This month we were very close to breaking even. What held us back? Our weekend trip to New York City. I figure that we payed around $250 for the trip out side of hotel and Broadway show ticket. The last to items were rolled into previous months’ budgets. The $250 included gas, food and gifts [...]
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The title sounds bad does it not? It is actually not so. She is here for a 6 month stay and will be a big help in the evenings when I am alone with the kids. The older daughter is very happy that she will be getting extra attention, while I can concentrate on the [...]
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Hard to believe the first month of the year is already over. Times files when you have too much on your hands. The budget results look bad but holds some promise. Here is the overall picture.
The bad news is that our expenses were $2217 over our income. I kind of [...]
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Years gone by, BC(before children), we used to keep track of spending on a daily basis. This technique really helped us to stay on our budget. Actually, I had a fancy spreadsheet to enter in daily spendings and they would be totaled up on a separate page and compared against the monthly budget.
Come [...]
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