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Happy Birthday, Chrissy!

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Monday lunch at Bobby's Burger Palace

Walking back to my office after our last Monday lunch, I had tears in my eyes.  I was so looking forward to Chrissy’s semester in DC and it was amazing to have her here and to see her so regularly. It came and went so quickly and I was so sad to see her go.

I wasn’t the only one sad to see Chrissy leave DC.  Colleagues from her internship sang her praises, filled cards with accolades and shed a few tears over goodbye drinks.

That’s how awesome Chrissy is and the effect she has on people around her.

Chrissy is caring, smart, determined, and passionate. She’ll tell it like it is because she wants the best for the people around her.  She is a loyal friend, and a great listener and confidante. She is an all-around beautiful person and I am lucky to have her as a sister and proud to call her my friend.

               Even pretty while riding a Segway

Happy Birthday, Chrissy! I love you!

Participate in Life Fund

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We had a great time at Zach and Emily’s wedding last weekend.  Blessed to be friends with each of them individually, the happiness I usually experience at a friend’s wedding was doubled for me. Zach and Emily were both so happy and so in love.  It was amazing.   Emily is a beautiful person but I haven’t seen her as radiant and happy as she was on her wedding day.  We had a great time celebrating with them and look forward to sharing more happiness with them in the future.

Part of the reason the weekend was so great was because we didn’t have to worry about money or how we were going to pay for things this weekend. No, a wedding fairy didn’t come down and make the weekend free.  We planned ahead for occasions like this in our 2012 budget. While we want to attack our debt and try to save a little bit of money, we don’t want to forgo life events and sharing in special, happy times with friends to do so.   We now allocate money each month for upcoming weddings and other celebrations.  We call this line in our budget our “participation in life” fund. Because we planned ahead, we didn’t have to worry about where money for gas, meals, tolls, the hotel, and gift would come from or put these things on a credit card.

Cheers to celebrating stress-free!