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Posted: 01-21-08 13:01pm
yes, but an average of 1000-1200 a month,
it's still chump change. Besides I'm sure
I spend more on my snackies than he does
on smoking. Again it's a habit that makes
him happy and in turn makes me happy
because he's really the only one I see day
in and day out.
It's a lot better than a pack of
cigarettes a day, which is more than $3 a
pack.
Anything you buy on a daily/weekly basis
adds up. I understand it would be nice for
him to quit, but I don't want an
angry/upset Earl in the house. Plus he
does it outside so it's not like he's
endangering my life/baby's life.
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jessesgirl
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Posted: 01-21-08 13:05pm
Well don't complain about not having food.
I'm done trying to help you.
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Lilly Ivy
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Posted: 01-21-08 13:11pm
I never complained about not having food.
I only said I couldn't cook any because we
didn't have water, but now we do and I can
cook again. And how where you trying to
help me? you've only asked questions then
said Earl would have to quit smoking and
turn off the internet for everything to
run smoothly...
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Re: Things could definitely be better (rant) Posted: 01-21-08 13:16pm
Lilly Ivy
wrote:
Where to start?
Not that big of deal, but we are currently
at the end of our ropes for money. We
still have not bought food for this week,
I still can't figure out what they have
been eating during the day. But Earl's mom
gave us some deer meat (they have about 3
full deer in a freezer, processed of
course) when we were there. They live 400
miles away, so it's not like we can go get
more. So I've cooked that for the past two
days. Which that's it, plus I've been
eating my oranges and down to my last
apple, so I'm not sure what else there
is.
I'm getting dehydrated.
There it is. I was giving you tips on how
to cut back and have a little extra cash.
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Lilly Ivy
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Posted: 01-21-08 14:16pm
ok so I did a little. But not to the point
where we were starving. Like I said we
have plenty, just hard to cook with no
water.
For some reason, we always seem to be
broke by the week's end. Anyone else seem
that way? I think it's because since we
have it, we think we have to spend it. I
try my hardest to keep us from spending
it, and when he has a bigger paycheck, it
usually works. We always seem to do better
on buying food when we are struggling for
money, if that makes any sense.
Thank you for you help though.
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Ingi
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Posted: 01-21-08 14:26pm
Where is his son? How does he support him?
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Lilly Ivy
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Posted: 01-21-08 14:33pm
He lives with Earl's parents up in the
northern panhandle of WV. (PA and OH are
both 5 minutes away) Everyday expenses his
parents pay for, and Earl will
occasionally reimburse them, especially
with his taxes. Earl pays for his clothes
and big things like that. He comes down
during the summer, so this should be
interesting with the new baby We go up
once a month (not now, he doesn't want me
traveling, but he's still going) to see
him and spend the weekend with him. For as
much as he doesn't see his dad, I'm
surprised at how attached he is to him.
and as soon as we can support ourselves
completely and he's off his CHIP, he's
gonna move down with us for good, which
I'm looking forward to.
We go up
once a month (not now, he doesn't want me
traveling, but he's still going) to see
him and spend the weekend with him. For as
much as he doesn't see his dad, I'm
surprised at how attached he is to him.
and as soon as we can support ourselves
completely and he's off his CHIP, he's
gonna move down with us for good, which
I'm looking forward to.