With our big move ahead of us, and all the packing we are doing, I feel like I need a serious vacation! With God’s blessings of our house sales and the generosity of good ole’ George Bush (We got that check today!), we have been able to make a financial plan to totally get out of debt sometime in May. With my husband going back to school, this has been a goal of ours for about a year now, because our new Connecticut budget does not include room for paying off any debt! (If you are looking to pay off some bills, I suggest you take a Crown Financial class or a Dave Ramsey class. I took a Crown class last fall.)
This also means we need to save money during the summer so that we don’t have to have any debt in the future. This is easier said than done when you have kids!
So what do we do about a much needed vacation? I am reading a book called, Just Hand Over The Chocolate and No One Will Get Hurt. It’s as funny as it sounds. The author talks about slowing down in life’s fast pace. One of the ways is to have an at home vacation. So I thought of this: Clean your house on a Friday. Instead of paying for a hotel, use that money to have someone come and clean your house. Get take out food, have family or friends watch your children (if they are young) for a night and plan an at home vacation. I have a friend who takes her four kids to four different friends, because they are usually more than welcome to keep one of them for an evening. Don’t expect someone to keep all of your kids if you have more than one! (Unless it’s grandma and grandpa, because they have superpowers!) Grab a movie, get dessert and you can have an beautiful 24 hour vacation at home for less!
Do you have any ideas for a vacation at home? Please share!
4 responses so far ↓
1 Kelley // Apr 28, 2008 at
I have that book as well!!! I have read bits and pieces and it is great..
We have actually slept in a different room (when we used to have a guest room)….it made me feel like I was on vacation as well as having my own private bathroom.
Of course, this was before the kids were all born!
2 Monica // Apr 29, 2008 at
One of our favorite anniversary vacations was at home. We sent the kids away on Friday night. Went shopping for great fondue ingredients. Made a fire at home and had a 3 course fondue meal. Slept in until we woke up the next morning. Went to a movie and window shopping. Parked ourselves at a coffee house with a good book. Picked up the kids and take out for dinner. It was so relaxing!! I recommend it highly.
3 Kirsten // Apr 29, 2008 at
We can’t afford to go away for our 5 year anniversary this year so we are sending the kids to grandma and grandpas for the weekend and are probably going to stay home…alone
We wanted a golf vacation, so we are going to take a golf lesson at a local course and then play a couple rounds. Much cheaper than an anniversary vacation and we won’t even have to spend that much on gas! (oh, and we have coupons for the golf course!)
4 Lauren // Apr 29, 2008 at
I just wanted to say YAY for you for getting completely out of debt! How freeing!
I love Dave Ramsey, too. He makes living a debt-free life feel possible.
Can’t wait to come visit you in your new house!
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