Summer is coming to a close. I have one week of work and then 10 days off with the family. Once that is over, I head back to work, Jen heads back to class, and the kids back to school. This summer has been what it has been. It started with the passing of my mother-in-law. We slipped away from medium core debt reduction to the same old grooves that we had before Ramsey…but a funny thing happened.

The core values remained core values. We ate out, but remembered and were convicted that the only time we should see if the inside of a restaurant is if we work in one. We don’t. A core value is know what your owe to say no to more debt. A saying I have heard and often use in my local church community is the main thing is keeping the main thing the main thing. What’s your main thing?

Both Jen and I welcome the Fall. She had the summer off from work with the kids. She would seek another three months off, but we both agree that the next nine months bring routine. School. Homework. Rest. Ramsey.