Already 10:00 and all I've done is drink coffee and read online this morning. I need to get motivated and get some stuff done.

Today I will sort more stuff for a yardsale. Need to turn on the radio to take my mind off how tired I am already. No money will be spent today. Have to take my medicine and try to stop worrying and start working. Dinner will be veggies and meat cooked on the grill. Lunch will be leftovers and/or sandwiches and soup. Breakfast? Maybe I'll have some toast.

I'm making a commitment to pay all of my bills and not waste any money and think about every purchase for necessities I make. I will seperate out some of my gallon of milk and add instant dry milk to it to make it stretch further this week. Dh won't drink it but I will so that will save money. All of my laundry is done for the week or at least untill Wednesday. I vow to hang clothes up instead of using my dryer next week. I think I will save money doing this. Dh has 2 more days off so I'm going to get him to help me set up the yard for the sale. It will be like pulling teeth but I've got to have some help cause I don't know how to move trailers around. I already told him I needed it done but will have to remind him a few times. Oh well.

There is a food bank I can go to on Monday to get semi-fresh veggies. Think I have enough for this week so may wait till Friday and see what I can get while I run my weekly errands. I go to a needlcraft class once a week but think I will stop going for awhile as it does cost money for class (altough not much) but add in the gas and it's pretty much a luxury but has been my saving grace for chatting with people in real life.

Got my telephone bill down to $121.00 a month now and that includes all the long distance I need on my home phone and 3 cell phones. Can't get out of the contract without oweing them over $150.00 and with my child in another state now and still being so young, I need the daily contact. If I cut off the cells then I would just add more worry to my life and I don't need that right now.

I asked dh to turn down the water heater thermostat for me a couple of weeks ago because it's way to hot but he has yet to do it so I will figure out how to do it myself today. That should save me some money. Just got word my internet service is lowering their fee to $9.95 a month and not billing until the end of this month so like getting a month and 1/2 free service. That will help.

I'm pretty much in this by myself. My child knows our financial situation better than my dh does. That's sad but it's a reality and not one I can change. Dh is already on anitdepressants and I can't risk making him worse. I have tried to broach the subject of our finances with him recently and he just says, "pay the bills" "I don't want to hear it" and "I want the collection calls to stop this month!." Sigh........

Ok, I got that out, now off to work on the yardsale!