If It Works, Why Not?

Things are slowly moving but still not as quickly as I would like. My husband has been glued to his laptop for the past several weeks. He has been selling old records, cds, books, VW auto parts and video games that he does not need or use anymore through http://www.craigslist.com/ and http://www.ebay.com/ . The extra money has been really helpful with our bills especially since I haven't been babysitting as much which means I don't have that income coming in, well at least not as much coming in from sitting. I just worry that he is getting a little carried away and is going to give something sentimental up as a way to make a few extra bucks... The good thing though is we have been able to get some Christmas shopping done by bartering items online. Within the next month we will be able to pay off Mike's car warranty and that will save us another $180 a month. He had bought an extended warranty before his manufacture warranty expired on his car and it was great that he did....

I think my family has been watching too much Kong-Fu Panda lately. My husband bought a few years ago, a sword. Not just any sword but a Katana (spelling?) which is a "Ninja" sword. I thought it was going to be for decor purposes but I was wrong. We have discovered that not only when you give a grown man a "ninja" sword that he will instantly return to his childhood imagination and jump around the house going "HI-YA!" wielding a sword that he can still rationalize the point of owning a sword in this day and age. - It is a means to defend his family from intruders. What burglar in his right mind would stick around if the person whose home he just broke into came at him with a sword. Such a sight would probably catch anyone off guard for that matter.... - It is for yard work. If the blade is sharp enough, it is a wonderful tool to trim the hedges with while making the other husbands jealous that their wives won't let them trim their hedges with a sword to...

Last night my husband and I got into an arguement. It was over finances, which is usually the topic if we are to argue. But after both of us expressed our feelings and heard each other out on the subject I was still feeling a bit upset. Then my husband reminded me of why I married him.... When we firsted dated about 7 years ago we ended things on not the greatest terms. He was not quite over his previous relationship and I got hurt and was not going to stick around and wait for him- it was a messy situation. About 8 months later I got a message that he had called. I was skeptical to call him back. I was still heartbroken over him and I did not want to dig up those feelings that I had been trying to forget. Eventually though, I called him back. We met at the local IHOP, which was a late night hangout for me and my friends after a night partying as the waitresses there like to give us free coffee and sodas. I was nervous about seeing him and felt that this was a good place to meet. A...

Finding time to get chores done around the house have been a little difficult lately. I am constantly on the go and instead of getting caught up on house work when I find down time I am catching up on rest. I am now working a totally of 84 hours a week. Luckily though, 44 hours of that is spent babysitting in my home and half of that time babysitting is at night so I am asleep as long as the baby is asleep. So the hours don't seem as harsh as they sound as I get to be at home and with my family too. This week is my week off I guess you could say, at least from my babysitting gig. I plan to get things caught up around the house as long as I have the energy to do so. Mike has been wonderful with trying to help with what he can since his surgery. I like that he is home but I would be lying if I said I didn't miss him being able to do as much as he usually can. He has been so wonderful though with trying to help out that I worry he is going to over exert himself and I catch myself ...

We went car shopping the other weekend. We only went to see one car but it was downtown Phoenix which is a far drive for us. We searched online and only came across the one that was in our price range with the options that we wanted, so we dropped the kids off with my parents so they would get too bored and went to check it out. When we got to the dealership it was a disappointment as the car did not have the package with the options we thought it had and the sales man, Scott, from internet sales was the worst too. He spent over half of the time texting on the phone and did not seem to know anything about the car when he showed it to us. They listed it wrong online; it was not the touring package and there were not fog lights or a sun roof. We told them no thanks and they insisted that we let them run numbers and see if they could provide a price that we would like to change our minds. They came back with a higher price than what was listed online as they were still trying to price it ...

The last 2 weeks have been nonstop. I am reaching my goals slowly but surely.... I now have 2 jobs, my normal full time office job and I babysit 44 hours a week (half of it is at night when we are sleeping so no biggie) which helps keep us from being negative as long as we do not have any unexpected bills pop up and we keep everything we can in control expense wise in our budget.... I am having to delay my garage sale again until next weekend- I am just not ready and I am going to need help which I do not have this weekend... And with how exhausted I am and everything else that is going on this weekend maybe it will be better anyways so I don't over-do it. Tomorrow we are going car shopping. Not necessarily buying anything but we will be browsing and taking notes. If we come across a REALLY good deal we may go for it but I am not in am extreme rush to where I will jump into something without thinking it through. Last night we went to the grocery store again to grab a few things ...