we work hard for the money

As I mentioned in my last post, we’re fortunate to be able to buy new furniture for a couple rooms in our house. Part of that good fortunate is our ability to save bucko bucks while living at Dad’s. The other part is working our butts off with the part-time job we’ve picked up.

I’ve never been a patient person, so the idea of slowly adding a piece of furniture here and a piece of furniture there has never appealed to me. And after spending seven long years getting out of debt, going into debt to furnish our new home was even more unappealing. The answer was one we’ve used before to help pay for our kickass honeymoon: pick up a side job working for a catering company. It’s a win-win for us because we get to pick our schedule and the pay is decent, and, because most of the events are long weddings, we’re able to work around 30 hours over our weekends. The downside is that we’re working around 30 hours over our Friday evenings and weekends … in addition to our more than full-time careers. We’re also not able to spend a lot of time with our puppy, Dudley, and our friends. The former is made somewhat better knowing that my Dad is with him and we’re not leaving him alone for days at a time, but it still pretty much sucks.

I share this for multiple reasons. The first is that we’re not insanely wealthy as our new house, landscaping and furniture may imply; we’re hard workers. It’s moderately feasible for anyone who’s willing to put in a little extra to accomplish the same as us. I share this because I sometimes feel when I read other blogs that they must easily bring home $500,000 a year in order to pay for the homes, furnishings and lifestyles they share. I know that’s not always (or often) the case, and wanted to plainly and transparently state that while yes we have a good income, we’re also working hard to meet our overly-ambitious goals … and it’s something you too can do.

I also share this because it’s my early excuse for why posts may be far and few, or why when I’m actually able to post, it consists of a lot of rambling and bad grammar (alright, the bad grammar is always going to be there).

So there’s my disclaimer to help explain how we’re able to do so much in such a short time without being millionaires, receiving a windfall or winning the lottery.