Well I have not been on for a while, due to an extreme travel schedule. I was also a little down that I have not been able to pay off more of my debt. I will keep working on it. Good news- today is my little brothers birthday who is serving in Afghanistan,he has a return date and hopefully will return home December 14. Our prayers are with him. Other good news my son has been applying to medical schools and traveling for interviews for the Medical Schools so that has thrown our debt reduction down ...
I think people take themselves too seriously. It is a graduation not a funeral. I will allow cheering and air horns at my funeral along with dancing and having a great time. I am one of those low class white trash folks you are talking about. At both college graduations I cheered and I have the air horns ready for the next two. After paying 40k a year for 4 years on the second one I felt like having a party and it is quite normal, we were shocked at the first college graduation at how much fun people ...
I have started the new job working for the state so Mad Hen and I have something in common now. I will probably have to do a second job as the pay is extremely low for my position, but we are saving quite a bit on health insurance premiums. I am still working on that debt free thing and will update my signature. I have continued to rotate my pantry and due to my decrease of income. Smart shopping is a priority and almost a necessity. The gardening is not doing as well on some items and others are ...
Well, I have mostly organized my room- walk in closet, drawers. I went thru my clothes and have lost enough weight that I am down at least a size in pants. I did join the gym(under $10 a month) I am clearing the pantry and getting ready to sell some items. I wanted to get organized because once I start work again I will not have time. I am praying about the job. I have a tentative offer but the pay is much lower here in the Sacramento area. I really do not want to travel but may have to in order ...
I have filed for unemployment for the first time in my life. I still have not received any disability pay, so I sold some more gold and silver, another $3300, to help cover expenses. So for the year over 13k in gold and silver. I am getting low on items, so not much jewelry and coins left for an emergency fund. Now that I can lift over 5 pounds, I am going thru the antiques to list on ebay or a space rental at an antique store. I have a harp brass music stand from the 1880's and a French stool along ...