I have my head in the sand!

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Registered: 07-05-2006
I have my head in the sand!
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Mon, 04-20-2009 - 10:37am

I've been lurking lately. I just haven't had the energy to post anything about money or my finances! Whenever a month comes around where I know I'm not going to have enough to cover all the bills, my ignoring mechanism kicks in! I just don't want to think about my bank accounts this month. It's too depressing. This month I'm just trying to cover our daily expenses and important things like electric and mortgage.

I've really been pretty stressed out lately. I'm starting the transition of switching jobs. My old church still expects me to keep up with choosing music and the choir is driving me insane with their requests to stick with the theme of the service and yet, have it be something we've sung many times before. AND I'm starting to rehearse with the new choir and I'm having to work on brand new music and of course I want to make a good impression. On top of that, this month we're dealing with our last credit card, so every last penny is going towards them and this means I'm struggling to pay the bills and some of them are being pushed to next month. Then I had this thyroid diagnosis, so I'm realizing that my exhaustion is something I'm going to have to get used to. My son has a huge science project due tomorrow and I'm trying to help him get everything finished. Plus I have lessons set up for the next 4 days in a row so my afternoons are all taken up. Whoo...writing it down makes me realize how crazy my life is right now.

So, I've been ignoring my money because it's just too much right now. All I'm doing is making sure there's enough money to take care of the automatic withdrawals, and planning for that last big credit card payment due at the end of this month.

I planned all my meals this week though and they are all crock pot meals. Something I can put together in the morning when I'm not too tired.

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Registered: 08-04-2008
Mon, 04-20-2009 - 10:51am

Welcome to the busy club!




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Registered: 10-01-2008
Mon, 04-20-2009 - 12:50pm

Oh Abbie, you have your hands full and feel lousy to boot.

Norma


"Patience is the best remedy for every trouble"- Plautus


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Registered: 08-04-2008
Mon, 04-20-2009 - 1:48pm
Soak the pot overnight, then wash it - much easier.



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Registered: 07-05-2006
Mon, 04-20-2009 - 2:22pm
OOOOOHHHHHH - Country Ribs, now those sound good! Could you give me the amounts of those ingredients??? Do you do anything to the ribs before you put them in the crockpot?

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Registered: 07-05-2006
Mon, 04-20-2009 - 2:29pm

Unfortunately, as soon as hubby gets home, I have to haul ass to my piano lesson because hubby is running late today. Then I'm getting my haircut (by my piano students mom) so that's kind of like pampering myself. After that, I have to come home, fix dinner, help DS with his science project (due tomorrow), then I have another lesson (at my house at least) and I'll probably be continuing with the science project after that since my husband is kind of clueless when it comes to computers and school work. I bet my day won't end until 9 o'clock. And all the fun stuff of the project is done. Whats left is the report and the bibliography (yuck!).

But I'm super happy to have dinner cooking away. They have these plastic crockpot liners at the store. You put the liner in, put your ingredients in and then afterwards all you have to do is take the plastic out and your pot is clean. The only problem I have with that is the idea of cooking my food in plastic is not appealing.

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Registered: 08-04-2008
Mon, 04-20-2009 - 5:26pm

Amount of ingredients??? LOL ;)




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Registered: 11-14-2008
Tue, 04-21-2009 - 12:17pm

Now I want country ribs! Abby. This will all work itself out and think how much easier the banking will be with NO credit cards to account for!!! You will get used to the new job and all will be well. Chin up! You are doing nothing short of awesome. I hope you are feeling better.



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Registered: 10-01-2008
Tue, 04-21-2009 - 12:24pm
I do soak it, almost every time.

Norma


"Patience is the best remedy for every trouble"- Plautus


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Registered: 08-04-2008
Tue, 04-21-2009 - 5:09pm

Norma - I have seen your photos, go ahead, it is a GREEN thumb!


-Marie