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Re: Friday the 3rd of July $ Stretching

dmc_2008 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:34:55 GMT

Ended up a really stretchy day. The envelope system worked for me today, I only spent 48.00 (Under the 60 I was allotted). I think it will work for me. Hoping anyway.

Grilled some eggplant and some sausages and made a can of green beans for DD. Kids don't like eggplant much.

Not doing anything, just hanging.

It was nice to get home from the store having paid cash, I didn't have to take more out of checkbook!

Re: Friday the 3rd of July $ Stretching

sissy — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:53:01 GMT

didn't make a profit today so maybe tomorrow to use up the inventory,blew $8.00

Re: Friday the 3rd of July $ Stretching

Luvd_Lioness — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:02:42 GMT

Went in to the walk-in clinic because the thing with my foot was bothering me... after being there for over an hour and having x-rays done (wondering if it was a bone chip that surfaced from my accident in 2000)... the doctor wasn't sure what it was but thought it was just a scarred bruise that is now just surfacing. No big worry. (So now I'll rest easier). I will play tomorrow by ear on going out now.

Then drove to the hair stylist to get my hair trimmed. This was free since I had enough credits.

Re: Friday the 3rd of July $ Stretching

re-tired — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:03:05 GMT

DH is off until Monday so we got a rew errands done this morning until he made me very upset so we came home. I know he works and works hard but he forgets that I am practically housebound and need to get out of the house some. So when he started fussing about running around town when he didn't want to I just had him come home. I haven't really talked to him since about 10 a.m.!

We did get BG to the vet. I just talked to them and she made it thru the surgery fine. She had 2 encapsalated mammary tumors. They had thought there was just one but found another when they operated. She will be staying there until Monday since the incision was so large. That's the longest we've ever been separated from one of the dogs and the longest one of the dogs has eve been "by itself".

I took my penny jug to the bank and had $52. I made a deposit for one of my girls while we were there and then paid her furniture payment.That was when DH started fussing so we came home.

I do get to get back out this evening. We will be taking Daddy out to eat and then going to the secure parking lot at the Police Dept to watch the city's fireworks. Believe it or not we had to buy tickets to get on the lot!

re-tired

Re: Friday the 3rd of July $ Stretching

Luvd_Lioness — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:39:56 GMT

Not going to be doing things that I wanted/planned to do.

Last night I noticed a spot under my skin on my right foot. The foot has been hurting for a couple weeks, not consistantly, but just noticable. No bruise showing or that I could remember injuring it. I talked with a nurse and was advised to stay off my feet until I see a doctor. (Next week, since most of the clinic campus good docs are off today). The foot is slightly swollen but just on the top where I have a lump. (which is under the skin, not noticable, unless touched, and then it's the size of a mosquito bite but rock hard) SO ... not going to be running around like I wanted to or going to the festival...
did wash my living room windows (outside)... not a perfect job but looks much better
got meds delivered
will be doing movies today again
just will be puttering around the house doing things as the energy bursts that I get appear

Re: Friday the 3rd of July $ Stretching

jillibean — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:23:28 GMT

Not too stretchy since we got home Tuesday afternoon. I am proud of myself for making dinner out of the freezer Tuesday night after being on the road for 2 days. But Wednesday and Thursdays were spend days. Wednesday was breakfast out and grocery shopping at Wal-Mart and Fareway. Got enough groceries to last through next week, so won't be going back to the grocery store today (today is our normal grocery day). Yesterday was chiro, doctor appointment and Costco. No plans to leave the house or spend money today.

The dogs are starting to get comfortable again. They've been pretty freaky since we got them back from the kennel (they always are, but the longer we're gone, the freakier they are). We've been trying to limit the amount of time we're away from the house until they get back to normal.

Paid the credit card bill, including the charges I knew were coming but hadn't yet hit the account. We always put our gas fill-ups on our credit cards when we're traveling, along with the hotel bills, and pay the credit cards off when the bills come in. Also mailed monthly donations to our favorite charities.

Jill

Re: Friday the 3rd of July $ Stretching

dmc_2008 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:51:18 GMT

Deb, something will work out for you and the aides. It always does right? I am being positive for you.

Jenn, we are lucky to be able to pay the bills we can and I feel grateful and depressed at the same time when I do at the first of the month too! lol

Didn't spend any money from my week one envelope yesterday. (I am trying the envelope system this month) Its scary, cause I got the loss leaders and so many sales, I could easily blow two weeks if I went shopping like regularly. But not gonna do it.

I need for sure: Milk, Butter, SF Popcycles, salad stuff and some fresh fruit and yogurt. That is my list so far. I am going to take in the envelope of cash only in the store and stick to the list too.

I ended up eating some left over chicken last night so today will probably grill up the sausages and also some eggplant I have. I just put 4 eggs in that little chicken to boil up this morning. I think I have never had the perfect boiled egg until I found that little chicken! Ok, just beeped and I made DD her breakfast a boiled egg (done to perfection) and a couple slices of tst and jelly and some apple juice. I am not hungry yet.

