Good News - But Not What We Expected At All

It’s been 90 some odd days that our house has been on the market. We have come *this* close to getting an offer many times. But it seems that our 3 year old house loses out to the new construction homes (with itty bitty lots) every time. It’s been frustrating for sure.

Today my husband called me from work really excited. For a split second I thought maybe he had found a buyer or we had gotten an offer. Nope. But I think the news we did get is as good as (or even better!) than an offer.

My husband got.… A RAISE!!!

This was completely and totally unexpected. With the US economic slowdown and the budget-tightening at my husband’s company he thought no one would get raises anytime soon. We are shocked and surprised, but it’s a very good thing.

And other good news is just a couple weeks ago my husband got a performance bonus award. The award is only given when another employee nominates someone. My husband works very hard at his job and it’s nice to see that others notice it.

What Are We Going To Do With It?

• Well, first the government will get a nice little chunk of the raise.

• We are contributing 4% to our 401k to get the company match so that will come out too.

• Anything remaining will go towards paying off our debt a little bit quicker.

While the “For Sale” sign in front of our house seems to have become a permanent lawn fixture; we’re excited about what the future holds and wherever it may (or may not) lead us. We had yet another offer go to a new construction home instead of our house today, but the news about my husband’s pay raise made the disappointment disappear.