July Update 2

I am making some monthly goals for July:

Keep track of grocery bills - Doing -Still going strong!

Write 20 articles - Need to get Cracking -2 done

Apply for and FOLLOW up with 15 jobs - DITTO - NEED TO GET MOVING!!!

Earn at least $50.00 extra a month. ( working extra, selling stuff etc) - DONE!!! $85.50 new total 167.50

Teach the KID - 3 meals - HA! - YEAH THAT AGAIN

Organize my boxes downstairs - DONE!!!

I want to get all these goals done in July.

Say it with me BYE BYE!!! BYE BYE!!! OH YEAH IT IS GONE GONE GONE!!! I Sold it for $75.00. I would have like a $100 but figured taking $75.00 and paying the Dentist was better than it sitting here and getting $0!!!

So now I owe the dentist $138.00! I will be gone with this bill by the end of AUGUST.

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Hoping Hoping for a Sale

I got 2 hits on a bag I am trying to sell. If I can sell if for the 75.00 plus the 6.95 I just made writing two more articles. I will be $40 away from getting that 122.00 I need for the rest of the dentist bill.

It is amazing to me that I can be so close to paying off this bill. I love the fact that it is getting taken care of. Does not matter how slow, all that matters to me is I set my mind to it and I am almost there.

I am going to work on getting B's football cleats out on craigs and sales and barter. I figure I can get a good $15-$20 for them. He won't be wearing them and they are in AWESOME shape so let me save someone some money and let me make a few bucks in the process.

Off to clean them up take a few pictures and list away.

Here is what I ended up with at WAG

Okay the 5 off 25 coupon was used.

Here is what I got:

2 boxes of tampons

2 boxes of Pads

3 bags of coconut m&m's (kid grabbed one before pic was taken)

2 boxes of Honey Nut Cherrios

2 cans of Almonds

4 bars of dove soap

1 speed stick

1 sure

2 clearanced t-shirts

hand lotion

total came to: $21.93

got 2.00 in register rewards

Saved: 31.16 (coupons and WAG sales)

Saved: 6.07 with discount

Total: 37.23

Found a over charge. one shirt should have been 84 cents. They charged me 3.39 will be getting my $2.55 back tomorrow. Also shorted a deoderant. Will get that tomorrow too.

I need $122.00 by Aug. 31

That is the amount I need to get the dentist paid off. I am not counting the change jar (16.21) in there. Saving till Aug. 31 and whatever is in there goes to the dentist. Not counting the $75.00 I will have from my paychecks ($25.00) a check.

I have stuff to sell and writing more so I can get the 122.00. I really want to make my goal of paying off the dentist by Aug. 31. It is doable with a little effort and hard work.

So time to brainstorm. Have some things listed to sell and once those are sold all money goes to the Dentist. Then I will go on to hit the next 2 more bills on the list.

Tracking Savings

As of today I am going to track all my savings from coupons, sales, rebates etc. Anything I use at a store to save me money I am going to track.

So keep an eye on the side bar.

Free Walmart Samples

Here are some samples from Walmart to send for. These are my favorite because they always show up!

VIVA papertowel

Nivea body wash for men

Sun Crystal - natural sugar

Goodnites - by Huggies

Not free but a good coupon for Quiznos

5 off 25 at Walgreens

Walgreens is offering the 5 off 25 today and tomorrow. So there are deals to be had and money to be saved.

I need tampons, almonds, deoderant and some other things. Plus I have some awesome coupons to go with the 5 off 25. So I will be doing a little shopping today at work.

Here is my deal:

4 packs of tampons $20.40
2 cans almonds $3.13 for both
2 boxes of Honey Nut Cherrios -$3.38 for both
Lorel Face wash - $5.10
Deoderant - $2.12

Have man. coupons totaling = $5.00

Total after coupons and $5.00 off = $24.13 -- will get back 6.00 in RR

17.13 is my final cost.



Remember I also get at 15% discount for working at WAG!

Pay Day Again!

My favorite Wed. of the month. PAY DAY!! So I was up early got my check and cashed it. Stopped at Walmart and got B some new underwear and t-shirts. Since he lost all that weight, nothing he owns fits. I have only bought new under clothes. Once I am sure all the weight is going to stay off then I will buy other things. But not sure yet if he is going to gain it back.

