Getting Started.

So I have finally taken the plunge and started a blog, which is both scary and exciting all at the same time. Scary because writing has never been my strong point, I cant spell, I have no idea what a verb or a noun is and my vocabulary is minuscule!

But talking, talking is something I am good at. To be honest I talk too much, every thought I have comes spilling out and so I wonder if putting some of my ideas down on 'paper' would perhaps help control my lack of inner monologue.

Recently my wonderful and very talented husband ran a successful Kickstarter campaign, his project is to write/create/illustrate an unabridged graphic novel of the bible, starting with the book of Judges, (to find out more about the project go here).

It was so encouraging to see the target totally smashed through, eventually achieving 125%, what an amazing answer to prayer! It was wonderful when the countdown ended and we knew that Hubster could quit his call centre job and focus on his true calling and passion.

But the next day, when the dust had settled a bit, I started thinking about all those people who had pledged their money. We are going to live off their generosity for the next year! (and longer if I can make it stretch). That's very humbling and a little daunting, what will people think if we splash out on a treat? What if we feel God call us to give some of it away?

Now we are not big spenders, we like being frugal, and thrift was second nature to us even before it became trendy, so I know we are not going to waste this money, but how can I make the most of it? And importantly how do I keep a generous heart?

So I decided to write about living a Kickstarter funded year, how I make money stretch, being frugal and thrifty, about how I make a house a home, enjoying life, raising a family, blessing others and most of all living by faith, living on a prayer!