Friday, February 18, 2011- Day 81
Oh wow, I cannot believe it is already Friday.! This week has been some what of a blur. I am not sure the last time I had such a busy week. Tuesday night I had class so I did not get home until almost 10:00. Wednesday was Emma's Gotcha Day. I went to Curves after school and then we did some special things with Emma and the other kids. After the kids went to bed I started working on my stuff that was due for my Thursday night class. After school yesterday I came home and grabbed a bite to eat and then I headed back to Nashville for my Thursday night class and then had a full day today. I am trying to get my house cleaned up so I am not spending all weekend cleaning. I also need to get tons of things done for my class and for my students. I also need to get things ready for my trip (which is in two weeks). Man, are you tired yet? I am exhausted:) Anyway, in all my craziness I did not eat so great this week. I did not eat a lot but I just did not make the best choices. It was easy to grab whatever I could and get to the next thing. Not like my life will be slowing down anytime between now and May, but I am going to do better this week.
OK. Enough of my complaining. Jeremy and I got some WONDERFUL news yesterday. I will not go into all the details but we are just overwhelmed by God's goodness. Every year around tax time we usually get a good refund because the government offers a tax credit for those who have adopted. The last five years we have been getting this tax credit but you can only claim so much and then it rolls over to the next year. Well, we actually have not gotten the full amount of the tax credit from Sam's adoption so we planned on using this tax credit for many years to come. So. last night Jeremy is doing our taxes and the new adoption tax credit for this year you can cash out on all the money you will be receiving no matter the amount. So we are getting the tax credit for what is left on Sam, Emma and Chloe. For obvious reasons I am not going to give an amount, but it is amazing. I am pretty good at disguising my burdens. The truth is that I have been carrying a huge financial burden around for three years now. Both girls coming home in one year really put a financial strain on us. We do not regret it and we knew that how crazy it seemed we know that God was going to provide. He has provided these past three years so I am not trying to make it sound like we were not paying our bills and things like that, but it has been tight and stressful on us for a while now. This refund will not get is totally out of our debt but we can now see the light at the end of the tunnel and we know it is not the train that is about to run us over:) ANyway, we are just praising God and we it is an extra confirmation on our plans for Chicago. Our biggest concern for going to Chicago was how expensive it is to live there and how much debt we would be dragging with us. With my Guatemala trip plans and our plans to move to Chicago next summer and I can see God moving in ways that are just amazing. I am ashamed at how little I trust the One who can do the impossible.
OK. Enough of my complaining. Jeremy and I got some WONDERFUL news yesterday. I will not go into all the details but we are just overwhelmed by God's goodness. Every year around tax time we usually get a good refund because the government offers a tax credit for those who have adopted. The last five years we have been getting this tax credit but you can only claim so much and then it rolls over to the next year. Well, we actually have not gotten the full amount of the tax credit from Sam's adoption so we planned on using this tax credit for many years to come. So. last night Jeremy is doing our taxes and the new adoption tax credit for this year you can cash out on all the money you will be receiving no matter the amount. So we are getting the tax credit for what is left on Sam, Emma and Chloe. For obvious reasons I am not going to give an amount, but it is amazing. I am pretty good at disguising my burdens. The truth is that I have been carrying a huge financial burden around for three years now. Both girls coming home in one year really put a financial strain on us. We do not regret it and we knew that how crazy it seemed we know that God was going to provide. He has provided these past three years so I am not trying to make it sound like we were not paying our bills and things like that, but it has been tight and stressful on us for a while now. This refund will not get is totally out of our debt but we can now see the light at the end of the tunnel and we know it is not the train that is about to run us over:) ANyway, we are just praising God and we it is an extra confirmation on our plans for Chicago. Our biggest concern for going to Chicago was how expensive it is to live there and how much debt we would be dragging with us. With my Guatemala trip plans and our plans to move to Chicago next summer and I can see God moving in ways that are just amazing. I am ashamed at how little I trust the One who can do the impossible.
I am so happy for you! The IRS was good to us (finally!) this year as well. :)
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