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Lost week / Good read

November 5th, 2009 at 04:13 am

Not a lost week financially, but health wise. I had both kids home Monday with what I thought was strep. Turns out only DS had strep. Doctor said DD's strep test came back negative, and it's just a cough. So DD went to school yesterday, and was home today after being up from 1-5am (with me, rubbing her back), because she felt so bad. Kept her home from school today, and she feels worse. Totally run down (maybe from being up all night?), low-grade fever, sore throat, etc. So now I'm thinking flu, because that's all over the school. I'm taking her back to the doctor tomorrow.

Fortunately the kids are off from school tomorrow and Friday, so we can have a pretty quiet weekend. I'm looking to lay low and recover, because we're all just knocked out. I could sleep for a day!

I did manage to read a great book - one of Mary Hunt's cheapskate books. It's the first one I've read and I really liked it. I've read a lot of these types of books and usually I'll find a nugget or two, but otherwise blow through it pretty quickly, but not this time. She suggests using an envelope-type system for irregular expenses, but instead of putting the money in envelopes you keep in the house (which I would raid every time I go to the bar with the ladies), you open a separate account and direct deposit the money in there. That I could definitely do.

So I prepared our 2010 spending plan using this method and I think it will work well. I explained it to hubby and he was on board too. At least I got something done this week!

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4 Responses to “Lost week / Good read”

  1. LuxLiving Says:
    November 5th, 2009 at 12:49 pm 1257425393
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    Shewwwwweeee - Get some rest girl!

    I enjoy Mary Hunt's books myself. We do the subaccount thing at ING and Emigrant for various and assorted 'we'll need this money later' things.

  2. momcents Says:
    November 5th, 2009 at 02:06 pm 1257430018
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    Sorry to hear your kids are down. Glad you've got a long weekend to recover! I'm just now feeling like we might be out of the woods for illness (five kids got in succession, one after another).

    I just revisited Mary Hunt's Debt Proof Your Marriage for a quick tune-up. Those irregular expenses need to be better planned for at our house. I just started the subaccounts in our savings account.

  3. CB in the City Says:
    November 5th, 2009 at 02:18 pm 1257430695
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    I saw Mary Hunt speak a few years ago. She is such a tiny little person! Most of what she said was not new to me, but I enjoyed it anyway.

  4. frugaltexan Says:
    November 5th, 2009 at 06:21 pm 1257445298
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    Mary hunt was part of my journey stepping back from finacial oblivion. Her advice is sound. I don't still follow her plan exactly, but it is def. a part of my overall plan.

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