The Lemming Effect
I’ve been battling bronchitis for the last two weeks and haven’t been my peppy self. Hopefully this new dose of antibiotics I’m taking will kick its butt. However, I’m still dragging myself into work….of course that might be my problem. But I overheard the most irresponsible comment today at lunch, and I just had to post on it. “Their accountant told them that everybody’s credit will be effected by the housing market since so many people are walking...
Read MoreUnpacking Almost Finished!
I should preface this by saying, thanks to my husband. Without him, I’d still be inundated under piles of boxes! Yet, less than two weeks after our move, most everything is in it’s “place” and unpacked. All that’s left is selling our boxes and moving pads, as one moving “package”, on Craigslist.com to recoup some of the expense and reorganizing the storage unit to see if we can get rid of it altogether. A summary of pros about my new place: It’s...
Read MoreBudgeting on Percents versus Whole Dollar Figures
When my husband and I began to seriously consider a move into another rental while we delayed purchasing our own little house, I broke out my excel budget and started reworking the new costs and projected savings. I used the budgeting spreadsheet I created for my Newlywed Bliss Box as a start. As I compared my current rental house budget with my soon-to-be new apartment budget, I noticed that some categories, like rent, increased a bit in the total dollar cost. However, the total cost of...
Read MoreThe Unexpected
I had roughly budgeted how much money we’d spend on our move between the U-Haul trucks and the help we hired. I also budgeted in the deposit on our new place and weighed the expenses of the new rent with the savings in utility costs. What I hadn’t budgeted in was the cost of transferring the utilities and phone service. It had been so long since our last move, I had forgotten that transferring phone service would cost about twice the amount of a regular phone bill. I had also...
Read MoreCount Down to Moving Day…
As if I don’t have enough on my plate, our moving day is set for Monday with completion Wednesday of this coming week. I’m excited, of course, however I really don’t like moving. To clarify, I’m not moving into my “Little House in the Valley.” No, we’ve decided to continue renting for a few more years, but in a nicer neighborhood and in an apartment instead of the rental house we’ve been in for these past few years. Oh how I don’t like...
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