Blessings ...

I have just recently discovered the joy and power of a REAL budget. Not just the kind that's in my head, or the kind that only covers the basics and lets the rest of the $$ just leak out! Wow, I'm kind of amazed at how fun it is to save and plan and track carefully every expense. Anyway, I've been thinking for a while about getting my carpets cleaned, but it just seems that other things continue to pop up and the carpet keeps getting pushed to the bottom of the list. (It's not really overly motivating to clean old, yucky carpet anyway!) Well, Saturday, after the Relief Society activity I came home to a phone call from a neighbor who had rented a carpet cleaner and had it until today. She wondered if I'd like to borrow it, since it was just sitting there. She even had cleaner left over which she generously gave me. It only took a couple of hours and I have a houseful of clean carpet for free. Funny how the Lord blesses you with what you need when you just make the smallest of efforts.