Things could always be worse

Trust me, I know

I have come across some heart breaking blogs this week

I know things could always be worse

We REALLY have more than we could ever ask for

and trust me I thank God every day for the blessings he has given us

BUT

As humans, we always want more

We want more money

I don't know about you but I am TIRED of paying bills

I feel like between our 4 jobs, there should be plenty of money

but it just never seems to be enough

We don't smoke or drink
I don't pay to have my hair and nails done, although I would LOVE to
I shop at Goodwill as much as I can
We don't go out on the weekends. In fact I can't tell you when our last date night was
We rarely eat out and when we do, it's McDonalds (Yuck)
We live a pretty simple life style

After examining our bills in January to see where we could cut back,

 I came up with very little

We are going to check into refinancing our house

and will hopefully find lower insurance premiums

I SERIOUSLY want to know how people make it on 1 income

I SERIOUSLY want to know how people survive on minimum wage

I SERIOUSLY want to know why I'm working 4 nights a week plus day time hours

and

It's still not enough

We need a new deck on the house (it has waited for 4 years - It's BAD!)

The fridge is old and I'm just waiting for it to go out

The furnace is OLD and I pray every year that it makes it 1 more year

All 3 of the cars need work -1 doesn't even run

The dentist has already mentioned braces for Spencer

I could just SCREAM!

The hubby has applied for jobs but they would be swing shift

I'm not sure the money would be worth it the time spent away from family

but we need better benefits

We pay over $400.00 a month in health insurance premiums

and we have a $4,000.00 family deductible

We have NO dental or vision insurance

So when one of us needs glasses or a dental exam,

we can plan on spending at least $200.00 a visit

add that up - we are up to another $2,000.00

I guess we just need to be THANKFUL that we have our family and our health

So while I'm making a budget,

I sit here and wonder how our country got so deep in debt

If we can pay our bills, they should be able to also