Have a money order for the dentist. WOO HOO my bill is now $213.00. Hoping to write enought to make $14.00 to get it under $200 by next payday. That would only leave me with 4 payments. I am still going to try to get it paid off by the end of Aug.

Purchased a bus pass for next week and some bus tickets. I give the tickets to the kid if we both have to be gone. It is cheaper than giving him cash each time. I actually save 40 cents per trip this way. I do try and give him my pass whenever possible.

Mailed in those student loan papers. So that should be taken care of soon.

Just have to pay rent from this check: $20 since I borrowed my mom almost $80 in the last 2 weeks. So she took that off the rent I owe her.

Student Loan Debt - My reasons why

I have a lot of student loan debt. My degree is a BA in Communications. Nothing fancy, not a doctor, lawyer or and Indian Cheif (although I have some Indian running through these veins). From my other post I said I would be 67 when it would be wiped out through the new government plan. I don't believe in 25 years I can get it all paid off either. So I am sure there are some of you wondering why did she borrow that much money for that type of degree. Well a lot of it is interest. 14,000 to be exact. Okay now that you have gotten back on the chair I just made you fall off of. Let me explain a bit.....

I went back to school at 26 years old. I had a 3 year old and an ex husband. Who we can all call DEADBEAT! He did not pay any child support for years...oh wait he barely pays now. So I had to borrow money for school, living and for daycare. Even though I was on welfare collecting $440.00 a month, had cheap rent $49.00 a month. I still had to pay for everything else. See when I was in school ( a 4 year school) Good old Tommy Thompson who at the time was the Gov. of Wisconsin changed our welfare program to W2. Which meant once your child was 6 weeks old you had to work or go to school. The catch was you could not go to a 4 year school. You were only allowed to go to a 2 year school. They would not help me with food, medical (well the kid got medical) nor daycare. So I was a single parent who had to pay for it all by herself. So I did take extra money to cover things that I could not cover with $440 a month. I did for awhile work a few days a week too, but did not make much. I did not and still do not own a car, nor did I live in expensive housing.

However had I been taught better or learned on my own the frugal lifestyle I may not owe as much as I do now. I grew up not understanding that you can shop at Target and Walmart for things cheaper. I never really knew how well you can use coupons to save money. Hanging laundry...that was not even talked about in my house. Not that I blame anyone but I think had I been taught more, even knew what frugal meant the loan might not be so big.

Crockpot Chicken

Made a recipe for Oven Fried Chicken in the Crockpot. Personally I like it but not hot. I put it in the fridge and tried a piece cold. It was so much better cold than hot. B said it was okay, have a feeling he is going to like it cold too.

Found the recipe and a lot more at 365 Days of Crockpot Cooking It is a great blog for lots of different crockpot recipes. Gets you out of the rut of cooking the same old things every day.

Student Loan Debt

Do you have student loan debt? If you are like me and do not pay enough to pay that debt off or if you have a huge amount of debt. Take a look at a new program that started in 2009.

IBR Income Based Repayment Plan.

I just printed out the paperwork to send in. Even though my payments will be $0. I will not have any more interested added to my loan. The government pays the interest for the first 3 years you are on the program. As soon as I can get some other bills paid, I am going to start paying on this loan. But in 25 years whatever is left will be wiped out. I will be 67 then and hope I am still living but hey I really want to start making some headway on this giant amount.

These babies can cost a small fortune. If you print a lot they cost a bigger fortune. $21.99 is roughly what I would pay for a brand new cartridge. By going to Walgreens and doing the ink refill ($12.99) I save a ton. I paid $8.44 for a refill. I had a $3.00 off coupon and then my discount.

On the box with my refilled cartridge was a 50% off coupon. So next time it will cost me $5.20 for a refill. Hard to beat that deal.

If you have not tried Walgreen refill give it a chance. You can get your money back if you take it home and it does not work for you.

Scallop Potatoes and Ham - Crockpot style

I decided I wanted to make scallop potatoes an ham. Good meal - cheap too. But heating up the kitchen was not an option. So I decided to do it in the crockpot.

Ingredients:

2 pounds of potatoes - peeled and sliced

Med. ham steak - cubed

1/4 cup of onion

salt and pepper to taste

1 can of evaporated milk

Layer potaoes and ham in crockpot

Pour in milk
add onion

Salt and pepper

Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8 hours.

If this is to "Soupy" for you. Add a few teaspoons of flour at the end to thicken up.

