Quote From: queentweenWHy can't you delete a title onthis new board???? Ok, .
Conservation. We are a military family on one income with a little that I bring in on occasion-sometimes more! I have committed to, since the increase in gas prices, one day a week without starting the van, 2 days a week with fewer than 10 miles travelled, and 3 days fewer than 20 miles travelled- one day is a free for all! We live in the country, so we have to get in the car to go anywhere- to give you an idea, if I want to buy a soda, I have to drive 12 miles. While this has limited our freedom of travel- I do have a cleaner house, a better stocked home, and more time to spend with the kids doing projects- plus we are using less gasoline, and money! And, if we run out of something on our no travel day, we just go without- which doesn't hurt us at all. With school around the corner, we will adapt our schedule. (My daughter will be in pre-K on M,W,F at a school 15 miles away, so we will just not travel at all on 2 days a week- no big deal-no busing of course) If you can just concentrate on NOT spending money, and work on the backlog, it will be ok- best of luck to everyone on our financial journeys!
Hi, if you want to correct the title -- BACKSPACE then you can delete, the HOME & END key works there.
I too have cut back drastically on car gas - strange thing is, I'm paying more now for a 1/2 tank of gas and making it last 2 weeks. It's going to get harder up here - they're talking about raising heating gas to $13 a mccf unit. That means they figured out my budget amount wrong and I need to get it corrected as soon as possible. I'll send them $160 a month instead of the $148 that they are asking for. Maybe it won't be such a nasty situation next summer. I sure hope so. If it increases, I'm going to have to work it out and make sure that I don't get hit with a really nasty bill next summer.
