Lamb... oh how I can relate to your problems!!!! I'm so sorry that your stress level is increasing. That just sucks!!
Anyway.... I, too, NEED something to look forward to, and plan. I also sometimes suffer from depression. Interesting that several of us do, and that disney helps us. I wonder how prevalent that is. I think it's one of the more healthy ways to deal with depression (have to say that I use other not so healthy methods as well... eating is one example
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I am doing everything possible to save as much money as I can, and it's still looking so impossible (but I will make it work.. one way or another). And yesterday my son and I were gone all day. It rained ALL day long, a steady, straight down rain. It was great for the crops, but my husband called me and said that we had a roof leak. Oh geesh.. my heart just sank! We know that we need a new roof fairly soon, but that just seemed to be saying to me "how can you save for Disney when you need a new roof??". I'm still torn. I know that if I saved up $4000 and gave it to my husband for his birthday, we could buy the materials for the roof and maybe do a couple of other things, too... BUT... would that really make any of us happier? We don't like to use credit for anything. We have medical bills we're paying and those are really our only "bills" (aside from the mortgage, utilities, food, etc...) so we don't like to add other monthly payments on to our budget. It's all just very frustrating. You work, work, work ALL of the time, and still can't manage to take a family vacation. BLAH! I'm depressing myself. So... here's the flip-side of that..
We are basically good people. By "basically" I mean that I'm not perfect, but I sure try to help others any time that I can. I pay my bills, I am kind to people, and I try not to leave anything (person, place or thing) in worse shape than when I found them. So, I really believe that if I continue to do what's right, I will find a way to make this trip happen. Kids grow up and lose interest in family vacations. You don't have all of the time in the world, even if you think you do (several friends with cancer recently, have really made that point strike home), etc... so, taking this vacation means more than just 10 days in Florida. It's a symbol for working hard and believing that the world is still OK. That's my rationalization and I'm going to stick to it!!!
I need this for my family, not just for me. We need something great and fun to do in February of 2011. January, February and March, are LOOOONG here in the Midwest!!
So, who's with me? We can figure this out and make it work and STILL pay our bills!!! One way or another we will DO IT!!!!!


Oh... and besides, Lamb.. you are going to be there the same time that I will be! Maybe we could even MEET

Anyway.... I, too, NEED something to look forward to, and plan. I also sometimes suffer from depression. Interesting that several of us do, and that disney helps us. I wonder how prevalent that is. I think it's one of the more healthy ways to deal with depression (have to say that I use other not so healthy methods as well... eating is one example

I am doing everything possible to save as much money as I can, and it's still looking so impossible (but I will make it work.. one way or another). And yesterday my son and I were gone all day. It rained ALL day long, a steady, straight down rain. It was great for the crops, but my husband called me and said that we had a roof leak. Oh geesh.. my heart just sank! We know that we need a new roof fairly soon, but that just seemed to be saying to me "how can you save for Disney when you need a new roof??". I'm still torn. I know that if I saved up $4000 and gave it to my husband for his birthday, we could buy the materials for the roof and maybe do a couple of other things, too... BUT... would that really make any of us happier? We don't like to use credit for anything. We have medical bills we're paying and those are really our only "bills" (aside from the mortgage, utilities, food, etc...) so we don't like to add other monthly payments on to our budget. It's all just very frustrating. You work, work, work ALL of the time, and still can't manage to take a family vacation. BLAH! I'm depressing myself. So... here's the flip-side of that..
We are basically good people. By "basically" I mean that I'm not perfect, but I sure try to help others any time that I can. I pay my bills, I am kind to people, and I try not to leave anything (person, place or thing) in worse shape than when I found them. So, I really believe that if I continue to do what's right, I will find a way to make this trip happen. Kids grow up and lose interest in family vacations. You don't have all of the time in the world, even if you think you do (several friends with cancer recently, have really made that point strike home), etc... so, taking this vacation means more than just 10 days in Florida. It's a symbol for working hard and believing that the world is still OK. That's my rationalization and I'm going to stick to it!!!

I need this for my family, not just for me. We need something great and fun to do in February of 2011. January, February and March, are LOOOONG here in the Midwest!!
So, who's with me? We can figure this out and make it work and STILL pay our bills!!! One way or another we will DO IT!!!!!



Oh... and besides, Lamb.. you are going to be there the same time that I will be! Maybe we could even MEET
