tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283658887503348180.post1095417222235029087..comments2024-03-16T10:18:51.784-07:00Comments on The Next Chapter In My Life: Frugal Friday Wrap Up 7/14-7/20 2018Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449564619872452771noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283658887503348180.post-79905637886359997692018-07-26T09:15:51.238-07:002018-07-26T09:15:51.238-07:00Yikes on the insurance increase! Glad you found a ...Yikes on the insurance increase! Glad you found a way to tweak your budget to find the extra money! Hugs. SandySandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04150087662344396719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283658887503348180.post-63864953444962174852018-07-25T00:49:58.675-07:002018-07-25T00:49:58.675-07:00Look at all those lovely berries from your garden!...Look at all those lovely berries from your garden! I am quite envious! I am sorry to hear that your medical insurance is going up. But, so glad that you are able to tweak the budget to cover the increase. Hope you have a good week, Debbie.Blesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283658887503348180.post-33515084995300544132018-07-24T10:39:51.123-07:002018-07-24T10:39:51.123-07:00I learn so much from you...
Especially about how t...I learn so much from you...<br />Especially about how to make my cooking and grocery shopping more economical.<br />Thanks for that! <br />Have a cozy afternoon!<br />P.S. LOVE your berries!!!Billie Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13515311983458309772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283658887503348180.post-74046657959960767752018-07-24T07:42:58.738-07:002018-07-24T07:42:58.738-07:00I totally understand on the insurance. I am patie...I totally understand on the insurance. I am patiently waiting for age 65! Medicare will be such a savings for me. My insurance costs an arm and a leg.<br /><br />WOW - you had a really good week. Lots of savings there.<br />Have a great one.Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283658887503348180.post-40278639905067793802018-07-24T06:01:50.813-07:002018-07-24T06:01:50.813-07:00That is expensive for insurance! But, I get it. ...That is expensive for insurance! But, I get it. It's something that you have to have, as I do, so it is what it is:(. I'm glad you can tweak your budget to cover it.<br /><br />We just keep tweaking ours, going over and over it, hoping we aren't forgetting anything. We are planning for fall. There are going to be enough hours for my niece, that need covered, for my husband to do that for his job, at least for a while. (The hours will be there, we just need to find a way to do enough of them to survive while still covering the needs of our own family) There is no possible way for me to do all the hours that are now going to be needed since her school program is over because she is now 21. I will do a bunch, but still need to homeschool my other niece, and keep the house and cook, etc., and take care of our youngest daughter, who is still just 14. She goes to school, and still needs input. The big girls may move out together--there's been talk...we shall see. Thankfully, my husband doesn't mind pitching in on all of the house stuff--in fact, bbq's a lot now that he has time, has always done most of the laundry, etc. Both of us are working that job right now, and will basically continue to share the needed hours in the fall. It will be very tight, but if we have figured correctly, we can make it. He has some medical things that need to be taken care of and so will work part time and get those issues addressed. And, I will work part time. Between us, we should have the same kind of salary as a family with one income. He is facing some surgery at some point, according to a couple of the doctors he's seen in the past year. Hopefully, he can get that and still keep working as much as he can before and after. Once he's fixed up, he will probably look for a different job again. That's the plan that is developing anyway--still working on all the details. <br /><br /> As long as things quit breaking, we will be good as long as we stick to the budget we've laid out. (The van broke over the weekend. The radiator cracked. The air conditioner fan also went out. Hmmmm. Glad we cancelled our upcoming camping trip. My car is still in the shop awaiting the new-to-us engine to be installed. Now the van is there, too. Bummer for us!). Good thing I have my nephew's old Mazda to lurch around in. I am getting smoother with that clutch:)<br /><br />This is a great time for us to reduce the grocery budget because the garden is growing so prolifically. I am going to try to lower it a bit from last month. If we have spare money, I'm sure I can find a place to spend it--as if....Beckyathomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11105835394158145451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283658887503348180.post-41437870069840106512018-07-23T20:44:28.235-07:002018-07-23T20:44:28.235-07:00Wow $600.00 a month. So unfair, but when I think ...Wow $600.00 a month. So unfair, but when I think of it, We pay $210+$119+$100+$100=$540.00 all told,and one of my meds is over $4000.00 a month. You just can't be sick in this country.Out My windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456481267171643227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283658887503348180.post-66929546004256158972018-07-23T19:50:59.306-07:002018-07-23T19:50:59.306-07:00Fun to read your post and know how your week went....Fun to read your post and know how your week went. Sounds like a good one...except for that $600 increase, yikes!<br />From my last comment - the dog slept all night SAturday night. I then fed him several small meals Sunday and he had the same reaction Sunday night. Put a call into my vet today (Monday) and she phoned in an antibiotic to the pharmacy Yes, MrDog has his own account with my pharmacist, too funny! He sees her Wednesday morning. <br />She calmed me down a bit when we talked today so I'm feeling better too. Hopefully this prescription will get his GI tract healthy.<br />Cheers, SJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com