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From the category archives:
*I call anything a Buster Buster that comes into or goes out of the account unexpectedly. These are not emergency items, but things that I perhaps should have known to budget for…
January’s Total Budget busters from the mid-month assessment: -$265.32
Mid- to End-of-Month Budget Busters: Debits
-$70.00: Garage Door Opener Repair. (Actually, replacement — woo-hoo!) (And it [...]
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We got a new garage door opener! Woo-hoo!
The Final Tally: $115.00
The Home Warranty came through (with a little help from Josh The Garage Door Fixer Guy) and covered the replacement of the opener instead of just the stripped gear. Aside from the $70 service call, we are also paying $45 to replace the keypad, which [...]
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At the beginning of January, before The Hubs left on his deployment, I made up a budget for January based on known expenditures for the month.
A few things have “come up” since then. *ahem*
Have I mentioned lately that this budget thing is still a work in progress? Baby steps, people.
Is It Possible to Budget Every [...]
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I’m slowly coming out of my denial that moving to a cash system is the step we need to take to really get a grip on a budget that we control. Particularly in light of our most recent tenants vacating that thorn in our side our rental home, it is vital that every dollar we [...]
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The Hubs left on his deployment, though it still seems like he’s just gone away on a little trip. We already skyped last night, from his hotel in Virginia where he was waiting for his flight out of the country. Olivia and Peter took turns making faces through the camera. Conner mainly sat there saying, [...]
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We most decidedly do not. For better or for worse, I cut my kids’ hair.
(Please don’t judge based on this photo. I had just started.)
Of course I have no professional training! And it takes me forever, but the labor’s cheap.
And yes, I cut my teenager’s hair, too. So far, so good. But he’s at that [...]
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