It's really happening!

So today I was checking our bank account online (I use the app to transfer money to our credit card every time I make a purchase so that we don't end up with a large bill at the end of the month and to keep our current account up to date but more about all that in another post) and wow did I get a surprise!

I knew it was coming, but maybe it hadn't sunk in, one minute I am tapping in my password and next BAM!...

THE KICKSTARTER MONEY IS IN OUR ACCOUNT!

And I am speechless.

All those people actually backed the project. They gave us the money to make it happen. And now its going to get done. All our prayers about seeing my husband get to fulfil his calling are being answered.

Wow.

WOW!

And now is when the hard work starts, for me this means a lot of change. You see I have been very spoilt for the last few months as my wonderful husband has been on paternity leave since February (that's 4 months!). He has mainly been working on preparing and running the kickstarter but he was here in the house, willing to help out and wanting to spend time with us all. He has been on hand so when it all gets a little crazy, I have just had to shout for some help. But now he is at home, but for 40 hours a week he is working working and unavailable and that's taking some getting used to.

But for now lets get excited, lets be thankful and lets get working, there is lots to do.....

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!