Saving Money - a Penny at a Time

I have decided I have to get some money in the bank. Even though I don't have much disposable income. It has to be done....one penny at a time. So this morning when the month $25.00 transfer went into my savings. I did not transer it back and I AM NOT GOING TOO!

I also started this change bucket. I took all my singles in my wallet and threw them in the jar. It is hidden well and I only go to my hiding place when I am alone. So no one will know it is here. I know my mom would not go in it. But come on I can see the kid wanting a few bucks and "borrowing" from the jar.

Goal is to do this till Dec. cash in change and singles and deposit in bank. I should have $150 in the bank by then too.

In these trying times are you able to get money saved? How do you do it?

Grocery Spending Update

Okay went to the store this morning. Spent $11.16 - will get back $2.00 (picked up bagels for a friend.)



New total: 116.16 For July! $33.84 left for the month of July. With 22 days to go. I think I can do this.

The 2.00 my friend pays me will go in my change jar.

Tortillas

2 doughnuts

3 velvetta cheese cups - had coupon buy 2 get 1

2 packs String cheese

Sour cream

bagels

guacamole

taco seasoning



today is taco day. I had the ground beef and some onion. So I cooked up the meat, shredded the lettuce, and we had cheese and a tomato. I did me a little guamole for them (38 cents worth). Now B has dinner or lunch (heck he has food) and I have some to take to work for me.

Our Cat is a nut!

This is Harmony! She gets into everything she possibly can. When she was younger she would try and knock off the picture hanging over the couch. She does not like anything on the table she will knock it off.

At night when she is hungry and we are sleeping..meaning 2 AM she hits the garbage can. Well so we thought. Tonight she must of forgotten I was in the room. She actually takes her paw and pushes on the foot pedal to make the lid go up and down. She does this over and over until you either feed her or put the garbage can out in the hallway.

Review of July Goals

I am making some monthly goals for July:
Keep track of grocery bills - Doing
Write 20 articles - Need to get Cracking
Apply for and FOLLOW up with 15 jobs - DITTO
Earn at least $50.00 extra a month. ( working extra, selling stuff etc) - DONE!!! $85.50
Teach the KID - 3 meals - HA!
Organize my boxes downstairs - HA mom will kill me if not done
I want to get all these goals done in July.

Grocery Spending for July

Here is what I have spent in July.

Feeding:
18 year old Son
41 year old Mom


Walmart: 27.81
Bunzels: 26.25 (all meat)
Pick N Save: 42.94
Pick N Save: 8.00

Total: 105.00

I would like to keep my monthly spending at 150.00 or less. 3 1/2 weeks to go.

Food Stamps

Now that the kid is home, my food stamps should be going up. Well they are going up to $79.00 a month for August. I am not sure why they did not go up for July. As he has been home since June 23, so I am on hold waiting for an answer. YEAH I am getting the $79.00 for July. It paid for me to stay on hold for 15 min. to get the answer I need. Less money out of the paycheck for food and more to paying off bills.

Here is my article on saving money when shopping with Food Stamps. Here

That will be a huge help in feeding him every month. To many that does not seem like a lot of money but for us Frugal People we can easily figure out how to make the most of that $79.00. And believe me it won't be with packaged, process foods at all.

One thing I am really working on is using up all the food I have here and not throwing out food at all. We also don't go out to eat so that is a huge savings.

Grocery Spending update Tuesday

I need to post what I have spent so far in July on food. I will post this on Tuesday.

Cooking in the Summer

Let's face it - we have to eat when it is hot out who wants to cook. This is where money can get sucked out of the budget so fast. Going out to eat on a hot summer day. There are ways to combat that issue. It is all about owning a few appliances that cook but don't heat up the house.

Tonight for dinner I made Mock Chicken Legs and Potatoes. I did this without heating up the kitchen. I baked the mock chicken legs in the Toaster Oven and the potatoes steamed in a special microwave bag.



Having a toaster oven, microwave and crockpot all keep me cooking all summer long. This keeps us from running to McDonalds or the place across the street.

How to you keep your cooking area cool in the summer?

Wanna win some ICE CREAM

UPDATE: 9:05 PM I WON!!!!

Just refresh the page and keep refreshing.



Wanna win some ice cream from Starbucks??? Come on now....I need a few addicts like myself.

Go here at the top of the hour and you could win. Just remember to send the coupon to yourself -- unless you wanna really send it to a friend--- THEN PICK ME!!!

