Nola Redd's comments

Keeping The Word of Wisdom - Blog Entry

29 Nov 2006 08:38 PM

I'll have to scout around online (not that I don't trust you!). If that's the case, I'd better start drinking grape juice, I suppose!

Primary Time: Making the Transition from Nursery to Primary - Blog Entry

29 Nov 2006 08:37 PM

Good to know; maybe that will help him ease the transition!

The Importance of Food Storage - Blog Entry

29 Nov 2006 07:51 PM

We don't. We sold off virtually everything from our house to eliminate the need for storage. But I like that idea. As a super-couponer, too, I'm accustomed to finding 'weird' and creative places to store things (we had toilet paper under our living room credenza for almost two years...but I wasn't going to pass up free-after-coupon tp!), and I'm sure the longer I live in this RV, the more places I'll find. I hope.

Thanks for the idea; we are looking at establishing a 'home base' campground that we hit most often and paying monthly. Perhaps we can find one with on-site storage, which will make 'unpacking' it a little easier. You've got me thinking, though...

More Innocent Ways That Children See Things - Blog Entry

29 Nov 2006 07:47 PM

Ah, kids. One of my best friends and the mother of three strongly advised me to make a note in my journal of the exasperating things my kids did. She promised they wind up funny after a week or so. I'm still not sure I see the humor in my then-3 yo flooding the kitchen, and it's been nearly two years.... LOL

Primary Time: Making the Transition from Nursery to Primary - Blog Entry

29 Nov 2006 07:44 PM

That transition is one of my biggest worries, since we are on the road and so my son will be denied a familiar face. Perhaps that is why Heavenly Father sent him to us in January - he missed last year's cutoff by two weeks but is older than almost every other nursery kid. Hopefully that will help him handle it. Also, my 5 yo DD will be in Primary, so I'm hoping that will help smooth things over, as well. I guess I should consider joining him for the first few weeks.

I think the biggest thing my DD missed was...snacktime. Our ward had snacks in nursery but not in Primary, and she missed the cool munchies!

Keeping The Word of Wisdom - Blog Entry

29 Nov 2006 07:42 PM

One other situation you haven't encountered yet (and neither have I) is the 'wine is good for your heart' arguement. My husband's grandmother - lifelong church member - was told to have a glass of wine in the evening for her heart. I can only imagine being in a position where you have to defy medical advice, especially with as many medical problems as she suffers, but I think I'd take Heavenly Father's medical advice over any PhD. Still, it's nice to know what's coming up - unless, of course, the medical prognosis changes by the time we get there (and it might well do that!).

Financial Pitfalls: The New Car Mentality - Blog Entry

29 Nov 2006 07:39 PM

I know I always quote him in your financial blogs, but Dave Ramsey basically says that if you do the math with the average car payment - somewhere between $300-500/month, I don't remember the month - over the time between ages 20 and 60, that money invested would be somewhere around $4 million. As Dave says, "hope you like the car!". Even taking money out for an inexpensive used car wouldn't kick that number in the teeth too much.

We are currently using $500-1000 cars. We just got rid of a '93 Ford Escort because of the convenience factor - we are about to have our 4th child and won't fit everyone inside, so we sold it prior to moving - but it ran great fairly well for the five and a half years we had it. Yes, we probably had to do somewhere around $500/year in repairs (on average, not counting regular maintenance) - but that is still less than $500/month in a car payment. We look forward to eventually moving up to a used $5k car (I can barely imagine that now) and then, a used $10k car, once we are in a better financial state.

Saving Money Versus Paying Off Debt - Blog Entry

29 Nov 2006 07:34 PM

December can be a tough month no matter what your financial standing! LOL. But I agree - we also suffer from post-Christmas stress. Our anniversary is at the end of December, and we have a birthday mid-January and another one Feb. 1st. Yikes.

I think the key word you use is 'paying off debt aggressively'. If you really cut spending and kick it into gear, it's amazing how much debt (and stress) you can get rid of. We were very aggressive last Jan-April and paid off three credit cards at about $8k, and the change in the stress level was amazing! Then we had a layoff and had to dip into our EF, of course.

Helping Your Parents Financially - Blog Entry

29 Nov 2006 07:30 PM

On a side note, this is a good reason for a husband and wife to work together with the basics of the finances; if something should happen to one spouse (old or young), the other will at least have an idea of how to pay the bills. And you are right about a difficult situation - most parents have a hard time taking advice from their kids on subjects like money.

The Importance of Food Storage - Blog Entry

29 Nov 2006 07:28 PM

You are making me depressed. We just moved from a 2700 square foot home to a 36' motorhome. We have a decent amount of food stockpiled, including powdered milk (which my kids actually drink), but nowhere near as much as we used to have. On the other hand, we have a good sized water tank in our RV; we'd just have to live without milk for awhile!