Monthly Archives: July 2009

The Deal We Got On Our Air Conditioner

spending money
It was still expensive, but it would have been a lot more had it not been for Mr. Fierce generously allowing Mr. A to purchase a unit at cost.  So far the unit was $1500 and the duct work modifications have come to just over $400.  And Mr. A was able to do the entire installation himself, so there was no cost there. It was really horrible here while the air conditioner was out.  It would get as hot as… Read the rest

Air Conditioning Woes II – The Home Version

spending money
Yesterday Mr. A called me and asked if I had a minute… he needed to talk to me.  Whenever he prefaces a conversation like that, I have to take a deep breath and tell myself everything's going to be okay.  He was calling me around 12:30pm and apparently he'd already done everything he could to try to fix the problem, but had been unable.  So he finally had to call and share the bad news with me. The compressor on… Read the rest

Found Money

referrals-and-rewards
A couple of days ago I was doing Mr. A's banking and I'd forgotten to take photocopies of the checks I was depositing. I have asked the bank before, but I really don't like imposing on them for something I should have already done. His accounts are at a credit union and I was at a branch within a grocery store. The grocery store had a copy machine, so I decided to spend 10 cents and get a copy myself.… Read the rest

June 2009 Monthly Report

Monthly Reports
I'm going to get back to making monthly reports.  I have got to get back to tracking our finances more carefully. Mr. A was saying he would be willing to start writing checks if that would help, because swiping the plastic just seems to lessen the effect of money being spent. We were under budget on some items, but overbudget on others. We're going to try to crack down on this budget.  And I need to make some credit card… Read the rest