No More Pencils, No More Books…
June 10, 2008 – 11:08 pmNo More Teacher’s Dirty Looks!
It’s been a long week this past week. Oh wait- it’s only Tuesday you say?
My oldest two boys have been out of school for one week. My husband is now on his second week of travel for work. I got lazy for lunch and we had McDonalds (drive-thru) for lunch after I picked the kids up from camp. So let’s take a look at the budget shall we?
Half day week-long camp for 2 kids - $260
Lunch for 1 adult and 3 kids at McDonalds - $14.
Gas used while sitting in drive-thru line - $1 million (ok, not really…but more than if I had parked and walked in)
Sanity - Still intact.
Budget - Looking a little ragged.
I still have the rest of the summer to keep them busy and have fun without killing the budget. I have a 9 year old, 7 year old and 2 year old. Any ideas???
New Design
I’ve changed things up a bit here on Working for Financial Freedom. Actually, I can’t really say “I” did anything, because Mrs. Micah did all the work. She’s a whiz with design and was able to do things today that would have taken me months to do. Thank-you Mrs. Micah!
If you are reading this in a reader you’ll have to take a peek. If you are a Firefox user, everything should look fine. If you use IE, certain versions will look wonky. I’m really sorry, maybe you could join us over here on the dark side?
Good Reading
Since I haven’t written much recently I’ll share some links where you can find some good reads.
I participated in two carnivals over the past week. Pinyo at Moolanomy hosted the Carnival of Debt Reduction and shared my story about Target and a pair of scissors. My story of home-selling frustration was an Editor’s Pick at the Carnival of Money Stories at Finance Gets Personal.
We seem to be falling into a routine now so I should be able to start writing more often. I used to depend on an afternoon naptime to do my writing. With the oldest two home during that time now I’ve had to adjust a bit. To all you moms & dads of many, you have my utmost respect!
3 Responses to “No More Pencils, No More Books…”
Welcome! And I just found the IE6 fix for that problem. So we can put that together and then (hopefully) even the dreaded IE6 will still have to love and accept your site.
By MrsMicah on Jun 12, 2008
Try Family Fun Magazine. Either on line at http://familyfun.go.com/
or at the library. When my children were small, this magazine was FULL of great stuff to do.
And I really congratulate you on your success so far. It takes a lot of guts to stop the spending and cut back. My family has paid off $80,000 in debt in three years. We have $1400 left to go that should be taken care by the end of the month.
By BarbaraZ on Jun 13, 2008
Mrs. Micah,
Thanks for getting it fixed.
You are a genius!
Barbara,
I will lookout for that magazine, thanks for the recommendation. Thankfully we have a library close by.
$80,000 in 3 years is AMAZING! And only $1400 left? You are so close, any plans to celebrate when you are done?
By Momof3 on Jun 13, 2008