer a couple of weeks ago. But, that's not the reason that we bought a soccer mom kinda car. I'm sure you remember this post. I had one excited husband when he came home with that truck. It's what he has always wanted for as long as I've known him. Well, I need to follow that reminder with this one. We have been dilligently practicing Dave Ramsey's principals around here for the last couple of months...dilligently. And can I just say, God has blessed us more than I can even begin to tell you! Once we laid out some of our financial goals, Joey mentioned that he was going to sell his truck. I convinced him not to because I thought he was being a little too extreme and we would be able to figure out some other ways. Well, a couple of weeks ago, he told me that he had been praying about it and he was 100% sure God was telling him to sell his truck and he had already listed it on Craigslist. He ended up also listing it on Autotrader. I was shocked. That was a big sacrifice for Joey to have to make. While we were at the beach, he got a call about his truck and when we got home on Sunday the guy came, looked, and bought it. We have been a one car family all week this week. Now, how does this help us as far as our "Dave Ramsey" mindset goes? Without going into too many details, Joey and I had two different debts that we wanted to take care of. We sold the truck for enough cash to pay off the smallest of those two debts and pay cash for another car. So, in selling the truck, we paid off one debt, freed up another small monthly payment we were making FOR his truck, AND had enough cash to go buy another car. The hunt for another car began and I decided pretty early on that I wanted a van. I just really wanted the space for the kids. I love my Explorer, but I felt like my kids were on top of me. So, the week of hunting has led to this......
and I love it. It's a 2003 Honda Odyssey. This is my actual van, but I highjacked the picture from the craigslist ad because I'm too lazy to go take a picture right now. It has a good bit of miles on it, but it's in awesome shape. Heated, leather seats, electric doors, controls for the CD player on the steering wheel, and a TON of space. The only thing it doesn't have is a DVD player, but that's okay. For our budget, I would have had to get one with 40-50,000 more miles on it to get the DVD player and that obviously wasn't worth it. It was a pretty radical decision on Joey's part to sell his truck..one that I really didn't think he would ever consider doing. It just proved to me how much my husband is willing to sacrifice his wants for doing what's best for our family. In the last 8 weeks, God has done some amazing things in our family financially. Amazing. I have no doubt that in just a few months, Joey and I will be exactly where we want to be. In the meantime, we are "living like no one else" so that one day we can "live like no one else". And I'm rockin' my minivan while doing it!
and I love it. It's a 2003 Honda Odyssey. This is my actual van, but I highjacked the picture from the craigslist ad because I'm too lazy to go take a picture right now. It has a good bit of miles on it, but it's in awesome shape. Heated, leather seats, electric doors, controls for the CD player on the steering wheel, and a TON of space. The only thing it doesn't have is a DVD player, but that's okay. For our budget, I would have had to get one with 40-50,000 more miles on it to get the DVD player and that obviously wasn't worth it. It was a pretty radical decision on Joey's part to sell his truck..one that I really didn't think he would ever consider doing. It just proved to me how much my husband is willing to sacrifice his wants for doing what's best for our family. In the last 8 weeks, God has done some amazing things in our family financially. Amazing. I have no doubt that in just a few months, Joey and I will be exactly where we want to be. In the meantime, we are "living like no one else" so that one day we can "live like no one else". And I'm rockin' my minivan while doing it!
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You will LOVE this van! We have had 2 since the kids were born...both Honda Odysseys and I wouldn't want any other kind of car right now. When our lease(before we realized we shouldn't lease:)) was up on the old Honda Odyssey, I decided I wanted the exact same van, so we bought a newer one and I have loved it! The space is awesome, I love that I can crawl from the front to the back to tend to the kids with no problem and since I have had another baby, I can change her so easily with one seat down in the very back. And most importantly it has awesome safety ratings! It is a great van, enjoy!
I am proud of both of you. There is great freedom in not being a "slave" to bills and money. I know He will bless you immensely in the days ahead...kind of like He has done all along...right?
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