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| Mon, 09-20-2004 - 1:36pm |
have taken a second job to get you through a rough spot?
I have finally faced the cold, hard facts - we've tracked our spending, budgeted to the last penny, cut, economized, all the right steps. But I'm left with approx. $1,400.00 worth of bills (not including any more groceries or gas) and approx. $1,200.00 worth of income for the rest of the month. So, there's 2 choices - decrease outgo or increase income. It's time for a second job.
With Christmas coming and my daughter's wedding, I don't see any other way.
Wow. It hurts. A lot.

Kelly
DH works full time as a help desk tech, part-time at Target, and fixes computers on the side. I work at the library, do work for a rebate fulfillment company here in MN, and work at my school's library as well as tutor for economics.
We also both go to school full-time. We have 1 DD, and he has 2 others that we get every other weekend. We do get to see each other because DH works from home for his 'real' job, lol. It's tough, yeah, but dangit-so was being up to ears in debt!!
The way we figure it is that it's not for forever. We both just keep reminding each other of Dave Ramsey's statement: Live like nobody else so that later, you can live like nobody else. His family thinks we've gone off the deep end, and can't understand why we do what we do. That's ok-when we can buy and sell them 20 times over maybe they'll get it, ROFL!!
hang tough and remember-it doesn't have to be for forever. It may just seem like it for awhile.
Lisa
All my best,
Danni