We are trying to decide how to spend our tax refund. Luckily we have enough deductions that we won't be too effected by not getting the child tax credits that were given in the stimulus check earlier in 2008. That really sucked for my younger sister and her family. They had forgotten about the stimulus being more of an early return, and that it would come out of the returns now being filed. UGH...
When you expect to get a few thousand, it hurts to find out you aren't getting that.
We will have to pay off our recent washing machine and dryer purchases and Jordan's braces too. Then we hope to set aside some money for camping fees and gas this summer. We also will be doing a huge canned food shopping trip. I hope to put away a bunch to spend out over the next few months. That should help that paycheck to paycheck living situation.
Hoping that we both continue to keep our current jobs, but also feeling like we are a little more set for possible economy effects. UGH!
I wish we could get a savings account started, but it just NEVER happens. We already feel so strapped and broke all the time. We get to do little things, spending here and there, but it just isn't fun to feel bored, depressed, and what not.
I pulled out my scrapbooks the other night and it helps to browse them; looking at all the things we are grateful for, enjoy in life, and the time spent with our kids. I just wish we could get the kitchen remodeled, the house enlarged, the yard re-fenced... LOL
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