SAHMs 7/26 - 8/1

staceyw37

wow trish--you are so ambitious (in a good way!)

and thanks to you both for thinking the dog walking is good idea. i can't commit to a shelter at this point, but as a neighborhood volunteer, that seems doable. what kind of cute dog is that in the picture, nicole??

part of what motivates me, too, is this GREAT book I read called The Generosity Plan. It's abt thinking more intentionally about our giving--of time, treasure and talent. How to maximize our "but i'm just one person" impact.
i realize animal welfare is a recurring area for me, and this is one way to do something for animals that could also fit in with my life.

random question---NOT JUDGInG. just getting ideas
---if you tithe 10% to your church, do you also give financially to any other causes?
---if you tithe less than 10% to church, do you count other $ donations toward your total giving?
--do you quantify non-$ giving as part of your tithing/philanthropy?
Partly i'm asking cuz i'm setting our giving goals--as a % of take home pay. We pay synagogue DUES (cuz that's how it works for Jews--partly cuz you can't handle money on the sabbath so the pass the plate tradition wouldn't work). but that is required for membership. so do DUES count towards my total %?
what are your thoughts? would you? it feels like cheating--the dues are not 10% of our income--but would perhaps put us at our total % giving goals each month.

would welcome your opinions on the matter.

well--i did it! i sampled 1 small cookie from the teacher gifts i am making (yep, kids still in school) and tonight ate applesauce and raisins for my night snack! drank my water and ate fruits/veges.

first time in a LONG time that i kept to a plan. feels good :bigsmile:

and, trish, sorry that grace is feeling so poorly. it's so hard to listen to them suffering--even if they are jumping on the furniture! hope she starts feeling better soon.

'night ladies. see you on the flipside!

princessleia1980

random question---NOT JUDGInG. just getting ideas
---if you tithe 10% to your church, do you also give financially to any other causes?
---if you tithe less than 10% to church, do you count other $ donations toward your total giving?
--do you quantify non-$ giving as part of your tithing/philanthropy?
Partly i'm asking cuz i'm setting our giving goals--as a % of take home pay. We pay synagogue DUES (cuz that's how it works for Jews--partly cuz you can't handle money on the sabbath so the pass the plate tradition wouldn't work). but that is required for membership. so do DUES count towards my total %?
what are your thoughts? would you? it feels like cheating--the dues are not 10% of our income--but would perhaps put us at our total % giving goals each month.

would welcome your opinions on the matter.

I have had these discussions many times with many different people and come out with many different answers! We give less than 10% to the Church because its a very rich church and although they support charities and use the money well, we don't have a direct say in where it goes. So we sponsor 2 children and give to some other charities and I try to make sure that the whole amount adds up to 10%.

DrBorkBork

We give 10% to our church every paycheck, since it's a test of obedience in our faith. It's not really our money anyway. The Big Man Upstairs made sure we have money to pay the bills in the first place

Now if we were better off (debt free, settled into a home for the next 30 years), I would probably encourage hubby to donate to good causes. But at the moment, we just pay tithing, since that's what we can afford.

by the way new topic here:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/110180-sahms-8-2-8-8