http://workathomehomeschoolingmom.com/2009/04/preparing-for-the-unexpected/ Balancing Life as a work-at-home, homeschooling mom Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:04:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://workathomehomeschoolingmom.com/2009/04/preparing-for-the-unexpected/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Living Life at Home » Personal Insights into Debt, Bankruptcy, and Marriage Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:03:31 +0000 http://workathomehomeschoolingmom.com/?p=371#comment-338 [...] with debt was due to poor spending habits, and our second was because we didn’t adequately plan for the emergencies and unexpected events that inevitably came our [...] [...] with debt was due to poor spending habits, and our second was because we didn’t adequately plan for the emergencies and unexpected events that inevitably came our [...]

]]> http://workathomehomeschoolingmom.com/2009/04/preparing-for-the-unexpected/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Michele@Philoxenos Tue, 05 May 2009 02:29:26 +0000 http://workathomehomeschoolingmom.com/?p=371#comment-139 A bit of mental preparation definitely goes a long way in a crisis. But I've found also small things like making sure the dishes are done at night. I realise it's trivial, but since I had three babies in just three years, I never knew what kind of night I'd have. Recently my husband was taken to the ER while on a business trip and I had to rent a car (long story) to drive to be with him. Because we had prepared financially for emergencies, I wasn't freaked out about how much it was costing us. A bit of mental preparation definitely goes a long way in a crisis. But I’ve found also small things like making sure the dishes are done at night. I realise it’s trivial, but since I had three babies in just three years, I never knew what kind of night I’d have. Recently my husband was taken to the ER while on a business trip and I had to rent a car (long story) to drive to be with him. Because we had prepared financially for emergencies, I wasn’t freaked out about how much it was costing us.

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