Yesterday I told you part one of this story, here's part two. On Saturday I was going over our finances, paying bills, etc. I used to allow DirecTV to take the money directly from my checking account, but after some problem with the auto-payment I now have the payment being pulled from a credit card. Then I make a BillPay payment through my checking account to the credit card. I remembered last month that DirecTV was higher than it normally… Read the rest

I had this vague memory of posting here at my blog about getting three new satellite boxes from DirecTV but I cannot find the post! I guess I never posted about it. Okay, so the back story first.  A couple of months ago I wanted to watch a Pay Per View movie.  I looked at the movies available and there were only three or four and those were duplicated several times.  I had found that to be the case a… Read the rest

My birthday was last month, I turned 47.  My mother, mother-in-law and my boss gave me cash adding up to close to $100.  I'm no good at applying birthday money to credit card debt, I admit it. Since embarking on my heal my gut crusade, I've managed to drop some pounds and all my clothing was starting to droop. Even my belt was wearing out from being punched with an ice pick once too many times. My hubby bought me… Read the rest