You need to log into facebook to play!

From July 6 to July 19, participants can visit Apps.facebook.com/starbucksicecream. At the top of every hour, they will have a chance to give a pint of Starbucks ice cream to a friend or family member. Each hour, 800 pints will be given away, with a total of 280,000 for the duration of the promotion. While the promotion encourages participants to send the treat to friends, less generous users also have the option of simply sending the coupon to themselves.

Ice Cream Coupons to Print!

Save $1.00 off Two of Klondike or Breyers ice cream. I am sure there is a sale somewhere for these.

Ice Cream Coupon

Ice Cream deal at Walgreens!!!

This week at Walgreens - Starbucks ice cream in on sale B1G1 -- The retail price is $4.79. So I have been wanting to try this but at $4.79 I was not going to be paying full price. I had a $2.00 off coupon and even though may sites tell you to use a coupon for each product. Walgreens coupon policy does not allow you to do that. Since you are only paying for one. However it is up to the cashier to enforce the rule. Since that would be cheating my employer I am following the rules and only using one coupon.

So I got 2 of these for 2.79! It is awesome and I got to of them for about $1.40 each.

You can get a $1.00 off Coupon here

So go and try the ice cream it is Yummy!

Happy 4th of July!

The Art Museum and Discovery World on the lake front.

Yes it is the 5th but I hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th! Thanks to all the troops and their families who because of their hard work and dedication let us celebrate FREEDOM!!!!

The War Memorial - We sat close to here.

I had to work on the 4th but on the 3rd -- We hit the lakefront for the fireworks. My son and friend and I packed up a blanket, snacks, a deck of cards. We grabbed some sandwiches and picked out a AWESOME spot by 5pm. Met some great people next to us. In fact we all ended up playing spades to pass the time. Enjoyed the fireworks, exchanged emails address and are talking about meeting up for another summer parade.

The kid and my friend watching the fireworks. All in all it was a blast and cheap! I spent 13.00 on food and bus fare -- Not bad. I hope yours was too!

One goal almost completed for July

I have already picked up extra hours at work. Before taxes this is $45.00. But after is about 36.00.


Since I had to do this today:








My cute little pick phone. Since my old one was having issues. I needed a new one. It was one of the cheaper ones out there. Also they told me I am able to upgrade my service if I sign another 2 years. Which is only one since I already have a year on my contract.

New contract would be:
1000 NATIONAL min.
Free nights and weekends
Free mobile to mobile (which is a 6.00 a month charge on the plan I have now)

For $49.99

Contract I have:
1000 min. widearea (which means I roam when out of town sometimes)
Free nights and weekend

$49.99

Same price for new plan. Getting free a $6.00 a month service. Also if I go out of town (where is my broke ass going) I would not have to worry about roaming.

Have not decided what I am going to do yet, but thinking of moving. I like US Cellular and do not plan on leaving in a year.

Birthday Freebies

Today is my mom's birthday! Happy Birthday Mom!

So I found her some freebies to celebrate her day.

She got a free drink from Caribou Coffee. Any size Any drink
She got a free Single Scoop Sundae from Culver's.

I bought her dinner and gave her a giftcard for the movies. So she can go visit Johnny Depp!!

I think she had a great birthday. I know for everything she has done for me she deserves one.

Free Gift From Coach

I got my Coach fix for free.

12 pencils in a cute little box.

July Goals

I am making some monthly goals for July:

1. Keep track of grocery bills
2. Write 20 articles
3. Apply for and FOLLOW up with 15 jobs
4. Earn at least $50.00 extra a month. ( working extra, selling stuff etc)
5. Teach the KID - 3 meals
6. Organize my boxes downstairs

I want to get all these goals done in July.

Happy Canada Day

To all my neighbors in Canada! Happy Canada Day! I hope it is a safe and happy one. Enjoy your fun.

Mason Safe Jars

These are so cute. I am going to have to make each of my sisters one of these for Christmas.

Mason Safe Jars

Freebie Tuesday

Tuesday is free sample day.

Overnite Kotex

Carefree

Stayfree

Tide

There you go! I will be back next Tuesday for more. I personally love free samples.

Another Article Published

Article on Coupons

Here is the new article. It is on my other blog. Explaining where I get most of my coupons.

Free Deoderant at Walgreens

Here is a great deal at Walgreens this week! Free Deoderant.

