A New Season

Summer is almost here. Actually, with the weather the way it's been, it feels like it's already arrived. So, I guess my title actually refers to a personal season that we are in rather than the actual changing of the weather. It's funny. When I started this blog two years ago, I was documenting our journey through paying off our debt. We started out owning a 4 bedroom town home that was way above our budget. Not to mention credit cards, my school loans and Glenn's school loans, and car payments. We downsized and simplified our lives so many times since then- living in the shack, then with the Rabbit Lady, and now renting a lovely 2 bedroom apartment- our days of paying off debt are done. We've been debt free since last summer, and our focus has been on saving up to one day put a down payment on a home that we can afford. It's not that life has become boring in any way shape or form, rather, we were adjusting to not having the stress of oppressive living conditions...Of course, stressful situations seem to find us no matter where we live. And thus, a new season of learning and journeying through the valley began.