My THOUSAND Dollar experiment....Day 17

On the 17th day of my experiment, I will give my tithe money to help the Sisters of Charity in Newark. When I was a little girl, my parents used to take me to the Sister's Soup Kitchen on a regular basis. I remember they even took me once at Christmas and I helped to serve the poor their food and just be friendly. It was a humbling experience, but one I think I will have to take my children to one day just to allow them to realize that they have it good. My greatest reward in going to the soup kitchen was when Mother Teresa, in the flesh, came to the Soup Kitchen to be with us and speak to us at the end of the celebration of a Mass. It was so cool to meet her. She touched us kids and she touched our hearts. What a privilege to be in the presence of a Saint.


I am so lucky. Almost makes me feel guilty to spend the money today, but, for the sake of the experiment, here goes. I will take the remaining $15,300 and spend it on paying the van off some more, I believe there is $25,000 left, so I will pay off another $5000, making it $20K.
The remaining $20,000 will be used to repair the deck in the back yard and the fence that runs along the back yard. I have always wanted to have that fixed. I will also replace the fence in the front of the house and have a railing installed on the roof of my porch which is outside the window of a couple of the bedrooms. (We have had children venture out there! The very last thing I would do is to replace the railing on the edge of the little balcony of my bedroom. That should cover it! See you tomorrow!