Dry Idea - on sale for $2.99 - print $2.00 off coupon here

Total: 99 cents and you get a $2.00 register rewards. Great Deal!!

I found this at Money Savings Mom

This is a great blog!!

Is your birthday coming up!

Print this coupon for a free drink from Caribou!!

coupon

Boy of Boy!

I have been running for a week now. I am still getting us organized. Three people in a 2 bedroom is hard! But I can make it happen.

Today:
Ran to wash clothes - 1.75 for the washer and 25 cents for the dryer. It was really 75 cents, but I noticed a washer kept saying 1.50 so I pushed the coin return and it gave me 50 cents. So I put that in the dryer with my quarter. Had a few things that I did not dry or did not dry 100% in the dryer so those are hanging on the porch. I still LOVE those racks I got 3 years ago. I walked to and from the laundromat so that saved $2.00.



Going to meet someone at the storage to take the matress. So it will be empty today and $100.00 in my wallet starting in July! WOO HOO!! CHA CHING!

Low on food but have enough to get me till Wednesday. Have chicken thawing for Tuesday and made spaghetti yesterday. Plus we have chicken nuggets, cereal (no milk) and some other things.

Wednesday is payday I have:
5.00 in wallet
Change in wallet - almost 2.00
48 cents on paypal card
.01 on Child support card.
.13 in saving account.

$7.62 to my name till Wed. morning



I can make it today and tomorrow on that easy! I was going to take a small loan from the Payday Place but we are good.

Will take food and water bottle to work. Boy that waterbottle is getting a work out. I have so saved the $4.00 I spent on it.

Have to rework the budget now that the kid is home. But hey I am glad he is here even if he has the I am almost 18 tude and eating me out of house and home.

Check out this blog.

Broke and Not so Fabulous

Tomorrow is moving day

Tomorrow I should finish moving the rest of my stuff out of the storage. This is going to save me $100.00 a MONTH! I can't wait. Although I won't be able to put that money into savings quite yet but at least it is going towards useful bills.

I only managed to sell the bed for $60 instead all of the stuff the woman was going to buy. She totally backed out at the last minute. I was tired of dealing with her dumb ass so I said fine. I ended up throwing the chair up on Craigslist for Free. I have 2 people who want it. One is coming tomorrow, if not then the other gets it.

Today was a busy day:
Move some boxes
Ran to Target - got cheese, bread, chicken nuggests - had my $10.00 giftcard cost me 18 cents
Made dinner
Did dishes
watched Farrah special with mom
Showered got clothes out for tomorrow

Now here and soon bed. Have to work in morning and then move my stuff. I actually love going to work..it is my relaxation time. This week has been crazy.

SummerFest Pictures

Thought I would share my day with you! I went with my friend, her daughter in law and my son met up with us later. Spent about 30.00. Not bad at all for the GIG! Had a water fight with everyone. It was so hot and I got some serious sun! I am about 3 shades darker now and I even used sun block

Here is some of the food they offered! For 75 cents I had to try the licorice covered in Chocolate!! So worth it!! YUMMERS as Rachel Ray would say.

Meatball sub my friend had for 5.00!

Turkey Leg the Kid had. Boy was it good!

Very fun day! Boy was I beat when I got home. I have more pictures but have to get those from work!

Now back to the frugal grind!

Free Makeup

My friend Julie went to the Cosmetic meeting yesterday. 8-5 of meetings about make-up, trends etc. The cool thing is they get all these free samples. And they are full size make up samples. And the good stuff Covergirl, Revlon, Almay and lotions and shampoos. That is a reason to be the HBA at Walgreens.

Well my girl Julie -- shared a lot of her stuff with me. So I got 3 new lipsticks (one I gave to mom - not my shade), shampoo, lotion and some other stuff.

So COOL!! I adore Juliebeans (as I love to call her)

Okay off to bed - Gotta sleep before THE GIG (see other post)

A few more hours till SUMMERFEST!

The BIG GIG starts June 25 and July 6 down at Milwaukee, WI Lakefront. My friend and her friend and son are meeting up to hang at the GIG!

Admission is steep $8.00 during the day $15.00 nights and weekends. But being the frugal girl that I am....we are going June 25 when it is free to get in with 3 cans of food. So I will be bring somethings that won't get eaten here. So I can help my community and party like a rock star!

Okay so maybe not so much the party part. But I am bring food and yes I am bring more than 3 foods.

