Egad! A late and not particularly stunning entry!

Okay, clearly I didn't realize how busy I am when I started this blog. It has now become one more thing I don't feel like I have time to do well. This entry below is one I started in March and never completed. I plan on writing another entry this weekend so please bear (or is it "bare?") with me until then. I actually DID have some free time when I got home from work tonight (Diablo was already asleep) but instead of typing I took the opportunity to fuck my dear husband's brains out. He is now lieing (or is it lying? Laying?) in bed with the sweetest, dazed expression on his face. Every once in awhile I like to surprise him with sex when he least expects it. And he's always so appreciative. :)
So...for now you'll have to accept an older entry.


I know this sounds strange, but I get giddy about frugality. Not at all the time, not when I'm browsing through Martha Stewart or Better Homes and Gardens, but on a day to day basis, I get this little thrill in my tummy when I think, my God, we have committed to living on less than $30,000! We have a child! How are we going to do this? It's scary, but in a fun way, if that makes sense, because I believe that if someone has to do this, by God, we are the perfect couple for the job!

For starters, my husband and I are both very creative people. My hubby, who shall be called Bassem, loves challenges. He was raised by people with lots of money but this hasn't affected his ability to be down to earth. Sometimes I'm amazed that he will go shopping with me in a thrift store when he grew up wearing Banana Republic underwear. (Don't get me started on this. Do you have any idea what they charge for underwear? We are talking cotton underwear. With the words Banana Republic on them. I'm like, Please! If you've gotten far enough with a girl that she is seeing you in your underwear, you're gonna score regardless of the label on your undies. And hello, if you DON'T score at this point....mph...the problem is not the brand label on your cock cozy.) Anyway, he is supportive and totally on board with this moneyless existence I am advocating. He is amazing. Another reason I feel like we can do this is because we have an enormous safety net in case we fall flat on our faces....which we won't. Both of our parents have enough money that they could help us out if we get desperate. I'm not saying that's my first choice, but we have a son now, and I am not goign to turn help away if we need it. The point though is that we won't need it, because we are going to do a great job.

So back to the the bills...
I know I'll never say this again in my life, but: Hallelujah! It's tax time!
We are getting a refund for $2,996 from federal and $260 from state. That's a total of $3,256.00, which isn't peanuts when you're living on my salary. We decided to take $1500 to wiping out the hospital bill we are still paying on. That will give us $121.00 a month that we won't be paying on any longer. I did some more investigating today and this is what I found:
As of 3.27.07 we have $615.00 in the checking account and $2008.00 in savings. Our credit card bill currently stands at $605.85, which is higher than I had estimated previously. (All the other bills were taken directly from averaging a number of months, so I don't anticipate this will be a problem with the other calculations I made.) I told Bassem that I would like to pay the credit card off as well, which he agreed to. That leaves $1,150.00. What should we do with the extra cash? I'm got some ideas, but not enough time to type them out right now.

My love to you always,
your chiquita