Is saving money on your mind? Well, if it isn't, then maybe it should be! Your expenses might be getting out of hand right now, and it's time to reevaluate your budget and your spending habits -- before things get too far beyond your control. Trim back one or two things -- do you have to get coffee out every day? Can you bring your lunch to work a bit more often? Are you paying too much for your phone plan? There are many painless changes you can make. Find at least one today.
Expenses getting out of hand? It's 9 a.m. and I just spend $339 on my busted sprinkler system - the timer was hit by a power surge or something, and was quite dead, and I didn't realize this until the lawn started turning brown, after all the work and expense I put into making it green and lush. And no, I couldn't turn the system on manually, when the timer went, "on" and "off" went with it, so it had to be replaced pronto. That was $225 of the bill all by itself, and the guys also corrected some redneckified work done by a previous company.
Next, the plumber and the exterminator! Gosh, maybe I should cut back on those expensive coffees and lunches out - oh wait, I already did. And the next cheery nitwit who says, "Oh, but a house is a great investment!" in my presence is going to wake up in the ER.
The trip to MDS&W is fading, fading into the mist.
Update:
Because I spent $339 in one swoop to fix the sprinkler system, this afternoon it rained like hell. Heaviest rain in weeks. Who says God has no sense of humor? April Fool!
Oh, I shouldn't whine, I have legal day labor work out the wazoo, The Lawyer Formerly Known as Boss just threw another one at me so I have another case on the heels of this one, and I am at least able to paddle hard enough to keep my nose above water (heh) so I'm really not bitching. And my lawn is happy, and I'm really not stressed about any of it. But I really would not mind a regular job with a real paycheck and benefits.
Girlchild gave me the other thing she got me in New Orleans - a holy card for St. Expedite. I love Catholic folklore and am fairly well informed about it, but I'd never heard of this dude. Apparently he's too wacky for Rome, and the story cracks me up. But then, I was raised on the prayer to St. Anne for a husband and to St. Anthony when you lose stuff (and Tony does come through, I swear). And I have St. Joseph waiting on the mantel for the sign to get planted in the yard. I do love Catholic folklore - the stuff that makes the stuffed shirts in the Vatican sigh and mutter under their breath, but that they can't get rid of because it's charming and fun. So though St. Expedite isn't "official," he's going to ride around in my purse with me. Whoever he is, he's on the team.
Noooooo!!!
ReplyDeletePerhaps, on your daily stop to the local barrista, you should cut back to a smaller size expensive fru-fru drink, instead of your regular plus exotic pastry. Also, consider going to three star restaurants each night instead of four. (I'm just offering all that helpful financial advice we see in magazines. it must work, right?)
Well, I do hope you can still come to MD, because I love to see you, but I certainly understand the money thing. Money is stupid.
Well, you know, if anyone would be willing to throw a cot into their hotel room I might be a last minute squeeze in (splitting costs evenly, of course, I just don't know whether there will be rooms anywhere). I was engaged to review about 5000 documents and photos on yet another f-ed up construction project today. (I did ask if I could get a big screen monitor out of this, since these documents are not in paper form and I do have vision damage and this will be a bitch on a MacBook screen.) :-) If I am still "between permanent engagements" in a month I will be more than ready to throw my crap in the car and just go. If I do, I will be screeching in at the last minute.
ReplyDeleteThe Tappahannock contingent might have room for a rollaway.....
ReplyDeleteWe shall see. If I can do it, it really will be last minute, and I really will be grateful for a rollaway. Otherwise I suppose could invade one of the cousins in Odenton and commute, but it would be much more fun to be with the Tappahannock contingent. :-)
ReplyDeleteyou have to come to mdsw
ReplyDeletei am still waiting for my big hug
better hug me soon, before i get so fat you can't hug me at all
now to this saint.........
do you think he can expedite us buying a farm?
what do you gotta do???????
vi
soooooooooo sick of jackass and the W.O.B. next door ***
wh*re of babylon.........
Oh, Vi, I want to be there! You deserve a big, big hug, your support has boosted me more than I can say! I hope it all falls into place, but life is so damn complicated.
ReplyDeleteask that saint!
ReplyDeletejust see yourself there even for the day?
bess said there may be room for a rollaway....
we only go down for one day or you could stay with us
after all.......it IS the annual treck to mecca for the fiber folk....
you gots to see the sheepies....