I need to replace my back door - it's a slider, and both the track and the wheels are going, so it pops off the track all the time, which is really annoying, and it doesn't seal as well as I'd like; also, the screen door is broken and the track problems made it nearly impossible to fix - I've been wanting to replace it for some time, and this should be almost enough to do it.  I can come up with the additional $100 or so without problems; it's the $600 I couldn't come up with. 

I plan on either using the money on a trip to Disney or buy a laptop. I'm undecided on which but it's definitely between the two.

My husband is in need of about $10,000 worth of dental work, according to our family dentist.  We can't afford to have the work done at his ofice, so my hubby has an appointment at the local University dental clinic which is is supposed to be much cheaper because the work is done by students supervised by dental professors.  I sure hope that $1200 will cover the costs, at least most of it anyway.

 Unfortunately we will be paying it back to Uncle Sam........easy come easy go!

We will be paying for the rebuild of a transmissin and the rest will go towards the iPod nano's we're getting the girls to put audio books on for homeschooling. If we sell the Harley before then then it will pay for the transmission and I will finally get my serger sewing machine. I had hoped to save but the vehicles are conspiring against us.

The check will go into the savings account, as DH is out of work it will be used to pay bills for a month if he isn't working by then.

I won't get one.

I don't have any credit card debt to take down, so I've got some freedom here.  For me, it's one of two things.  Our garage door opener is squeeling like a stuck pig; replacing it and the garage door (we want a metal roll-up, rather than the wood single sheet) will probably run us about $1000 of our $1200.  The other alternative is to put it towards a "new" car for me.  I recently got involved in a motorcycle accident, and while I was fortunate enough to escape with just a dislocated knee, my bike got totaled.  That means when I go back to being mobile (some time late in summer), I'll need new transportation, and it's going to be a used compact for me.  I love motorcycles, been riding since 1987, but in the past couple of years drivers around here have gotten so selfish and inattentive (HANG UP YOUR &$^%#ING CELL PHONE, YOU IDIOT) that it's just not safe to commute daily with one anymore.

I'll really miss the 55 MPG, though: I can't afford a Prius yet, and nothing else comes close in fuel economy.... :(

 

I'm going to get a new vaccum cleaner & maybe a digital camera.  The rest will go to savings.

BTW I got this off of the IRS web site..... Answering the question what is the stimulas tax check.....

 

What is it? It's an economic stimulus payment that more than 130 million households will receive starting in May. It's not taxable, and it won't reduce your 2007 or 2008 refund or increase the amount you owe when you file your 2008 return.