A few short years ago, a $6,300 furnace fiasco would have left me wanting to bury my head even deeper into the sand. How do I know this? Flashback to January 1, 2017, when we started our journey to dig out of $55,749.69 worth of debt. That nasty number didn’t reach that level with proactive, positive behavior. It came from years of denial, and most of all, not having a plan in place to do something about it. While this week’s visit from Murphy was unwelcome, ours was the wrong door on which to knock. A financial setback won’t make us quit! [Read more…]