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My daughter deffinately motivated me to get my a__s moving! I watched my mom 'struggle' and now looking back I can't fathom why. She got $1000 for me in child support alone which paid the rent and cable. The electricity got shut off several times for her not paying the bill, as did the phone which was always getting turned off and when I was 17 eventually STAYED off. My dad paid payed for my internet, she had an old beat up honda with no car payment and didn't have insurance. I had medical insurance through my dad too. She also worked TWO full time jobs and was always borrowing/stealing money from me. She didn't do drugs, drink, gamble or anything, she just had no clue how to spend money. It really taught me how to budget mine. I was able to maintain my own household making less than 1500 a month at one time. I don't want my kids to ever stress out about us not having somewhere to live or be able to afford anything. I think that's probably why I always feel guilty when I buy myself things.
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omg 1000 a month!!!! my total income including support is 1600 a month lol I get 300 in support and he wants to start giving me 200 when he pays for her school.... which i dont think he can afford lately since he isnt doing so well financially... My daughter is suppose to go to this private middle school he put her older sister thru but lately he is doing bad money wise so she may end up in public school anyway which is no big deal at least then I wont get a cut in support but i think if she doesnt go to that school i am going to enroll her in school at my moms and go up there and stay with them mon-fri this way chas can go to a decent school (the ones around me are pure c___p) and then I can work and have my mom watch the baby I will keep my house here and still pay all my bills cause I will come here weekends. Violets dad cant afford more then 300 a month either lol ah well ... I dont mind working and making sure chas does all the activites she wants like now she wants to join dance ... lets see how much this will cost me lol
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wow kay.. that sounds JUST like me... my mom sucks at budgeting.. we were often living with 'friends' or going from motel to motel or whatever... it sucked. I learned how NOT to handle money lol so I know how to now. I also feel bad buying things for myself, DH gets on my case abut it sometimes because I will always put everyone ahead of myself. *shrug* its not a bad quality but sometimes its okay to do something for yourself too.
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good or you kay... do some shopping for yourself :)
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LOL i do that ..I will sell something then that is my way to justify getting my toes done.. I dont do it with clothes but stuff like a pedicure or my hair i tend to put that off cause to me that is a waste alot of the time. Im no good at budgeting money though ... I pay my important bills like mort carpayment utlilities but i skip my cc's sometimes or personal loan and will go to the movies instead ..i just think sometimes i will never get ahead anyway so why waste my life sitting on my sofa i could die tomorrow ...lol that is why i was so proud of myself for doing the responsible thing with my roof and tax money the typical dawn move would be a 900 trip somewhere like florida or something lol I love not working but at the same point it is uncomfortable when i have bills coming in - the sad thing is though that even when I work I wont make as much as much as I am making now on unemployment i have to keep reminding myself that so i dont get too antsy and do something stupid like rush off unemployment and then really not be able to pay my bills!
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LOL I bet of some random person came on here and read our last few posts they would think we all need therapy. We feel kinda stuck here because neither one of us can seem to get a better job with the economy being so bad. Most people with jobs just stick there because of it. I'd love to be able to just work part time, then go back to school full time on the extra days off. Even though I'm still getting paid, it's not totally my full pay and I've been digging into my meager savings more than I'd like to. I also have no clue when my paychecks will get here.
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hey girlies... Just wanted to pop in and say I'm still here ... In the hospital still but still here. Thanks to you all who said prayers for me and my little guy. Like Kay said the amnio came back negative for lung maturity so I got my first round of steroid shots and will be getting the next round tomorrow. They will continue to stop my contractions at least until I'm done with the steroids and then we will see... Possibly another amnio next week. So its a waiting game... On a brighter side of the whole hospital is that I get a break from my mil :-)
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I think we need a new thread lol this one is LOOOOOONG
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Disko.. its soo good to hear from you! Im crossing my fingers that everything goes great for you in the coming week and you have your little one in your arms soon!
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DISKO I MISSED YOU!!!!! Aww look at you looking at the bright side haha no MIL!!! you hang in there and keep him in there! I want mine out and yours in! haha
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Ok girls I started a new thread
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