Saturday morning

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Registered: 09-22-1999
Saturday morning
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Sat, 04-22-2006 - 11:17am

I am still basking in the glow of paying off a credit card this week! YAY!!! I am still so HAPPY!!!!!!!! I feel like my load has been slightly lifted, certainly my spirits are lifted. THANK YOU you to everyone who sent me those supportive messages attached to the other posting! Also, THANK YOU you to everyone on this board who continue to educate and encourage me with your thoughts and stories! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I fought off the siren call of the craft shop today. My best friend called and I knew she wanted me to go with her, but I have to clean the house, and that's all I'd need would be to be put in front of temptation NOW. I can't do that to myself. I have plans with her next week, so I was able to say no and be comfortable about it. The house comes first on the agenda today...I can't put it off any longer, and I don't have much personal time left anymore because of the job and other activities that have come up lately like the charity work. I am drowning in a house full of STUFF, and I am looking forward to a "lazy" low-paced afternoon of sorting and moving and purging! (No, I am not going to work at such a fast pace because I still have some time before the company shows up, and I have to work so fast on EVERYTHING else.)

I'd like to get to the gym today, but I can't if I want to make progress in the house. I may not get back there until Monday....I have to work tomorrow, so I am unsure of the schedule......yes, another unpaid mandatory work day....on a Sunday. I have to PAY FOR THE GAS TO DO THIS????????????????

I am so happy to be able to rewrite the budget for the next few months without that extra line item of that credit card I paid off! Yes, I do intend to snowball the money I was using to pay that off......PSYCHED!!!!!!!!

I do intend to do minimal driving today. SO and I are going out to a cheap,local restaurant tonight (as we are both BROKE at the current moment and do not want to spend the gas), and we are going to go out to a local coffee shop and drink the night away....tea and coffee. I will probably have to go out for a few minutes to run an errand, but I do intend to just stay in the house all day. I went out to Walmart last night just to walk around...I needed nothing except a ream of paper. I think I have to get a color ink cartridge refilled today, too.

I am feeling great.......I am feeling positive..........I know I have long way to go on this debt journey, but I am trying to make every step go forward for me. One foot in front of the other....still baby steps, but I am okay with that.

I hope everyone has a forward-stepping day! Littlesbigs

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Sat, 04-22-2006 - 11:47am

I'm having a miserable, no-good, crummy, icky day. Money's fine, though.

The nest of baby robins blew over last night in our back yard, and two of the babies died. The third I put back in the nest and the nest back on the fence. Don't know if the mother will come back but it's all I could do.

Dh is in a crummy, no-good, cranky, icky mood. He's grouching at the kids and mad at me because I was irritated at him when I woke him at 11 to spend part of the day with me since he's going to be out all night tonight (he was out all night Thursday too, so I felt like it was a bit much for him to stay in bed all day today). He was totally unsympathetic when I told him what had happened with the birds we had been watching since before they were even eggs laid in the nest.

None of that has anything to do with money. I just wanted to let it all out to a sympathetic ear or two, since there are none of those in this house today. Luckily, I don't feel like spending money. I just want to go to bed and stay there. I'd feel a lot better if dh weren't lumbering around being mad.

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Registered: 09-22-1999
Sat, 04-22-2006 - 12:33pm

Dear Heather,

Hugs! Some days just suck, don't they?

Don't let DH ruin your day.....he doesn't OWN your day. Decide to have a good day even if everyone else is uncooperative. You can have your own good day. (I have to do this frequently!)

Sorry to hear about the birds. Nature is a tough thing.

I hope you find a spot of self-sunshine today! Littlesbigs

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Registered: 01-06-2005
Sat, 04-22-2006 - 10:21pm

littlesbigs, how did your drinking go?

 

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