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Catching Up

May 30th, 2011 at 03:42 pm

After two crazy weeks, I have a day with absolutely nothing to do (besides grocery shopping, but I don't count that).

I am caught up on the May finances. Turned out Citibank only dinged me for the interest on the late payment, not the late payment fee, so I avoided $35 there. I'm no putting the due dates in my calendar so I don't forget them again! DH got a ticket this month ($87, but it's the points I'm worried about). This is the first time either of us have ever gotten a ticket, and I think our auto insurance company has a forgiveness policy on the first one, so I'm hoping it doesn't hurt us too much. Our rates are already through the roof just because we're in NJ. And I paid SIL for the 2nd half of the beach house payment, so our vacation is all paid for. Woohoo - 6 more weeks!

We're closing on the mortgage refi tomorrow. That was the smoothest process ever (so far).

On the extra income front, things have definitely come to a screeching halt. I haven't been on Swagbux in forever (no time), so no $5 amazon cards. I also haven't sold anything on half .com for a while. I do have a book for paperback swap .com to get in the mail. No money for this, but a credit I can use to get another book. I'll have to check the kids' summer reading list.

Finally, things seem to be calming down a bit. Hopefully that'll get me on this site more often.

2 Responses to “Catching Up”

  1. frugaltexan75 Says:
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    Your DH should be able to take a defensive driving course to remove the ticket from the insurance record (for pricing purposes) unless he's already taken it in the last 3 years.

  2. Jerry Says:
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    I think that now that things are calming down a bit, you will have some insurance of being able to increase the additional income a little. It can be really hard to do when things are crazy, and it just leads to one more thing to worry about! Great that your refi is going smoothly...
    Jerry

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