One of our family's favorite "dates" is to go to yard-sales on Saturday mornings. Being the cheapie that I am, I've always loved it but it took a while to convince my husband. He was won over on a random outing where we found a solid oak roll-top desk for $50 (still sold online for $1,600)...his dad had always wanted a roll-top desk. We gave him his "Christmas gift" early that year and scored extra points with the in-laws.
The babies get more and more excited every weekend. Once they discovered that the toys they had wanted and worked and saved for were much, much cheaper if someone else owned them first, they were convinced. How many folks kids wake up at 6:30 am on Saturday and say "Yay!"?
Today's finds include:
30 gig ipod classic: $1 (ERIC IS THE YARD SALE KING TODAY!)
Baby Blue Top-Sider Sperry's: $3
Dooney and Bourke Key Fob: $.50
Brighton Watch: $1
Baby Stroller (for the pregnancy center!): $1
Brand new tennis shoes for Seth to grow into to: $1
Philips, Craig and Dean CD (for Mama, it's my favorite): $1
Seth bought a car machine/garage thingie: $2
Seth bought a pair of binoculars: $.50 - he talked them down from $3!
Mikayla bought a pink VW Beetle replica: $.25 - she asked for a discount when they wanted $.50!
Total Spent: $11.25
Total Value: approx. $350
Not too bad!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
What is a Silver Talent?
I've been thinking about blogging for a while...we'll see how it goes. If I can keep up with it, I think it might be fun. A friend has been encouraging me to write things down as they happen because our family's life is pretty full...
Why the name SilverTalents?
I guess I should go ahead and let everyone know, if they don't already, that for most of my life, I've been keenly interested money. Making money, saving money, investing money and, of course, spending money. Before someone tells me that "money is the root of all evil" I will defend myself and say that in the New Testament, Jesus talks more about money than any other subject. He left very clear instructions on how Christians should handle money.
In Matthew 25, he talks about a man who left silver talents with his servants while he went on a long journey. One servant was given 5, one 4, and so on and so forth. The last servant was given 1 talent.
The first servant took the money invested and doubled it. The fourth did the same (and so on and so forth). The last servant came and admitted that he had merely buried his money because he was afraid his master would be upset if he lost his investment. The Master was angry and admonished him that he should have at least put the money into a bank where it could have earned interest.
In my mind, the parable works this way. God is my master, I am His servant. Yes, I work hard, but what money I have ultimately belongs to Him. I'm not to stand idly by and squander its blessing. There are many other teachings in the New Testament that relate specifically to money...we should work hard, we should make wise decisions, we should give generously. I believe that debt is a curse, and yes, I listen to Dave Ramsey.
All that to say, my blog will mostly be about the Silver Talents I'm trusted with. How I make them, how I save them, how I invest them, and probably how I spend them as well.
Why the name SilverTalents?
I guess I should go ahead and let everyone know, if they don't already, that for most of my life, I've been keenly interested money. Making money, saving money, investing money and, of course, spending money. Before someone tells me that "money is the root of all evil" I will defend myself and say that in the New Testament, Jesus talks more about money than any other subject. He left very clear instructions on how Christians should handle money.
In Matthew 25, he talks about a man who left silver talents with his servants while he went on a long journey. One servant was given 5, one 4, and so on and so forth. The last servant was given 1 talent.
The first servant took the money invested and doubled it. The fourth did the same (and so on and so forth). The last servant came and admitted that he had merely buried his money because he was afraid his master would be upset if he lost his investment. The Master was angry and admonished him that he should have at least put the money into a bank where it could have earned interest.
In my mind, the parable works this way. God is my master, I am His servant. Yes, I work hard, but what money I have ultimately belongs to Him. I'm not to stand idly by and squander its blessing. There are many other teachings in the New Testament that relate specifically to money...we should work hard, we should make wise decisions, we should give generously. I believe that debt is a curse, and yes, I listen to Dave Ramsey.
All that to say, my blog will mostly be about the Silver Talents I'm trusted with. How I make them, how I save them, how I invest them, and probably how I spend them as well.
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