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  1. 03-14-2009, 12:15 PM #1
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    Default my dh has finally learned to 'sit' & 'stay'....

    this is almost as good as the day when you tell your dog to 'sit' and 'stay' he finally does........woohoo

    dh has got it ! its been a long hard 'whiney' road with him but he has finally come to the 'other side'.....

    yesterday his boss asked him to go to arizona for a week of golf (they have a free house and they need to drive a car back that is already there)...so it would be 1-way airfare from indiana and then all the rounds of golf...(which CAN be very expensive...) and since it's the boss's idea...a week of pay (not counted towards vaca time)...win/win/win...(boss would probably pay for alot of the golf too).....


    dh responded with 7 words that i never thought i would EVER hear come out of his mouth....(even his boss was shocked...)....he said: "I don't think i can afford it"....

    now to understand the scenario completely...that fact is that he COULD afford to go if he wanted...we are not destitute (yet anyway...)...but we have this huge debt load of credit cards that we agreed upon to finally knock out asap and be done with them forever....it would take money away from that goal and set us back a little farther...(not terribly farther...but that wasn't part of the original plan...)....so to hear him talk like that was simply amazing....

    after i picked myself up off the floor...of course i told him he could go...i don't know if he will or not...but he gets an A+ for his positive attitude towards trying to reach this goal... and all the sacrifices he (we) are making...

    and i think it helped getting the utility bill yesterday and knowing that those around us are avg'ing $450 (due to the unusually cold weather) and ours was $248.... our suffering has paid off !

    i think my DH deserves a bisquit !!!!

    “After the last tree has been cut down, after the last river has been poisoned, after the last fish has been caught.
    Only then will you find that money can't be eaten.”
    ~ Cree Indian Prophecy

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    Goal weight for next weigh-in (4/7): 113.5
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  2. 03-14-2009, 12:55 PM #2
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    Good boy!

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  3. 03-14-2009, 12:57 PM #3
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    Yippie!!! My hubby has his moments but if it comes to something to do with the semi's then poof the money is gone ... i just wanna cry! But we have been working on the electric bill because the last two months it has been over 400 dollars with the last one being 469.. yikes!!! Well I opened this months bill and yesss it was 333 dollars! I think mostly because we haven't had to plug in two semi trucks over night because the weather is getting a tad better! But I hope to start hanging cloths out to dry soon and that will help alot too.... sigh ... there for awhile we had no furnance and only used portable heaters.. our electric bill was sooo awesome under 200 .... so striving to work on making it better.
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  4. 03-14-2009, 01:06 PM #4
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    I think if he does stay home, he deserves a steak dinner
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    Put the frog in pot, turn up the heat real slow, and the frog doesn't hop out. And by the time he realizes, he should , it's too late... think about it.
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  5. 03-14-2009, 01:11 PM #5
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    WhoooHoooo!!! He is definately a keeper!
    LOL! I loved your thread title...
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  6. 03-14-2009, 01:14 PM #6
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    steak....STEAK ????? i'm thinking tuna helper....but i will splurge...he can have 'starkist' tuna from the grocery shelf.....instead of the dented no-name can from the damaged cart rack....i think he DESERVES it.....

    “After the last tree has been cut down, after the last river has been poisoned, after the last fish has been caught.
    Only then will you find that money can't be eaten.”
    ~ Cree Indian Prophecy

    2012 goals:

    Weight today: 115.2
    Goal weight for next weigh-in (4/7): 113.5
    Final Goal Weight: 110
    Goal weight date: May 18, 2012
    Loss/Gain since yesterday:
    Total loss to date: 9.2 lbs
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  7. 03-14-2009, 01:37 PM #7
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    no, no, no..........
    he needs a steak dinner made at home if he does not go on that trip......
    you need to reward him for good behavior.......
    --------My signature--------
    The economy is now uncharted waters... grab a oar and start rowing. ~~
    Put the frog in pot, turn up the heat real slow, and the frog doesn't hop out. And by the time he realizes, he should , it's too late... think about it.
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  8. 03-14-2009, 01:41 PM #8
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    You could whistle and see if he will come to you.Or try fetch.

    "Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort."~~Helen Gurley Brown

    "Can't never did anything."~~~~Dad
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  9. 03-14-2009, 01:42 PM #9
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    I agree. Passing up golf and a warm week of paid vacation in Arizona would definitely earn steak. Maybe not the most expensive cut, but steak.

    Edited to add: if it would make you feel better, you could cook him a steak and you could eat tuna helper!
    Last edited by dcompton; 03-14-2009 at 01:43 PM.
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  10. 03-14-2009, 01:58 PM #10
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    well i don't think we will have to worry about what dh gets for dinner coz i imagine he WILL be eating steak...only it will be on the 19th hole of the golf course....me....i'll be at home eating a can of pringles.....(oh and of course 24/7 of FV) but...everyone will be happy....

    i will place my bet on dh getting to go...especially since i gave my blessing....after all...it was the THOUGHT that counted...right????

    one way or another...dh will get his steak...............

    “After the last tree has been cut down, after the last river has been poisoned, after the last fish has been caught.
    Only then will you find that money can't be eaten.”
    ~ Cree Indian Prophecy

    2012 goals:

    Weight today: 115.2
    Goal weight for next weigh-in (4/7): 113.5
    Final Goal Weight: 110
    Goal weight date: May 18, 2012
    Loss/Gain since yesterday:
    Total loss to date: 9.2 lbs
    Days until final goal weight:

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  11. 03-14-2009, 04:03 PM #11
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    Woo Hoo WTG they can be so hard to train sometimes
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  12. 03-14-2009, 05:13 PM #12
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    That was really great of your hubby.
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  13. 03-16-2009, 11:27 AM #13
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    thats awesome! maybe he could give a seminar to a certain husband i know
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  14. 03-16-2009, 01:44 PM #14
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    i'll ask him to give seminars....i told him i was going to 'auction' him off to the highest bidder....

    it's not how much you will pay me to get him....
    it's how much you will pay for me to TAKE EM BACK>>>>>>>

    “After the last tree has been cut down, after the last river has been poisoned, after the last fish has been caught.
    Only then will you find that money can't be eaten.”
    ~ Cree Indian Prophecy

    2012 goals:

    Weight today: 115.2
    Goal weight for next weigh-in (4/7): 113.5
    Final Goal Weight: 110
    Goal weight date: May 18, 2012
    Loss/Gain since yesterday:
    Total loss to date: 9.2 lbs
    Days until final goal weight:

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  15. 03-16-2009, 01:51 PM #15
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    I say even if he does decide to go he is a keeper. Give him a pat on the head. Good good boy
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