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Keepin' it real

Here is a post dedicated to keeping it real... Each month Brett and I sit down to discuss our "family budget"...You see I am the type A , OCD freak , actually like doing things like this person.  I like crunching numbers...feeling like I know where every hard earned dollar goes...basically I am the nerd of the family.  Brett is definitely the opposite (they attract I've heard...).  Don't get me wrong, he is very financially responsible, but if he were in charge, every bill would be payed the day it is due, and the budget...."well...that's just no fun to have a budget".  And to top it off...he wouldn't be the least bit stressed about it.  He is just that laid back ...yes...I need more of that.  Me...on the other hand...I panic if I don't have a bill payed 10 days before it is due....but that is just how we fit together.  it works. I digress... So each month we have a tithe column and a giving column in our budget.  We feel as a family th...