Is It Possible I’m Doing Something Right?

The Son is 14.  Despite the fact that he’s a bit quirky and probably has Asperger’s, he’s a pretty typical 14-year-old boy.
Lately he has started drawing my attention to TV commercials for iPhone applications that he thinks are very, very cool.  So cool that Mr. Even-Tempered’s eyes get all big and shiny and he exclaims, [...]

$$: Food, Tuition, and Cell Phones

Total Spent Today: $3,146.52

I enjoyed a nice quiet morning.  The Son and I both slept in and then watched disc 6 of X-Files, Season 4 (ah, the joys of homeschooling).  I did laundry, did some work, and some paperwork.  The Son cleaned the kitchen.
This afternoon The Husband came home and together he and I drove into town for [...]

$$: GE Stock, Ballet Tickets, & Cell Phone

Ballet — $104.15
Two tickets for The Son and I to go see a traditional production of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake.  The Son mentioned an interest in seeing this particular ballet about two months ago but I put off buying tickets because I was unsure of how my thyroidectomy was going to pan out.
Now that the surgery [...]

Day 265: Utilities, Groceries, and New Tunes

The only out-of-the-house shopping I did today was a quick trip to the grocery store because we were all out of milk.  The Husband paid a couple of utility bills today and gave me the receipts so I’ve included them as well.  My final spending of the day was in the form of a late-night iTunes [...]