imafirecracker's Journal

Need to buy wood pellets

(imafirecracker) — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:14:22 PST

If we are going to stay in our house over the winter, we need to buy wood pellets. The sooner the better since the energy market will go through the roof this season.
The problem is, we aren't sure we're going to stay. We can't make up our minds. It will probably be best to stay...

sold another book yesterday

(imafirecracker) — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:37:26 PST

I'm off to the post office after this. I sold it for $6, and had originally bought it for college. It was just collecting dust! It always perks me up when I make a sale.

We've been looking at houses and very slowly making progress on the house. I did a very thorough job painting...

spent $20 on lunch

(imafirecracker) — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:51:36 PST

It's restaurant week and I was able to go with some co-workers to an excellent restaurant. I know I wouldn't have ever gone except for the discounted rate (and reservation) today. So I went and thoroughly enjoyed myself.
Since I may not work in the city anymore, I figured I better...

Sorry for my lack of posts

(imafirecracker) — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 12:31:46 PST

I have written 2 extremely long posts on here in the past few weeks and they weren't posted for whatever reason. When I hit the Add Entry button - they vanish!
Here's to hoping this works...

Anyway, things have been very good but stressful for us. We are working on selling our...

Website ate my entry

(imafirecracker) — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:33:49 PST

It's been awhile since I posted. I actually wrote an extremely long post last week but it was lost somehow when I hit the Add Entry button.

The bad news is: we have less money right now than we have in about 3 years. I didn't think we'd make it this low but it was a combination...

groceries today

(imafirecracker) — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 10:42:08 PST

The normal total for groceries today was $78, but we only spent 37 due to store sales and coupons. I bought the Sunday newspaper last week and used 8 coupons from it! It ended up paying for itself.
I left a message with the newspaper to see how much Sunday delivery would be. It's...

$200 off

(imafirecracker) — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:21:54 PST

After even more aggravation than I vented about on this site, we received $200 off our furnace installation. It's ridiculous what they've put us through and its not even done yet!

Oh well, even though it was stressful it was worth $200 in cash.

Tonight my sister comes over and...

Presents bought

(imafirecracker) — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 06:47:16 PST

I bought the father's day present yesterday and my sister's birthday present during my lunch break yesterday. $20 earrings, from her favorite store which isn't near her house. She actually hangs their bags on her wall because they're so beautiful.

Tonight will be a cleaning extravaganza...

furnace going in today, and tomorrow...

(imafirecracker) — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 07:23:26 PST

The furnace is finally going in today. They were only two hours late - thank you very much. And then they tell us it will take them 2 days to do the job! No one said anything about 2 days until it was too late. They just assume we can stay home to watch our house. GGrr....I'm going...

sale at Filenes

(imafirecracker) — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 09:34:21 PST

We had coupons for 20% off an entire purchase at Filenes AND they were having great clearance sales. We bought a lot of much needed as well as luxury items (such as a glass pitcher for serving guests).

Our lawn mower also died today so we bought a new one at Sears.

Gave away...

Not a good day

(imafirecracker) — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 06:58:25 PST

Today was supposed to be a good day - boy did that change quickly! We both took the day off from work because we had to bring our cat to the vet for his next-to-last check up and needed to be home because our new furnace was to be installed.

I went to the vet - surprise, his wound...

it's beautiful outside!

(imafirecracker) — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 06:31:35 PST

I primed the door last night and made the soup. Things are really rolling along...

Tomorrow is our anniversary and we are splurging on ourselves. We're helping teach a class in the morning, and then it's out for dinner at a fancy restaurant.

On Sunday, we're getting a couples...

soup tonight

(imafirecracker) — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:05:44 PST

I've decided to make a list each week of one chore that I'll accomplish each workday/weekday. I work M-F, and it seems like my weekend is never long enough because I'm doing chores all weekend long. I commute 4 hours a day - so that's where most of my time goes.

This week:

paint...

home depot card

(imafirecracker) — Fri, 27 May 2005 06:00:00 PST

I figured out this morning that if we pay $130 a month for the Home Depot card, we'll have it paid off by the time the no payments no interest time is up. That should be a piece of cake. Tonight I'm going to set up automatic transfers on my bank's website so I won't have to think about...

New furnace

(imafirecracker) — Thu, 26 May 2005 06:18:07 PST

So, we bought a new furnace. It had to be done what with the New England winters and our highly ineffecient boiler. It was oil and someone converted it to gas somewhat illegally. Another $6000 in debt!

We got a great deal with Sears and we don't have to pay for it for one year....

sold another book on half.com

(imafirecracker) — Wed, 25 May 2005 10:19:54 PST

For 80 cents - nothing to talk about. Oh well, it's a teeny step forward to getting rid of clutter.

That means I have to go to Staples tonight to buy padded envelopes, I had to buy one from the post office last time which was not worth it.

DH is working lots of OT this week...

$35 for groceries!!

(imafirecracker) — Mon, 16 May 2005 06:14:04 PST

Aside from the rain, this weekend was excellent.

I went alone grocery shopping - with my new car - and only spent $35! My goal is $50. I used several coupons and combined one with a sale. One coupon I used was from this site, for a free pack of Celestial Seasonings tea.

I got...

Banking

(imafirecracker) — Fri, 13 May 2005 10:11:02 PST

I finished the banking today, and am sending out all bills and mail on my way home after work. What a relief! Not only to get it done, but to get the clutter off my desk!

I'm planning a major reorganization of our office this weekend. We have so much paper on our desk, and empty...

Bought a used car

(imafirecracker) — Wed, 11 May 2005 10:34:00 PST

I ended up buying a used car last weekend. I got a very good deal on it because I bought it from a rental car company.There are some cosmetic problems in the interior, but I don't care - especially when it saves me over $1,000 smackeroos!

I just need to register it now. Ahh..always...

neighbors' yard sale

(imafirecracker) — Thu, 05 May 2005 06:11:03 PST

My next door neighbor said she'll be having a yard sale with a few other neighbors and offered me to join in.
I don't think I have anything, since we try to keep the clutter down and having been giving things away on Freecycle a lot, but I will look.

We did this last year, and...