Never Fails

So three weeks ago we started on the E-Mealz program. We love it. We're cooking more, eating better, saving money everything is going well. Until are oven decided to revolt. It just quit on Cole in the middle of cooking our wonderful Tilapia dinner. We had to use the toaster oven to finish the process. So we've been off emealz for a bit while the oven was down. Thankfully the oven is back up and operational again as of this afternoon. We'll be back at it this week.

The oven repair estimate was about $500. I was thinking about what a crisis this presented to us and our budget. We were getting pretty frustrated for a while as we debated whether or not we should fix it our just go buy a new one. Then we looked at prices and thought maybe we'll just fix it. Then we got to thinkin', "Hey we have an emergency fund. This is not a cash crisis." Funny how just a couple of years ago this would have been a real strain on the finances. Yet, now it is just a minor inconvenience. Honestly I was just a little bummed that we had a house full of food but we couldn't cook it. I was fearing starvation!! But, my wonderful wife improvised and got us by.

The cool thing was when the repair guy returned with the parts a couple days later, it ended up only being about $300. Of course, it's never so simple and he left us with a gas leak in the oven and we had to wait a couple more days till a different guy could come back and tighten up the lines the first guy left loose. But all is well now! We can eat again! All is right in the Moore House.

We actually spent about $400 dollars to repair a leak on Cole's car as well this month. If my math is right that means we were able to absorb $700 worth of unexpected expenses thanks to a spending plan and our emergency fund. We did it all without resorting to the credit card too! Dave Ramsey would be proud!