Bright ideas... or not!

--- With our Permanent Change of Station (PCS) coming soon, I've had a lot of money matters on my mind. We'll be dealing with about $1700 LESS pay per month when we get back to U.S. soil. OMG! We'll have quite a few adjustments to make in our way of living. No more lazy take-out nights. I won't be able to tell the DH to pick up dinner on the way home. Back to budgets and meal planning. [*sigh] --- This evening, #2 of 5 rode her bike while I did a brisk walk of the base's 5K route. I made mental notes of money making ideas. We were trying to come up with ways to make money. Recipe books, children's books illustrated by my children, sewing projects to sell at flea markets or craft fairs, party planning & decorating, and my daughter suggested cake decorating. I shot down the cake decorating idea because of all that's involved with it. Health and food inspectors and such. Don't want to deal with all that. I know that everything comes with legal matters, but anything that has to do with food is just too much for me to deal with. I ran some of these ideas by DH and he shot them down without a second thought. He's always a joy kill. One day, the tables will turn and he'll actually support something I do. I'm almost convinced he thinks very little of me and my ideas. --- DH is more of a stocks and bonds kinda guy. CD's and money markets interest him. I was thinking more along the line of turning my hobbies into money. I know you have to spend money to make money in most situations, and DH doesn't want to drop a dime for dollar. That's okay. I understand that he thinks the risk is too great. He has no faith in me. Sometimes I don't either. I tend to start projects and never finish. Oh well. It was worth thinking about and may even be worth moving forward with one of my ideas. I'll pray about it and hope to find myself succeeding at one of my bright ideas. I won't jump into anything without waiting for confirmation from God. Pray, pray, pray.