DD going to the beach with a friend and I am gonna hang out here and do some work. Need to shampoo since Gracie got sick. I wish I didn't have carpet. Someday!

More later, have a great stretchy day.

Re: Friday the 3rd of July $ Stretching

Deborahmichelle — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:33:30 GMT

Dear All, Wrap your heads around this concerning my In-Home SUpportive Services aides & our CA famous IOU's that started to be issued yesterday. Certain banks are accepting them until 7/10 only. They come payaable/due on 10/2, & the interest rate is slightly above 3%.

Now, here's the relevaant deal:

In-Home Supportive Services has to get paaid cash, no IOU's, according to law.

HOWEVER, teh State is paying municipalities, predominanatly their Social SErvices agencies is what the State owes the municipalities, in IOU's.

SO, in practice, IHSS will get IOU's. That spells demise in teh not-very-distant future. But, praised be the L-rd who brought me not just help from my many friends, including so many of you Forumites,, but also serenity, I do not mind. Indeed, I am looking forward to having my tiiime freed up, so that I can do things like goign with my best friend Ruan to noooon-time concerts at Old First (Roooman Catholic) Church's noon-time concerts, right after Mass (ie, at 12:30PM) on Tuesdays.

Two of my 3 aides have lost 1/2 of their clientele already. Many aides ahve beeen laid off already anyway.

As for my activities today, I did not want a substittue aide. (Substittues onllly wash the dishes & finish cleaning the kitchen, which is silly for a 4-hour shift. They can't help with my meds or misc things, as they don't know how.) A Jewish Family & Children's Sservcies volunteer, Judah, is coomoign over for tea & Mornign Glory muffins @ 11AM.

Yesterday, Ruan hung the curtains in the kitchen back up. My Darling brother had been worried that hisi hard work installing the screws had gnoe to naught; he feared that the exterminator had knocked the screws out of the wall. Not to worry, the screws were solidly there, the bracket just had to be put up on them again. Just to be on the safe side, we used Gorilla Glue &, for clamping, added transparent strapping tape. My brother had indeed done a fine job, as I had been trying to tell him.

I need to start using my sewing machine again. I had been stymied by the sheeeeeer volume of "stuff" that has been moved to my Great Room. But, since we have discarded all of the paper goods that had been in teh closet (pllus purged some other things), there is a lot of room in that walk-in closet, & I think that I am going to transfer some of the overage into the closet. In that way, I can rearrange teh sewing center & get cracking. ACTUALLY, I have a PAPER collage I have to make for my personal physician's, Peter's, "unbirthday" -- since I don't know his actual birthday, I have been celebrating July 16th since 2001,when I first started seeing him. I think that is my 1st priority, so maybe I will have to wait on sewing. I'm typing a letter to hiim, & then picking out the letters of his name & the acronym for Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association. I'll arrange those letters in large cut-out letters in teh midst of ssentences that include the relevant letter, each letter on one line if you can follow me. I'll end up with a prose-poem with large letters cut-out in different places on each line. I'll print in large letters the rest of each line. The lines will be of different lengths because it willl be almost randooom where the initial in question will show up in the line, if you can follow me. These things are haard to describe!

Enjoy your Fourth! Yours in Him, Deb

Re: Friday the 3rd of July $ Stretching

jennylyn — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:08:06 GMT

Just got through paying the bills for this pay period. I love that feeling, even if I hate the bills! I love knowing that I'm all paid up on everything for a little while and just have to watch my regular spending-which I am doing big time this pay period!

This morning, I'm going to pick up some consignment items from a new client. Happy to have the new client but I have to say that I feel overwhelmed by the amount of work I have and how little time I have before the baby to get it done. My clients all know that I am expecting a baby but I still feel overwhelmed. I have so much to get done in the next few weeks! This consignment business has taken off more than I planned, for which I am grateful, after all, we can use every single dollar I can earn. But sometimes, I fantasize about not doing it anymore. Believe me, when we don't have debt anymore, I will quit! I hate to complain about it because I am lucky to have something I can do to earn money from home, sometimes the money is pretty decent too. It's way better than getting a job out of the house and being locked in that way and ultimately, it helps speed up our debt payment and savings plans, which we really need. These days though, it isn't as fun as it was in the beginning and it has started to feel like a job. I guess that makes sense-it is a job! I just get overwhelmed!

Good news though is that it's time to figure out my income for June and that always makes me see the value in continuing to do it. And I'm looking forward to some time off when the baby comes to take a break from it!

Thanks for letting me vent. Wasn't planning to say all that, it just came out once I started typing!

Anyway, back to today. Going to pick up the new items, try to get some other stuff listed. Have packages to ship too. I also need to talk to my mom about bbq plans for tomorrow as I may need to pick up some groceries for my part. Not sure yet. So, money out potentially for some July 4th groceries, but that should be it besides the bills I paid this morning.

