I just read that a radical Baptist church plans to protest any service held in the U.S. for Heath Ledger because he portrayed a gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain.
Why is it sometimes that the most devoutly religious people are also the most hateful? I would love to crawl into one of their minds and see how they justify that behavior to themselves.
24 January 2008
18 January 2008
Money issues
Baby steps
I've had a goal for quite awhile now to get $2,000 in savings for emergencies (e.g. car repairs, something breaking down, etc.). With this latest paycheck yesterday, I finally hit that goal, with $2,055.41!
This was thanks in large part to the $100 that is taken from my paycheck and put directly into savings. As someone who is not good with money will agree, in theory that's a great idea, but the money doesn't always stay there, and in my case it sure didn't.
I wonder what to do now that I've hit my goal. I still have considerable credit card debt (considerable to me, at least -- far less than my friend who is $50,000 in debt!) and am wondering if it would be a good idea to start putting that $100 toward the $500 I already set aside for credit card bills. I also am sticking my cards in the back of the freezer so I'm not tempted to use them. When I think about the things I could have right now (like, a house!) if I didn't have that debt just makes me sick. But I have good intentions, and that's a start.
Wasting money
One area I know I need to improve in is eating lunches out during the week. It wastes a HUGE amount of money, and I don't know why I do it other than I have a close co-worker friend with whom I eat out quite a bit. Coupling that with not always entering my ATM slips into my checking account until my next payday (I get paid twice a month), makes a recipe for disaster. It seems like I'm always in the minus, so then I pull money from savings to cover the difference.
I need to find a way to try and save a little money on lunches out. I think next week I will start my making my lunch the night before, twice a week to begin with and see how it goes. (Although many times even when I do that, my friend will ask me if I want to have lunch and I will go -- those times I think it's more for companionship than anything else, which is probably a subject for another post.)
I've had a goal for quite awhile now to get $2,000 in savings for emergencies (e.g. car repairs, something breaking down, etc.). With this latest paycheck yesterday, I finally hit that goal, with $2,055.41!
This was thanks in large part to the $100 that is taken from my paycheck and put directly into savings. As someone who is not good with money will agree, in theory that's a great idea, but the money doesn't always stay there, and in my case it sure didn't.
I wonder what to do now that I've hit my goal. I still have considerable credit card debt (considerable to me, at least -- far less than my friend who is $50,000 in debt!) and am wondering if it would be a good idea to start putting that $100 toward the $500 I already set aside for credit card bills. I also am sticking my cards in the back of the freezer so I'm not tempted to use them. When I think about the things I could have right now (like, a house!) if I didn't have that debt just makes me sick. But I have good intentions, and that's a start.
Wasting money
One area I know I need to improve in is eating lunches out during the week. It wastes a HUGE amount of money, and I don't know why I do it other than I have a close co-worker friend with whom I eat out quite a bit. Coupling that with not always entering my ATM slips into my checking account until my next payday (I get paid twice a month), makes a recipe for disaster. It seems like I'm always in the minus, so then I pull money from savings to cover the difference.
I need to find a way to try and save a little money on lunches out. I think next week I will start my making my lunch the night before, twice a week to begin with and see how it goes. (Although many times even when I do that, my friend will ask me if I want to have lunch and I will go -- those times I think it's more for companionship than anything else, which is probably a subject for another post.)
16 January 2008
Financial Goal Reached
I've had a goal for quite awhile now to get $2,000 in savings for emergencies (e.g. car repairs, something breaking down, etc.). With this latest paycheck yesterday, I finally hit that goal, with $2,055.41!
This was thanks in large part to the $100 that is taken from my paycheck and put directly into savings. As someone who is not good with money will agree, in theory that's a great idea, but the money doesn't always stay there, and in my case it sure didn't.
I know wonder what to do now that I've hit my goal. I still have considerable credit card debt (considerable to me, at least -- far less than my friend who is $50,000 in debt!) and am wondering if it would be a good idea to start putting that $100 toward the $500 I already set aside for credit card bills. I also am sticking my cards in the back of the freezer so I'm not tempted to use them. When I think about the things I could have right now (like, a house!) if I didn't have that debt just makes me sick. But I have good intentions, and that's a start.
This was thanks in large part to the $100 that is taken from my paycheck and put directly into savings. As someone who is not good with money will agree, in theory that's a great idea, but the money doesn't always stay there, and in my case it sure didn't.
I know wonder what to do now that I've hit my goal. I still have considerable credit card debt (considerable to me, at least -- far less than my friend who is $50,000 in debt!) and am wondering if it would be a good idea to start putting that $100 toward the $500 I already set aside for credit card bills. I also am sticking my cards in the back of the freezer so I'm not tempted to use them. When I think about the things I could have right now (like, a house!) if I didn't have that debt just makes me sick. But I have good intentions, and that's a start.
07 January 2008
Poor Hillary
Does anyone else think that Hillary Clinton has the same crazed look in her eyes that Howard Dean had after the Iowa primary, right before his campaign imploded? (New Hampshire! Vermont! New York! Gaahh! Yaaah!)
This Sounds About Right
Although I still have a penchant for Edwards. I'd like to see them run together.
90% Barack Obama
89% John Edwards
86% Hillary Clinton
85% Chris Dodd
82% Dennis Kucinich
82% Mike Gravel
79% Joe Biden
78% Bill Richardson
45% Rudy Giuliani
34% John McCain
27% Mike Huckabee
25% Mitt Romney
24% Tom Tancredo
16% Fred Thompson
15% Ron Paul
2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz
90% Barack Obama
89% John Edwards
86% Hillary Clinton
85% Chris Dodd
82% Dennis Kucinich
82% Mike Gravel
79% Joe Biden
78% Bill Richardson
45% Rudy Giuliani
34% John McCain
27% Mike Huckabee
25% Mitt Romney
24% Tom Tancredo
16% Fred Thompson
15% Ron Paul
2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz
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