Monthly Archives: September 2008

$$: Groceries, Meds, Tests, & Pizza

By Suburban Wife | Published: September 30, 2008
I’m still not dri­ving though I feel myself improv­ing by leaps and bounds and the Vicodin-induced fog is def­i­nitely lift­ing (my last pill-popping ses­sion was the 1/2 a Vicodin I took on Sat­ur­day night).  And when I’m not dri­ving, I’m gen­er­ally not spend­ing.  Inter­est­ing cor­re­la­tion, that. The Hus­band came back from the office to con­vey The Son [...]
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Wall Street: Applying Lessons Learned in Yellowstone Park?

By Suburban Wife | Published: September 30, 2008
I’ve been keep­ing a closer eye on the Amer­i­can eco­nomic sit­u­a­tion today after tak­ing a break yesterday. On the evening news I lis­tened to the station’s talk­ing heads dis­cuss a local wild fire.  Right on the heels of that story, the bailout plan in Con­gress was covered. As will hap­pen, the two sub­jects blended in my head [...]
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$$: Bumper Stickers

By Suburban Wife | Published: September 29, 2008
The Hus­band drove me to my check-up with the sur­geon today (although I’ve again stopped the Vicodin, I’m still way too much under the influ­ence to con­sider dri­ving).  I expected to have a co-pay for the appoint­ment but nope.  I guess the check-up was built into his sur­gi­cal fee. When I got home, I found an email [...]
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The Daughter asked about our Family’s Financial Health

By Suburban Wife | Published: September 29, 2008
I took a vaca­tion from the news today; didn’t know about the stock mar­ket crash until The Hus­band came home and told me. My GE stock took another hit today but that’s okay with me — I’m in for the long term and I’ve only invested fun money. Because I wasn’t watch­ing the mar­ket today, I didn’t take the [...]
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$$: No Spend Day & Some Deep Thoughts

By Suburban Wife | Published: September 28, 2008
What a bless­ing a licensed 16-yo can be!  I sent The Son and The Daugh­ter off together to church this morn­ing.  It was nice to know I could skip church with­out putting any addi­tional stress on The Hus­band.  The Daugh­ter got her­self and her brother to chuch and home again — and filled up the [...]
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