Posted in Finance, Frugal, Kids, tagged Back to School, Budget, Emergency Fund, goals, School, Shopping, snowflake, Summer on August 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I suck at this goal-setting thing. I’m good at setting goals, just not good at achieving them. I guess I really suck at goal-achieving. Let’s look at August…
Short Term
Compare auto insurance prices. I switched to GEICO.
Quit smoking.
Cancel digital cable and landline.
Start clipping coupons again.
Become more vigilant about unplugging appliance that aren’t in use.
Get Bekah to take [...]
Posted in Bullshit, Custody, Friends, House, Work, tagged Custody, Facebook, Friends, Privacy on August 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I haven’t posted much lately. I am experiencing trouble opening up knowing that there are people out there that know me and could be reading this.
I had a friend call me about my post on my custody arrangements with Jim. He was concerned that because I post my blog entries on my Facebook page, my oldest [...]
Posted in Bullshit, Kids on August 14, 2009 | 7 Comments »
When I tell people my children are 16, 7 and 5, inevitably the question is asked. “Do they all have the same father?“
Do people have any idea how rude this question is? It always makes me wonder, “Am I a better person because they all have the same father?” Is there something wrong with my sister’s [...]
Posted in Chores, Dating, House on August 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Remember my Big Weekend Plans from two weeks ago? The ones that I didn’t get done because I ended up buying a new car? Well, I’m going to try again. Since the new car is at the dealer getting detailed and having a few minor repairs done, here’s the list of things (in addition to the [...]
Posted in Emergency Fund, Finance, Food, Frugal, Kids, Work, tagged Back to School, Budget, Emergency Fund, Goals Snowflake, School on August 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
July was a tough month, for obvious reasons! August won’t be much better, with Back-To-School shopping for 3 children this year. (Yes, little Bekah starts Kindergarten!) Plus, Shaunna has Senior Portraits at the end of the month. So I’m back to looking for ways to reduce expenses, especially since they cut all overtime at work. [...]
Posted in Finance, tagged Best Buy, Cash for Clunkers, Gateway, Geek Squad, Microsoft, Shopping, Staples on August 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago, I stopped into Staples, just to pick up a new mouse. The old one was not working well, double clicking when I only clicked once. Made working on the computer difficult, to say the least! As long as I was there, I figured I’d stop and look at the laptops, since [...]
