Forgotten

The Log
I used a credit card 2 times this year. Once out of necessity, once out of pure weakness.

Spent: 0 pennies

Earned: 0 pennies

Banked: 0 pennies

I have fallen prey to facebook. That is where I am spending most of my time these days. At least most of my computer time. Unless I am at work dealing with a bajillion claims from Colorado, which has seen unusually wicked storms this summer. I mean, parts of the state that don't normally get such severe hail and wind are getting them both in spades, and one area got a very unusual TORNADO. Overtime is a good thing, but I'm all full up on this particular good thing and would trade the money for ME time in a heartbeat.

Even Longer Absence

The Log
I used a credit card 2 times this year. Once out of necessity, once out of pure weakness.

Spent: 84,500 pennies on new computer

Earned: 0

Banked:0

Ok, so I guess the toilet thing really DID get to me, because last week I completely blew a fuse and had a meltdown about money and then I got FURIOUS and said "F-it!" and went out and bought that new computer I have wanted for so long.

Do I regret it? In the debt sense, sure I do. In the enjoyment sense, not for a hot second. I knew this would happen eventually after all my "austere" living for the past year plus, and I can't say I am surprised. I knew it would happen eventually, and I just hoped it would be not so bad when it did. Although 84,500 pennies is a bit more than I would have hoped for a meltdown spree, I have to say that in the past, pre-Women In Red days, things were MUCH worse.

Long Absence

The Log
I used a credit card only 2 times last year. I have used a credit card once in 2009.

Spent: 124,237 pennies to repair a plumbing issue in my sister's bathroom. :(

Earned: 0 pennies

Banked: 0 pennies

Oy. My credit card is still smoking. We woke up on Monday 6/8/09 and my sister came out of her bathroom and said "There's a puddle of water by my toilet." Uh oh. So we call a plumber out and he discovers the wax ring is shot. The floor is feeling kinda weird, too. We've got sheet vinyl flooring, and even once the water was picked up it felt weird. So we determine that water from the toilet problem got up under the sheet vinyl.

So now a new wax ring and new vinyl flooring (and some antimicrobial floor treatment, new baseboards, and a day of "dryout") later, I'm out just over a thousand bucks. Since my homeowners insurance deductible was a thousand bucks I didn't bother to file this because we all know the dangers in doing that!!

Normally this throws me into a tailspin of despair....to lose so much ground. But I just can't bring myself to care. The economy is horrible. I'm lucky that this is the only problem I escaped with so far. Things could have been and could still be much worse.

The Wrench

The Log
I used a credit card only 2 times last year. I have not used a credit card in 2009.

Spent: 0 pennies

Earned: 0 pennies

Banked: 0 pennies

Laughlin is probably off. My sister wound up in the hospital because she takes a blood thinning med called Coumadin and (God bless her) the idiot had not been having the mandated regular blood draws to make sure her blood wasn't getting TOO thin. So she had blood that closely resembled red water instead of the soupier consistency considered healthy and had to have a blood transfusion.

Long story short, her attendance at work is now shot and since she can't get the days off as vacation days (because they are already taken by other people), she can't call in sick due to her "unplanned" attendance record this year.

If you want to know the truth, I am angry at her. This could have been prevented if she'd done what she is supposed to do. Not to mention that I love her and was worried sick about her!
Add in that my BIRTHDAY trip is most likely off, and I am pretty darned disappointed. Well, woo freaking hoo for me. Thanks, sis. Thanks a lot!

Feelin HOT HOT HOT

The Log
I used a credit card only 2 times last year. I have not used a credit card in 2009.

Spent: 2,495 pennies on a new fan.

Earned: 0 pennies

Banked: 0 pennies

Man. Phoenix stinks enough every summer. Why'd we have to start to early this year? Yesterday we broke a record for # of days in May in a row over 100 degrees. Stinks! Makes me shudder to wonder what we are in for in June, July, and August!

Meanwhile, still saving for Laughlin. Nothing else new or exciting to report.

Short Term Goals

The Log
I used a credit card only 2 times last year. I have not used a credit card in 2009.

Spent: 2,715 pennies on Mother's day gift (yesterday, that is).

Earned: 0 pennies

Banked: 0 pennies

My primary short term goal is to save up for a trip to Laughlin at the end of next month. The rooms are comped again, but there's food, gas, entertainment, and a little gambling, of course.
My secondary short term goal is to finally get enough money saved for a new computer...the same one that I KEEP saving for but never seem to buy because something else always goes wrong. Not this time. I am determined, darn it!!!!

Distraction

The Log
I used a credit card only 2 times last year. I have not used a credit card in 2009.

Spent: 45,400 pennies on car payment, $5,000 pennies on dental bill

Earned: 104,575 pennies (paycheck)

Banked: 20,000 pennies

Oy. Once again, I have been away too long. I found a distraction to keep my mind off of the misery expressed in the previous post. Although I enjoy the benefits of technology, up until a few weeks ago, I stubbornly held out against the craziness of MySpace and Facebook and Twitter and such, figuring Blogger was enough. But my best friend and my sister were on Facebook and finally talked me into signing up. That was bad enough.

Then came Yoville. For the uninitiated, Yoville is like a mini Sims game, which I also previously resisted. Today, I don't really understand why I ever resisted. I have, as my best friend likes to tease, become mildly addicted. Would I stay home from work to play? No. Would I turn down invitations to go out in the REAL WORLD so I could stay home in front of a fake one? No. But if I find myself rattling around the house at night after work and nothing on TV appeals...you might just find me in Yoville posting whiny crew requests to my Facebook page.

If any of the above makes sense to you...drop me a line. Maybe we can buddy up and join one another's crew. Or if you give it another couple weeks, I might succumb to my best friend's newest request and join her "family" on Mafia Wars. As they say, LOL.