I have saved $20.00 for this. Bringing a waterbottle (which is freezing right now) and plan on drinking water most of the day. Hey it is going to be in the high 80's! And these last few days it has been in the 90's or more. So bring on the water. It is 1 am and it is 81 degrees out. I LOVE SUMMER! Yesterday it was 93 out...AGAIN I LOVE SUMMER! Later today it is suppose to be 87 degrees...I LOVE SUMMER!!!

I am bringing the camera so I can share with you why I LOVE SUMMER and THE BIG GIG!!

Okay I am sure you are tired of me rambling on about this.

My Points is Quick

Got my $10.00 giftcard today. So now I will be off to Target one of these days. Not sure what it is being spent on but I am sure it will go to go use. So now I am saving up for another card.

$25.00 Target Giftcard Spent

Since the kid came home early had to do a little backtracking. We need a bit more food for a growing man. Even though he lost 40 plus pounds.

So I ran over to Target:
2 Ego Bake shops - 50 cents each (had coupons for 1.00 off)
Cheez its
Small Watermelon
Crystal light - 1.99 each (had coupons for 1.00 off)
Ham
Swiss cheese
Pair of shorts for kid (clearance)

Total after coupons was 27.93 (so only 2.93 out of pocket)

Had $4.00 in coupons.

Coupons are really saving me these last few days. Now I need to organize them.

Walgreens

The kid is coming home today. I can't wait!

So I stopped and got him:
Deoderant 2.99 ( got a 2.00 regsister rewards coupon)

Then I got:
Dial bodywash 2.99 on sale (had 1.00 off coupon)
toothbrush 2.50

Used the 2.00 register

$2.49 out of pocket.

Free Movie From Redbox

This code is good Monday (6/22) and Tuesday (6/23) only:

RBXTHXU6

So go and get a movie - kick back and relax! I will be using it when I return the one from yesterday.

Frugal Free Treat

Decided since it has been a long week. I worked 5.5 extra hours I would treat myself to a movie. I will watch it while I do my nails tonight.

I rented He's Just Not That Into You.

It was a free Redbox rental with one of my codes. I will make sure to return it tomorrow on my way Downtown.

Shopping at Work

Today I did a little shopping at work (remember I get a discount too)

First purchase:
Aqua Fresh Toothpaste - 3.00 and then you get a 3.00 register rewards - so Free
Newspaper - 2.00

Coupons:
2.00 register rewards
75 cents Toothpaste

Out of pocket -1.04
Then:
2 rolls of Big Roll - 2/$1.00 (this was my filler)
Hair Clips 1.50 on clearance (another filler)
Poise liners - 6.49
SH nail polish - 5.29
SH cuticle fixer - 6.49

Coupons:
Buy SH nail polish get Cuticle fixer free up to 4.22 off.
Poise pads free up to 4.00 off
Rewards Coupon - 5.00
Rewards Coupon - 3.00 (the one from the toothpaste)

After my coupons and discount - 1.94 out of pocket.

I do believe I have another coupon for free nailpolish too.

Picking up extra hours

I managed to pick up 5.5 extra hours so far this week. A girl has been sick and can't work. Also another store called me to work at their store after I am done with my shift at my store. The hours at the second store are all OT.

Not only does this bring in a little extra money but it also boosts my average hours. So if I end up having my surgery at the end of the year. I will be able to go on Disability and get paid for the 4 to 8 weeks I will be off. Which is very important.

So every time a store asks me to work, I do it. In fact by working all the extra hours Nov.- Jan. boosted my average that I was able to get my insurance. Which I so desperatly needed.

New blog!

I have started a new blog. I don't like how busy all those articles are on the side bar. So I am going to start blogging each one. I will post here when they are published or you can follow my new blog at:

Thoughts written by me!

The Dentist may be paid off July 1 or 2.

I have sold my furntire for $80.00. I took $20 off since they are moving my boxes to my house.

Here is a breakdown of what money I have on hand.

$17.00 paypal
$35.00 selling other items

Money coming in:
$80.00 furniture sale
$30.00 another sale
$97.00 storage payment (from paycheck)

Grand total: $259.00

I owe the dentist $264.00. I would still need to earn $4.00.

So if everything comes through I will be making the last payment on either July 1 or July 2. Then I will be moving to the next bill.

Summer Craft for kids article

Here is my article on a fun summer craft for kids

Summer Craft: