Hubby Romeo and House Doors

While there has been a recent increase in hubby's company stock valuation (read about it H E R E) -- for which we are very thankful to the Lord -- there has also been a delightful decrease:

Fewer expenses for 2019- hooorah!! Dear hubby has blessed our lives once again.  In addition to his hard-working, sacrificial tendencies, he also has a talent for words fitly spoken, gifts (chosen by yourse truly, but always within reason, lol), or a lessening of my worries:

1.  Hubby let me do the choosing among the gifts offered by his company to commemorate his employment anniversary.  He "allows" me to wear the beautiful bracelet, ha!  (stock photo, gold/Peridot bracelet)

pc: amazon

2. An extravagant-to-us Anthropologie light fixture became reality during our recent bathroom renovation -- just because *I* insisted.

Hobby Lobby oval mirrors; Anthropologie light

3. What more can I add to this loving reminder through his email?

4. I was stressing about finding affordable doors to replace our very old (read: original), taped, discoloured, dilapidated storm doors.  He took the time to search and found a set in very good condition through Craigslist. He also painted and installed them himself. It took 2+ days!

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Whoa! Stock Valuation is UP!

 recent company email: The ESOP Trustee (GreatBanc Trust) has completed its annual valuation and determined the value of ___ Stock to be $5,108 per share, an increase of 30.7% from the previous valuation.  ___'s strong performance in 2017 and outlook for the future were key drivers, but other factors contributed as well.  These included a strong stock market, good performance by comparable companies, solid global economic conditions and the positive effects of the recent change in U.S. Tax rates.

The value of ___ Stock in participants' accounts in both the ___ Legacy Stock and ___ ESOP Leveraged Stock Funds, has been adjusted by Vanguard to reflect this new price.  In addition, ___ has made the necessary contributions to the ESOP Trust for Plan year 2017 and a new allocation of ___ Stock will be made to the ___ ESOP Leveraged Stock Fund accounts of all eligible KSOP participants based on the new stock value.   Both the stock price change and the new contributions will be visible in participant accounts by March 30^th.

Congratulations to our Team Member Owners!

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Are We Rich Yet?

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Are we rich yet?

 The price of each of hubby's company stock increased by over 38 percentage points for Year 2015. Per the Trustee who give their valuation once a year, this increase was attributable to: higher Enterprise Value expectations of the company, confidence in the company's ability to meet projections, higher cash balances, lower debt commitments, and fewer shares outstanding. 

So, on paper at least, our personal financial standing has improved.  What an answer to our daily prayer to the Lord Jesus Christ for the company to do well sales-wise; and to be kept from a variety of  trouble!  However, we choose to remain sober-minded, and not trust in uncertain riches.  God is the Giver, and He will provide for us as we have need.