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a few notes for today

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:10:48 PST

My vacation is dwindling down and almost over with. Today was a fairly tame day again but overall a pretty good day.

I voted today. The only really important thing was Issue 3 about allowing Casino gambling in Ohio. I voted for it. I'm not much of a gambler myself but I think people...

A Few Updates and 2 Payday Updates

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:29:04 PST

Haven't been on this site hardly at all for a few weeks. I hate it that I missed reading so many posts.

Anyways I finally got the dental work done that I've been dreading. It was fairly minor stuff but EXTREMELY expensive. Insurance paid close to $1000 of it and I still have/had...

Darn colds, and a payday update.

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:07:00 PST

Well I caught a cold Sunday night. Been fighting it off the past 2 days with aspirin and Airborne. I always get sick as temps change. I am still in on Fern's heat challenge even though its been cold in here. My heat tried to kick on once but turned it off. I also had some strange
electrical...

CRAZY spending spree.

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:31:19 PST

Not really so crazy. But I did buy a couple unexpected things cause they were just too good to pass up.
Last night when leaving work several people were buying kitchen blenders. They were reduced down to one dollar. So I got one. I've never had a blender believe it or not but its...

Payday

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:52:06 PST

Well Thursday I got my first ever direct deposited paycheck. It was pretty easy and painless but for me I would rather still get a paper paycheck and take it to the bank. Maybe I'm old fashioned.

I deducted my regular budgeted amount and took out my spending money. My spending...

Payday update.

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:32:38 PST

Thursday was payday and at least i'm writing it down on here sooner than I usually do.
After my regular budgeted amounts I put $50 towards extra Principal on my mortgage. I put $72 towards paying myself back for the last car I had done. I now still owe myself $160 for that.
Putting...

Credit increase

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:42:22 PST

Got a letter from Chase that they raised my credit limit from $7000 to 10,000.

They really want me to spend some money.
It really doesn't matter cause I always charge basically the same things and pay them off when I get the bill.

Payday update

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:33:05 PST

Sorry to anyone that may read this for being so slow updating. I always say that I'm a bit of a slacker. And my payday updates are basically to help me keep track of things. It really does help.

Last Friday was my payday. After deducting my spending money and my regular budget it...

A few thoughts about winning a lottery. Sorry, very long winded.

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:57:12 PST

I bought a Mega Millions (Lottery) ticket the other day and of course it starts one to dreaming. I realize that the odds of winning a lottery are pretty bad. But I don't see anything wrong with playing once in a while responsibly. And eventually someone does win.
So FOREVER I've...

Payday Update Time Again.

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:26:36 PST

Gee it seems like paydays are coming up fast lately. Thats really a pretty good thing but it seems like life is passing by too fast sometimes.

Got paid last Friday. Put my usual $50 for extra Principal on my mortgage. I've been very good about that. Put a measly $9 into my E-Fund....

Car Repaired

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:48:26 PST

In my last post my cars warning lights were on and I had to take it in to fix whatever the problem was. I had hoped it was a free or low cost fix because the last time something similar happened it was just caused by a loose gas cap.

Well it turned out to be the alternater. The...

Payday Update Time

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:55:24 PST

Got paid this past Friday. It seems like it came quick this time since I posted my update like a week late last time.

Put my usual $50 extra into my Mortgage Principal, and put $10 into E-Fund. After
all my normal expenses were budgeted for
I had $110 left over for cushion in...

Belated Payday Update.

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:23:57 PST

Lots of excuses but got paid this past Thursday and am just now updating it on here. I should make a blog about my excuses for not posting on my blog. "Honest, the dog ate my blog. LOL.

Anyways. Put $50 as usual towards the Principal on my mortgage. Put $20 towards 2010 IRA. And...

Payday update time.

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:54:29 PST

Got my paycheck on Thursday night. Its been a little better lately than whats it was for a long time. It just depends on how much they cut my hours from week to week.

I haven't been able to save much of anything lately. Been focusing on keeping my head above water and all the basic...

Spent money on a service plan

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:20:43 PST

Decided to get a service plan added to my gas bill that covers any inside repairs to my gas or electric lines. I normally
have always felt these kinds of plans were a waste of money and refused to buy
into them. But weighing the pros and cons I think that right now its a good investment....

Payday update and couldn't get on here.

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:08:40 PST

Did anyone else have problems with this website the last couple of days? It set my virus scanner off with a trojan virus. Then the next day there were no blogs to read. I was surprised when I got on today and it looks like nothing had happened.

Anyways, today is payday. Its a real...

Vacation Pics Number 4

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:52:00 PST

Last entry for the vacation pictures of Costa Rica. I'm glad some of you enjoyed seeing them and I enjoyed showing them.

This is just a view of the forest from the canopy tour.

There were lots of leaf cutter ants and the sign points them out cause they bite.

Here...

Vacation Pics number 3

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:08:28 PST

Hope I didn't bore anyone with the pictures. I took an aweful lot(Over 600). Just sharing some random ones that might be of interest to some of you.

Nothing new financially except going back to work today. Thats tough after over 2 weeks off.

Don't know what this bird was...

Vacation pics number 2

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:06:42 PST

Here are some more Costa Rica pictures.
Thanks to everyone who took a look yesterday and for the comments.

Howler Monkey.

Oxcarts were what they first used to transport coffee so they are a very important symbol in Costa Rica.

This water slide was at...

Vacation pictures number 1

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:11:30 PST

Here are a few pictures from my vacation in Costa Rica.
These first pics were from a boat ride
on a river there. I think its called Sarapiqua river.
The third pic is of the "Jesus Christ" lizard that can run across the water. Unfortunately I didn't see them do that.
I'll post some...