True Confessions | Out of Debt Again

Really Stupid Decisions

By Mrs. Accountability on October 7th, 2008

I really hate it when I let something slip by for months and months. Grrrrr! Back in May… on May 2nd to be exact, I ended up deleting my ring tone on my phone. You see, I needed to save something on my phone, I think Mr. A sent me a picture or something, [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Counting Your Chicks Before They Hatch

By Mrs. Accountability on August 22nd, 2008

I was a city girl all my life, but always dreamed of owning a piece of land with a few hens for eggs and room enough for a big garden. Mr. A shared that dream and 7 years ago we moved out to the country. Interestingly, we’ve actually been able to experience some of [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

If You Drive A Lot, Make Sure You Have Towing Insurance

By Mrs. Accountability on August 12th, 2008

On Sunday I blogged about how it looked like our debt had only increased by $1400, which I figured made sense since we bought $2400 worth of machinery for Mr. A’s business. We were able to absorb $1000, I happily rationalized.

That was before yesterday happened.

Around 10am, Mr. A calls me to let [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

I’m Gold

By Mrs. Accountability on July 28th, 2008

I don’t brag about myself very much but I just have to spout off a little about our successful event at work last Friday. We had nearly 80 prizes to give away and if it hadn’t been for me, we wouldn’t have had nearly as many prizes. Everyone kept saying it was our best [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

I Can’t Believe I’ve Done It Again

By Mrs. Accountability on July 24th, 2008

I’ve lost a check. This isn’t the first time I’ve done this. This one is for $220!!!!!

I have these crystal clear memories of the check: opening the check when it arrived in the mail bringing it into the house with the rest of the mail our youngest son looking at it and asking [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Cast The Beam Out of My Own Eye

By Mrs. Accountability on July 16th, 2008

Matthew 7:5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

The day after I wrote this post about my mom’s $6480 washing machine, I read this post from Jesse at The Penny Saved: [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

How’s Your Energy Level? Adrenal Fatigue Explored

By Mrs. Accountability on July 8th, 2008

This post is about my experience with adrenal fatigue and some thoughts on how to combat the tiredness.

My energy level is terribly low. My entire life I’ve never been very energetic and in the past year to my dismay I’ve been slowing down even more. I had to see my primary care [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

I’m Going to Start eBaying Again

By Mrs. Accountability on June 30th, 2008

A couple of weeks ago I thought I’d give eBay another try. After all I have all this stuff laying around that “might be worth something on eBay”.

I researched a broadband router that I’d bought from my old boss about four years ago. It looked like several had been bid on and sold [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Depressed Beyond Words

By Mrs. Accountability on March 4th, 2008

Today’s post feels embarrassing and humiliating. I want to be successful and make great strides in our debt reduction. I don’t want to keep going further into debt.

But maintaining my positive outlook, I have to remind myself that the choices we made last year were for a reason. Something happened that had to [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

My Money Story - The Forties

By Mrs. Accountability on January 19th, 2008

In November 2006 we made an important and necessary decision that would allow us to move on with our lives. Our income dropped but the bills were still there. We had to use credit cards to cover bills and groceries for several months.

And now we stand here, thousands of dollars in debt and [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]