Why does money make the world go round
Posted
Friday, June 20, 2008 12:05 PM
Since I quit working, I've been feeling more than a little anxious about our money making. Andy's been working some serious overtime because they're way behind on some of their projects. Which is nice because we can pay off my last two credit cards and then not worry about it. But today while balancing our checkbook, I absolutely panicked. Even with an extra $400, we're just barely paying the month end bills. Freaks me out.
But when I went back over, I had to take into account that instead of putting $ into savings, I had to cover my credit card (which was about $70 more than I expected it to be). And in the future, I'll be able to stretch our money a bit further. We had to pay for swimming lessons and a few things for the house, which meant less extra money to go towards other things.
Another nice thing I noticed today is that Andy will get paid 3 times in both August and October. So that makes me feel a lot less nervous about having a financial crisis anytime soon.
Still, I've been toying with the idea of selling things I've knitted online. Andy supports me 100% but keeps telling me to put together some kind of inventory and then go into business. I've made a couple of purses, a few wraps and things of that nature. So I know I can do it and they look pretty good. I just want to make something really original. Which is probably a lot to ask of myself at this point. I know that even if we don't really need this extra bit of income, I know it would make me feel a lot more secure if we did.
Sometimes I wish I didn't pay the bills around our house. But then again, Andy is TERRIBLE at paying the bills on time and whatnot. When he was in charge we had overdrafts every so often and the checkbook was never balanced. *sigh* I don't think it helps that prices are rising on everything and the dollar just isn't stretching as far as it used to. Plus we are planning two trips out of town next month. One is for Jax's bday. The other will be 3 days in a cabin in SD with tons of family. And with gas at $4/gallon here, it's going to take a lot more penny pinching than normal. :(
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lildahls
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