Day 145: more Health Care
Alternative Care & Supplements — $140.46
Another Lavage session (aka colon hydrotherapy, aka colonic). My IBS is flaring; I’m in a bad insomnia cycle; my fibro pain is increasing. I’m trying to take care of myself, as best I can. I’m hoping that these additional supplements will produce some good results.
Speech Therapy — $60.00
Another speech therapy [...]
Day 144: Wendy’s, Lessons, & Clothes
Cello Teacher — $105.00
Paid for four 45-minute lessons. This will take us into the first week of February.
Wendy’s — $4.08
Dinner for The Son consisted of two burgers and a medium root beer.
Kohl’s — $32.27
While I was busy with A Boy and His Cello duty, The Husband had to pick up The Daughter. She has a [...]
Kids & Money: A 15-yo’s Financials
To my regular readers or those reading through my posts in a chronological manner, I apologize for not following a more linear path when discussing how I’ve handled my approach to children and finances. Events happened recently to bring our current financial policies for The Daughter to the forefront of my thinking. I thought, too, [...]
Day 143: Forever Buying Groceries & The Great Underwear Search of ‘08, Round 3
Two more grocery runs today. I was thinking that today’s forays down grocery aisles would buy me at least a day or two. But no. Tonight The Daughter mentioned that she needs to get to the grocery store tomorrow for some shampoo and other toiletries. Ugh. The good news is that I think The Husband [...]
Day 142: Gas & Essentials
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The children and I spent the afternoon with some homeschooled friends we haven’t seen for almost two years. As we do every year, I read that incredible “I Have a Dream” speech out loud at our dinner table. Although I’ve read that speech every year for at least 10 [...]
Day 141: Church, Books, Groceries, & the Rodeo
Church — $15.00
Weekly offering.
Church — $15.00
Bought a novel from the “books for sale” shelves. A book called Dancing in the Fire by Shirley Latessa.
Kroger — $15.68
Meadow Gold Buttermilk — $1.99
Dole Orange/Peach/Mango juice — $3.34 (saved $0.35)
Horizon chocolate milk — $2.99 (saved $0.50)
Amy’s cheese pizza snacks — $3.29
Smokey Robinson Seafood Gumbo — $3.69 (saved $0.50)
Cash — [...]
Day 140: A Full Day Of Entertainment
The Son, The Daughter, and I all spent the morning diligently saving money. But the rest of the day was dedicated to spending it
The morning The Son and I ran to turn in his baseball registration. On the way home we stopped at Wamu where I made my own deposit (a portion of my paycheck into [...]







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