Re: Friday the 3rd of July $ Stretching

nanagain2000 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:52:32 GMT

Today is going to be hetic and not too stretchy again. In a little while we're going to do a trimmed down version of our regular shopping plus stopping by a couple damaged freight type stores in my area (sorry Toni) to get snacks and meals for vacation. Around 1 we're heading up to get ds#3 from camp taking the longer way (by 15 minuets) so I can stop by a cheese store I haven't been able to check out yet. We're taking ds#2 with us cause one of his old camp counselors is in the cabin next to ds#3. This counselor is an old car buff who fully rebuilt a 28 Ford Pick Up when ds#2 was in his camp well this year he's got a 32 Roadster cherry red with a few modifications (no handles but a remote door opener and a not so orgial carborator system). Ds#2 wants to see both the car and the counselor.

Supper will be on the road on the way home taking the shorter route possibly stopping at one of our favorite resturants in a small resort town 1/2 an hour from here. Lastweek 3 of us (me, dh &dd#2) ate there for $17 inc tip trying very hard to stay on budget so hopefully we can eat for a fairly reasonable price and grab some ice cream for the way home. The routes we're taking to/from camp will save us paying tolls so there's money saved but probably spent along the way.

Re: Friday the 3rd of July $ Stretching

4givennotperfect — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:51:51 GMT

Going shopping in Saratoga today with a friend. Hoping to use my Bj's coupons with manufacturer coupons for a couple items and find some deals at Target and wally world. Should be a low cost day but you never know with BJ's!

Re: Friday the 3rd of July $ Stretching

Cinnamonhuskies — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:51:16 GMT

going to curves this morning, then gas in the Tahoe as I didn't do that last night. Had a great shopping experience with internet coupons last night!! Had 2 - Senseo coupons for $3 off each $4 bag of coffee pods and $3.50 off a $5 bag of Dog Chow, a coupon for a Free (reg$3.99) Burts Bees lip balm, and a Free (reg$2.99) DiGiorno flatbread melt.

Spent $23 at amazon on the Centennial series on DVD.

Dinner tonight is tacos with ground goat and garden lettuce and homemade salsa.

Re: Friday the 3rd of July $ Stretching

Pamelaw — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:34:53 GMT

Well, it is raining hard here so we are getting a slow start to packing up and heading for the lake. As dh said, "i don't relish unloading and slipping down a wet hill in the rain." Our parking area is up hill from the cottage and it can be slick even if we use the steps dh built a few summers ago. So...we are relaxing at home, enjoying the medium cool air breezing through. Yesterday I told the one family I still work for that I am available other days too, if the mom wants me or needs me extra time. She seemed excited about that and said, "oooh, let me think what I have coming up." Even just a few extra days a month would help enormously as we are finding that we make enough for monthly expenses but not for extras like ds's grad present, or home repairs or saving for a new vehicle we'll need in the next year or so (by new I mean new to us, lol). We have one more week of furlough for dh in August and it really hit us hard, the first one did. But, I don't want to look for some place new to work since I won't get the pay anywhere else that I get with this famliy, PLUS they are sooo nice to me, which is a huge. peace.

Re: Friday the 3rd of July $ Stretching

Virginia Needlewoman — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:53:13 GMT

I grabbed a late lunch from Wendy's. Big mistake ! It was too greasy & I felt yucky after I got back home.

I went to Harris Teeter and I had an expensive bagger.....Asst. Mgr. Joanne. She was so glad to see me. I bought mostly meats today. I spent over $200.00 including a $7.99 a pound whole beef tenderloin which I had sliced into steaks. The cashier announced that with my store card that I'd saved over $100.00 plus over $15.00 with coupons. The Asst. Mgr. looked at me and said "Wow ! Can you really shop wisely. You got some great bargains." The cashier wanted to know how I did it. The Asst. Mgr. answered for me "She reads the flyers. She uses coupons. And she shops here. She always gets fabulous food on sale."

I bought 2 packages of cubed steaks, 2 packages of bacon,3 boxes of Bubba Burgers, 4 bags of frozen meatballs, and a rack of ribs from the Deli plus 4/$10 Stouffer's in addition to Buy 2 Get 3 Free 12 cans of Coke plus other stuff. I hadn't been to Harris Teeter in a month.

I paid $2.48 a gallon for gas when I filled up the car.

I ate supperr at home.

Friday I am eating a special lunch with Mom at the nursing home. Friday night I'm having supper at Red Lobster with my friend. Then we're going to The Fresh Market. I'll be buying flavored coffees there.

Re: Friday the 3rd of July $ Stretching

Luvd_Lioness — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:18:03 GMT

Agenda:

call in and get prescriptions (debating on delivery or drive myself) ... will have co-pays out (~$10)
clean house as much as I can
going to run my other errands on Saturday before going down to the festival (decided I should go for the day and watch the fireworks and come home, despite the craziness of traffic then)
eat food that is in house... will probably use the microwave meals

We'll see what I will accomplish.