TPT Seller Challenge Week 2 {Dare to Dream}

This week’s challenge is all about setting goals and dreaming big.  When I first started this blogging/TpT journey I didn’t have very many expectations.  I have been blessed beyond measure by TpT.  Here in Arizona, as I’m sure is the case in many other places, our salaries have been cut several times.  This past year my paycheck was only $100 more than when I first started teaching.  Since we are a two teacher household those pay cuts hit us hard.  Enter my little TpT store.  Thanks to TpT and all of the incredible people who have bought my products and supported me, my daughters have been able to continue in dance and we have been able to make ends meet.  That is really all I have ever wanted, I am content.

This challenge did get me thinking about the things that I would like to use my TpT earnings for in the future.

Home Improvements:  Our house in 15 years old.  We moved in right before  our youngest was born!  We still have the original air conditioning unit, which really is unbelievable since we live in the middle of a desert and it runs constantly throughout our 115 degree summers.  We have been able to do some small things to our house in the last 15 years, but we have hit the point where we are going to need some serious money to do some serious repairs and facelifts.  My goal is for TpT to help shoulder some of that burden!

College Expenses:  This year we will have a sophomore and junior {WHAT?!?!}.  College is around the corner.  They are both on track to hopefully earn some scholarship money, but with two going to college I know there will still be plenty left for us to pay for.  Oh…and I don’t even want to start thinking about the possibility of weddings after that….Yikes.

Family Vacation:  When the girls were little we had a list of places that we wanted them to see.  I have always thought that in order for them to have a healthy world view they needed to experience places outside of our little desert bubble.  I grew up on the east coast and I have always dreamed of taking them back there.  I grew up surrounded by American history and I want them to see and experience it.  I have a new nephew in Tennessee that we haven’t even met yet, and my oldest has been wanting to go on a mission trip for a few years now. 

As I’m typing all of this I realize that these are all first world problems.  I truly am blessed and I never want to lose sight of that.  I have been blessed beyond measure and more than I deserve.  No matter what happens with my TpT business, I will continue to praise God for blessing my little store and to be grateful for all of you that I get to share this journey with!