Positive News :)

Yesterday I woke up grumpy... well, not really... but things had a rough start.

We have a Barnes and Noble Book fair for the kids school today, and there were a few miscommunications and things that made it not turn out quite how it was supposed to. So I was over at the school before I'd even had a chance to get a shower making copies and putting signs up on the doors and waiting for the principal to get there so I could get an okay for using the schools letterhead. Well, turns out he wasn't there... and hadn't let the secretary know he wouldn't be there either. And as I said, I was already grumpy because of other issues.

Well, after resigning myself to using the letter without the letterhead and going home because I felt icky (Hello! No shower!) I proceeded to go about my day, including applying for a few jobs while I was at it.

Part of that was to call into a corporate office and go through a screening process, which I passed, now I'm just waiting for a phone interview. Then we got a call for Jer...

It was someone from a company he had applied to work due to a tip from someone I'd met through the PFA.

He had an interview at 3. :) So off he went at while I went and picked up Goober from school. Shortly after I got back I received a call from the guy who is managing renting our house. WE GOT RENTERS! Yay!

Can I tell you what a stress that takes off? Now I won't need to worry about finding the funds to pay the mortgage anymore, the rent will do that :) And while that means that we also can't move back into our house soon, it makes further problems less likely.

Jer took a long time at his interview. Turns out the guy interviewing him had to put out a fire. No, really... some of the guys had lit a door on fire and he had to help put it out! LOL and you thought I was just talking about management type "Fires" :D Anyhow, Jer got a temporary position at a construction company that works all around the world. The job will last a couple of months and potentially turn into something more!!! While it isn't permanent, I'm just happy that we will be able to pay some bills without having our credit go down the tubes for a couple of months.

I'm NOT complaining!!!

Couponing

So I decided recently to try "couponing" ... which has to be a sort of hobby, because if it's not... well, you won't stick with it. I can tell you that!

Jer has a coworker who has offered to answer any questions I have and who also referred me to a friendly couponing blog from this area of the world. I also am aware of a couple of other people that I know who coupon... but whom I don't want to bug the living snot out of! (I'd rather annoy a stranger than incite friends to become strangers due to my pestering!)

So I got started, I ordered the newspaper (because those suckers have a load of coupons in the Sunday edition) and found that as I ordered it they have a "couponers special" which includes 5 (FIVE!!!) Sunday papers. Now, for those of you that don't coupon and think I have lost some marbles, couponers get as many coupons as they can so that if they find a sale on an item, have a store coupon, AND a manufacturers coupon... well, then they can buy more than one item for the steal of a deal!

So I printed, printed, printed coupons off of the internet and started clip, clip, clipping... and did more clipping... and more. Needless to say, I was tired of clipping. But here is something that is encouraging! I won't have to clip that much again all at once if I can keep on top of the most current coupons as they pop up. considering I am just starting I was printing off about a months worth of online coupons at one time! Yikes.

Anywho, wish me luck! Hopefully I can figure all of this out without too many faux pas... and hopefully I can save a load of money in the process.

We shall see.....

Holy School Supplies Batman!

What in the WORLD am I going to do when I have THREE kids in school....

Is it just me, or does everyone think that a swanky job would be public school administration? I mean, come ON... that MUST be where the tax money goes... since it isn't getting to the teachers....  

Now, as to why that same tax money can't buy copy paper for the copying machine or tissues (which I don't even keep around my own home.... TP anyone?) for the classrooms gets kind of frustrating.

I mean, sheesh, here pretty quick the Tax cuts from several years ago will expire and most likely we will end up with new taxes to try to balance the national budget. I don't know where I'm going to get the money for supplying the whole school with office supplies!

Chiropractors

So I went to the Chiropractor this morning... which was nice in that now I feel much more comfortable in my own skin! The thing that frustrates me about Chiropractors though is this...

They are expensive... even with insurance that covers them, my co pay is $30.

They want you to come back... like 3 times a week at first... that co pay? Ya, for one week just went up to $90.

I know it may be hard for them to understand, but I'm not made of money. I can't afford that. In one paycheck that ends up being $180 out of pocket. And hate to say it... I have a mortgage to pay, a car payment, power, water, etc etc etc... that come first on the bills list. I also would like to, maybe? Hopefully? though probably not going to happen...put my kids in swim lessons this summer.

And while I know that what chiropractors do is good and it will prevent me from having more health issues in the future...

It just doesn't seen $180 a paycheck urgent... you know what I mean?

Right Now... Our Government is a JOKE

I don't think that needs much explaining. I think every American I have talked to agrees with this statement.

The problem is NOT the lack of money in our country. The problem is a LACK OF TRUST. Because honestly, just about everyone in government, and a load in big business have proven that they should not be trusted.

We don't trust our employers to keep us, and we don't trust our government to look out for us. Therefore instead of spend spend spending all of our money. We are paying off debt and saving it.... like we should have been doing before.

How about they start working on the trust issue instead of depreciating our dollar more?

I'm pissed.

Money... Moneymoneymoneymoney!

So today I called and canceled a couple of credit cards. You know, so we CAN'T use them :) Anyways... nice surprise, one of them had a bunch of "points" on it and now THEY are sending ME a check for $80!

Yay!!! I love surprise money for ..... refusing to do business with a company anymore? That seams backwards....

Mmmmm

Oh, well. MONEY! I'm getting MONEY! :)

Single-handedly Keeping Huggies in Business!

Yeah, can we say Pull-ups at night for G, 4's for Missy, and 3's for the little guy. Sheesh that is three boxes from Sam's and equates to almost $100 ... I think Diapers should be the new currency, what do you say!? ... ummm, except having children would eat them up... oh wait! that's already what happens with money! :D