So glad today is done. 5am-5:30pm with no break is too much for an old lady!!

Tomorrow is payday. Because July was a 3-payday month, I sortof caught up. I didnt get to count the third payday as extra, but I did get to pay all bills ahead a little. I stay paid-ahead until the first payday in December(the next 3 payday month), when I can consider that paycheck FREE to use as I want. There is something comforting in knowing you have money in the account to pay whatever comes along.

This weekend I am helping a dear friend videotape her application video for extreme home makeover. They are looking for someone in Oregon, and I believe she is so deserving.

Her husband died years ago leaving her almost $50k in debt from medical expenses...she worked 3 jobs while raising her daughter...and sold her plasma so that her daughter never felt like they were poor. That money paid for clothes, band expenses, karate, etc. Her daughter graduated 4.0 and was accepted to West Point...but first she earned her black belt in Karate. During her senior year, mom took in a foreign exchange student..and the next year took in a homeless high school child...40 kids later and 10 years later, mom is still taking in kids. Mom also created a training program for families in fear of losing their homes to forclosure. Hundreds of families have attended these classes...She works hard to support a homeless teen shelter...and she takes in the animals too sick to be adopted...

My friends dream is to have a home big enough to take in 6-8 (or more) homeless kids...and to mentor them to a better tomorrow.

Please keep your fingers crossed that she is given this chance to change the lives of many...she has worked tirelessly to have that opprotunity.

I will let you know how it goes!