The votes are in: We had 4 votes to cut the cleaning service, 3 votes to keep it, and 4 to compromise — to reduce the cleaning to once a month if possible. We decided to go with the compromise, since our cleaner said she’d be willing to do that. Savings: $55/month. Now we’ll see [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Talking About Money'
Cleaning Service: Stay or Go? NEW Vote!
September 26th, 2008 10 Comments
Tug-o-broom Image from PicApp: “Couple Holding Brooms” Since we did the 60 percent exercise — that is, trying to get our committed monthly expenses closer to that number than to the current 79 percent — we’ve been ping-ponging around what we could cut out of our monthly budget. We’ve hit our first snag over our [...]
Tags: 60 percent solution · sidetaker.com · Stephen Colbert · time value of cleaning
It’s Not the Cash, It’s the Flow
September 8th, 2008 1 Comment
Author’s husband here, guest-posting. After broadcasting this blog’s existence to some friends and relatives, Sara received some concerned e-mails about our solvency. So listen up: I am the keeper of the books, and I say we are OK. To clarify: We are not broke. We are not avoiding calls from creditors. We are not staring [...]
Tags: Cash Flow · husband post
This I Know: We’re Broke, Again
August 27th, 2008 3 Comments
I was in no mood last night for either Breezy Dunleavey or Latte FactorTM Bach. They insist on outlining your values and goals before you do anything else. When I am in the right mood, this is fun. When I’m staring at our checking balance, which is in the double-digits right now, on its way [...]
Tags: big picture · fighting futility
His and Her: Sex and Money
July 20th, 2008 1 Comment
My husband took over the daily balancing of our joint account years ago, because: a) He’s better at it. b) He doesn’t bend himself into a sniveling, anxiety wracked pretzel in the process. I get at least monthly updates about our financial sitch, requests to help make decisions about saving and spending, and reminders to [...]
Tags: anxiety · Dr. Phil · money · Nerve · O · Oprah · sex · Suze Orman · Twitter
