Shall I start out this post by telling you what I didn’t spend money on today?  A computer monitor.  Yup, I didn’t buy one today.  But I’ll probably have to buy one tomorrow.  During the process of setting up my new Apple Time Capsule-driven wireless network, networked printer, and remote 1TB hard-drive (how cool is that?), I spent about 10 minutes on The Daughter’s computer.  Her ancient CRT monitor is starting to give out.  Normally I wouldn’t worry about anything that’s just starting to give out.  I don’t generally replace things until they’ve really given up the ghost.  But after a few minutes of looking at a monitor with wavy, squiggly text, I felt seriously nauseous.  There’s no way that it can be healthy — and this is the machine that The Daughter uses every single day for her homework.  So, I’ve started the research and will need to pick up a new monitor as soon as possible.  In the meantime, she’s using The Husband’s monitor — and he’s less than thrilled and he wants his monitor back ASAP.

I did spend money today:

Cash — $4.00
The Son had baseball practice this afternoon.  The weather was yucky so they met at the local indoor pitching tunnel/batting cage place and each boy needed to take $4.00 in cash to help pay the fee for their time.

Best Buy — $33.87
Cables.  I needed a pin-to-RCA cable ($19.99) to hook my new Airport Express up to my stereo.  When it’s all said and done, I’ll be able to broadcast music from iTunes from any computer in the house through my stereo in the living room.  I also needed a 6′ VGA monitor extension cord ($11.49).  The VGA cable on The Daughter’s old CRT monitor was barely long enough to reach the tower where it’s stored in her computer desk.  The VGA on The Husband’s monitor is even shorter than the cable on the old monitor.  I assume that all of these newer LCD monitors will have shorter cables so we’ll need an extension cord to make things work.

Wild Oats — $70.81

• 2 boxes lasagna pasta — $2.49/ea.
• white onion — $0.77
• grated parmesean cheese — $3.49
• ricotta cheese — $3.99
• 2+ lbs lean ground beef — $10.48
• jar of Italian Seasoning spices — $3.99
• Muir Glen tomato sauce (small can) — $0.99
• Muir Glen no-salt tomato sauce — $1.69
• mozzarella cheese — $7.99
• package of flour tortillas — $1.99
• sliced smoked turkey — $4.99
• sliced roast beef — $4.99
• organic chocolate sandwich cookies — $2.99
• 1/2 gallon Horizon 2% milk — $3.29
• salsa — $3.29
• albacore tuna (large can) — $5.49
• mild cheddar — $3.98
• bag credits — ($0.20)

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