Archive for the ‘Budget’ Category

A minor setback with(out) income

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

My wife received a call Friday morning from the family she nannies for. One of their parents passed away. They are from India so they had to fly out that day to go there. They'll be gone for at least two weeks. This means my wife will be ...

Too much month at the end of the money

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Well I almost blew it this month. Before my paycheck on the 30th gets deposited, we'll have $16 left in the account. We didn't exactly plan all that well with groceries this month. Wife's step-sister and kiddo came down and we went out to eat beyond our means. More planning is ...

No More Budgeting

Friday, November 9th, 2007

After just one month of budgeting, I decided to stop. I have a pseudo-budget of some sorts, but sitting down and figuring out if I should budget $20 or $28 for toiletries is a big pain. What I've decided to do is just continue to enter the next month's bills in ...

September 2007 Budget

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Well here is the great budget that I promised myself I would make.

That’s it!! I’m going to make a budget

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Our spending is getting out of control. Especially here lately. This weekend between the hours of homework, WE (read she and I) are making a budget