It's about a boat.

I'm not sure when we made the decision, or how it took us so long to get there. Or if we even REALLY discussed it.  But our beautiful life was waiting to become even more amazing... with a lot of hard work.

It's about a boat.  A life.  A hope.  A journey.  A dream.  And we were going to do it.
Unfortunately it was financially impossible.  So we had lots of really heavy conversations and arguments and discussions about money; the money we had already spent, the money we owed, and the money we would need.  This family had  an overhaul on the agenda before anything could happen, and it wasn't always pretty.

Revisiting  our monetary history was depressing.  I can't tell you how many times the phrase, "Why did we do that?" was heard around our house.     The nitty gritty was pretty straight forward.  We could not spend any money on anything.  Everything had to go to bills.  And boy, did we have a ton.  Just to give you a glimpse into our financial drama~ 3 mortgages; the house we lived in, the house my mom lived in (I will come back to another time), and an equity loan on our house.  Plus there were credit cards, and car payments, and regular life bills.  And did I mention that I was a stay-at-home mom to Coco (named changed for obvious reasons) and the hubs had just started a new entry level job.  Six months prior we had both been gainfully employed,  myself as a high school English teacher and the hubs was an Executive Chef at an up and coming restaurant. 

I'm rambling now.  Long story short- we had some stuff to figure out. 

Not to give too much away, but we did get some things right.  We got other things wrong.  This is our journey.