The Sears guy came and fixed the drier. It was a blown ignitor, however, he also found a load of lint in the vent and a dead bird. Yucky. Called landlord to ask her to replace the vent. Needless to say, with a working drier, I will be doing laundry all afternoon.
So one of my goals was to post random items on craigslist to try and sell. I sold a couple of items for $50 this morning and another lady will hopefully stop by later today which will earn us another $10. Yippee!!! I've got to sit down, crunch some numbers and decide what to put it towards. It would be nice to use it as fun money (such as take the family to the movies money or something) but more practically could be used for debt, of course.
I've been reading Suze Orman's book. The chapter that is the most applicable to me at the moment is the one on debt. I got so excited that she suggested to open a new checking account. It always seemed like such a cheesy thing to do for a money mismanager, so her suggestion gave me the go ahead to do it. I've thought for years about making a switch to WaMu because they give you free checks for life. Hey, that's $16 per year I don't have to spend, right? I was going to do that immediately, but need my husband's driver's license number first. I don't want to call him at work and bother him. What am I to say, "Suze Orman says to open a new checking account"? Laughing...I am a dork supreme.
I'm a rambler not a gambler
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