$826 for another week.
$140.11 to COBRA -- pass
$100 for food - $50 left
$40 for gas (scooter & car) - $31 left
$16 for entertainment
$9 for postage - $7.68 left
$125 for credit card (trying to pay this weekly to avoid interest) - paid
$100 monthly extraction of payment to HELOC. - scheduled on March 15
would like $58.26 more to go to HELOC to keep it exactly at 14% of my mortgage, but I can wait until payday for that.
This is the month where we get bills for electricity and water/sewer/recycling/yard waste, and those are typically $250 - $270.
I am not looking forward to doing taxes.
Maybe I can postpone payment of mortgage until April 5.
I submitted a claim for orthodontic treatment for the year, and a claim for prescription glasses. We'll see processing for those, what, eight - twelve weeks out?
My wireless phone provider is not effectively blocking the phone numbers I don't want texting me. I visited the website to triple-check that the number to be blocked was in the blocked database and yes, it was. Corporation logic is this: Customer follows procedure, it fails, answer "I don't know" when asked why and offer some other suggestion not on the website customer visited. Corporation congratulates itself for offering exemplary value and customer service. I know of Tracfone and Virgin Mobile -- if I get another text from the fat-fingered ditz the wireless phone provider can say goodbye to my account -- customer account closed due to service incompetence.
The weird thing is that I calculated our mortgage and HELOC, and they're manageable on my spouse's salary. We drive one car and one scooter, and put maybe 600 miles a month on the car (how can that be? we don't drive 20 miles a day!). We also do not dine on steak more than twice a month, and have been choosing to walk to a neighbourhood restaurant during happy hour when we want to eat out.
I've been energy testing my supplements: chlorella yes, Source Natural Visual Eyes a no. Ubiquinol, despite Ray Kurzweil, is a no. Fish oil, calcium/magnesium and Vitamin D, yes.
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on the blessings front: $4.64 from old insurer, credit balances of $2.70 (car) and $87 (house) from new insurer. Cheques to follow in three weeks. I look forward to a 0.9% decrease in mortgage payment.
Although house assessment has changed, surface water fees have increased, giving me a $4/month reduction in real estate taxes. The $7/month reduction in home insurance is a blessing. Now to get rid of the $6/month "Green Up!" voluntary charge for green energy...
Pinch!
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March 5th, 2010 at 06:53 pm 1267815191
Good luck getting through pinch month!
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I did not know spirulina could be grown at home! I'm inspired now to start sprouting the beans and seeds I bought awhile back.