I’m so excited! The kids are excited! I think my dogs are even excited! I haven’t seen him since Monday and while that doesn’t seem like that long ago, in the last six weeks he’s been home about 15 days.

On Wednesday he told me he wants to quit his job. He’s confident he can get more money with another company working 14 days on and then 14 days off. He’d actually get some time off! Thinking about him switching jobs scares me but I think it’s a healthy move for him, physically and emotionally. I support him in what ever he decides. After I gave him my okay, he called his boss/owner to yell at him/eat his ass out, what ever you want to call it. His boss listened to my husband and then told my husband he was going to be getting a big bonus next week, he wasn’t sure of the amount but told my husband it would probably be $12,000 or $13,000. He also told my husband he’d be getting a big raise in the next few weeks. Woo hoo! A bonus and a raise. So my husband decided he’d stick it out a little longer. I keep thinking that if my husband actually got to spend some of his hard earned money on things other than installment payments he’d be happier on the job.

I’m thinking after the bonus is taxed we might be getting $7,000 +/-. I plan on paying off my husbands truck the balance is about $4,000. I’ll stick the remaining $3,000 in my savings account for emergencies. That’ll save me $250 a month. I’m so excited. I’m also hoping to get my tax refund and with that, I’ll pay off my State taxes of $200 a month.

I spoke with my husband about cashing out his tiny $22,000 - 401K to pay another vehicle off. He already knew about the 10% penalty and having to pay the taxes. He said, “We’ll talk about it”. He wasn’t for it or against it, he also wasn’t shocked that I asked. He knows how stressed out I am trying to make all these payments and I think he’ll go for my plan but I’m not sure. I guess I’ll be finding out this weekend. That 401K hasn’t done anything, no gains and no losses in the 15+ years he’s had it.

I’m also going to talk to him about selling the dump truck worth about $5,000. With him being gone the majority of the time, it’s going to be hard to sell it. I don’t want strangers coming to my house unless he’s home. We live in the country and only have one neighbor. Maybe I’ll put it in the paper and schedule people to come out and see it when my husband is home. I don’t know, I guess we’ll have to figure it out.

I’m doing so well with my ebay and half.com sales. Here’s a snapshot:

Ebay

Half.com

Not bad huh?