I hope you’re just tired and not sick! Feel better soon. I wonder if you might be in my area bc our forecast was downgraded quite a bit too. I’m in Southern Maryland.Doing much better budget wise this month. I still don't like how much I've spent on eating out so far, but it's definitely not as bad as last month. I'm going to rein it in over the next couple weeks. My 96 year old grandma fell on Monday afternoon and my mom and I spent all night at the hospital with her. I got home at 4:30 AM yesterday morning and then got up at 6:30 AM as I had to go into work to drop some files off and pick up some work to do at home. I was too tired to even try to cobble a lunch together, so I picked up Chick Fil A. I slept well last night, but woke up feeling awful. I'm really hoping I didn't pick up a bug in the hospital, but I swear I feel like I'm coming down with the flu. I'm hoping I'm just overtired from the hospital visit and then being insanely busy at work. Anyways, I needed Starbucks this morning to get me through the day.
It looks like Florence will largely miss us this week/weekend. We were expecting it to hit pretty bad, but it looks like now we'll just get a couple inches of rain and some strong gusts. Regardless, it should keep us inside this weekend so no shopping for us. A horse show we volunteer at was canceled for this weekend, so that saves us the gas driving the two hours up there and money we would spend on food. It should be a pretty quiet rest of the month for us.
I hope you’re just tired and not sick! Feel better soon. I wonder if you might be in my area bc our forecast was downgraded quite a bit too. I’m in Southern Maryland.
Oh wow! My 2016 Toyota didn't cost that much in 2016! I've only paid in Colorado though, so I have no bar to go off of.So, I'm a bit deflated. Went to my appointment to register our DD's new/old car. The total?! $627!!! No back taxes, no outstanding fees. That's just for state sales tax and registration on a 13 year old Toyota! AND our lovely state will NOT accept credit cards. Thank the good Lord I knew what my balances and projected costs were going to be. I paid with a check, came back and opened up my spreadsheet and adjusted my sails.
Now that the anger and emotions have dulled to a quiet roar, I'm grateful it's done and that I could write that check in confidence. Still, it took away most funds from the "emergency" buffer I was keeping. So happy for that buffer today.
So, I'm a bit deflated. Went to my appointment to register our DD's new/old car. The total?! $627!!! No back taxes, no outstanding fees. That's just for state sales tax and registration on a 13 year old Toyota! AND our lovely state will NOT accept credit cards. Thank the good Lord I knew what my balances and projected costs were going to be. I paid with a check, came back and opened up my spreadsheet and adjusted my sails.
Now that the anger and emotions have dulled to a quiet roar, I'm grateful it's done and that I could write that check in confidence. Still, it took away most funds from the "emergency" buffer I was keeping. So happy for that buffer today.
Happy Anniversary!Hi all! Not much new news on our debt dumping front. Our goal this month is to just save as much as possible and divide the savings between our Disney fund and Christmas budget.
Our 15th wedding anniversary is next week and we were able to coordinate childcare at the last minute and will be taking a weekend away at an adults only resort spa in the Wisconsin Dells. Anyone here been there before? Any recommendations for a nice dinner? At the beginning of this year, we had not been on a weekend away from the kids since our oldest was born and now this will be the third time this year! This is the first trip where it’s just my husband and I as the others two times were with friends and then for a family wedding. We are so excited to have a full weekend of total R&R!
I followed the threads regarding paying for college and this is my take. Neither my DH nor I had help paying for school. It’s okay, but we’re not better off/wiser/etc for paying for it ourselves. We have five children and while our income is decent, it would be challenging to pay for school in full for all five kids. I did get a PRN job at our local university and the college benefits there are AMAZING. If that turns into a full time job, we will be able to cover all college expenses. If not, we will do as much as we can and give each of our children the same amount. We’ll encourage them to take out as little loans as possible and to make sure the investment is wise. For example, if one of them wants to be a teacher or social worker, don’t take out hefty loans and preferably no loans at all. Also, trades are a wonderful option and we have a few friends who are home builders and another who owns his own electrician company. They’re highly successful with no college at all. These are definitely great options to consider as well.
Hope everyone who was affected by the storm/hurricane is fairing ok and that there wasn't too much damage to your homes!
That's crazy and kinda funny all at the same time. I'm glad to hear everything fared well for you guys!All good here! We're actually having worse weather today than we did the whole time the hurricane was "hitting." My mom just texted me to say they should've closed schools today instead of last Friday when it was lightly misting with a nice breeze lol.
All good here! We're actually having worse weather today than we did the whole time the hurricane was "hitting." My mom just texted me to say they should've closed schools today instead of last Friday when it was lightly misting with a nice breeze lol.
Well after I posted that yesterday, we had multiple tornadoes come through. It was a weird day. My local school district didn't allow kids to leave the schools until 6 pm because there were so many tornadoes in the area. We had multiple buildings get damaged and one fatality. Fortunately, no damage near my house other than one downed tree and downed power lines about three miles down the road. Schools went in two hours late this morning and they're calling for more storms this afternoon. Ready to just go back to sunny and 80 degrees at this point!
Just got word from work that as a building, we are still down almost 100 people from being fully staffed. Originally during the new realignment, we were going to lose 7 of our stores we supply, so the shortage wasn't an issue. Suddenly, we're now keeping those 7 and ADDING 18 more stores. I've been fairly consistently working an extra day every week, but it sounds a lot like they will be moving towards mandatory overtime by next month as the holiday season approaches. Which leaves me with kind of a predicament. After all the issues with my grant money for school, I think I need to withdraw this semester. There's no way I can keep up with that and pick up 2 extra days a week of work for the next 3 months. I have to make a decision quick because the withdraw deadline is getting close.
I have mentioned before that we are going to Disney twice next year (I know it's not real budget friendly, but it's planned). In March we are staying off property and then in December we will stay on. We are looking at renting DVC points. We are currently booked at Port Orleans French Quarter and it is $2999 for the room only. I wanted to rent Boardwalk for $1900 but in December with Star Wars being open I am not sure that is going to be available. I typed out all the resorts and the current point price so we could look at our options. Staying at Bay Lake in a theme park view room is a dream of mine. Renting points for it is only $3500 which is not much more than our Port Orleans reservation. My husband thinks we should go for it and check it off the bucket list. I am being responsible and saying no. We need to spend less not more. As I cry at my desk about it I will also pat myself on the back for being responsible LOL.