Weepy and tired, I can’t seem to get a decent sleep these days. Hudson is doing something, I don’t whether it’s teething or what but the kid is up about four times a night. I’ve been nursing laying down hoping to catch a few more Zzz’s while he eats, but my efforts are futile since he falls asleep as well, then falls off the boob and we’re right back to square one. I’ve tried to sit on the couch and watch a show while feeding him, attempting to keep my eyes open long enough but wake up minutes or hours later in the same situation.
Okay, so I’m getting sleep, just shitty sleep and it’s leaving me more and more weepy.
So weepy things like this leaving me in a ball of mush with Carter asking Mommy, wha happen? as I wipe away tears. Srsly. It gets me every time!
But! What do I do while the children are sleeping? Sit here, on the computer - but it’s important! Really. It is.
Remember a while back when I told you that we were starting a budget?
FAIL.
We made it about 2 months before the receipts stopped coming in and it was virtually impossible to track cash purchases (which Mike makes a lot of) so I quit. I was spending so much time trying to track things I couldn’t and it felt pointless.
But the budget is making a comeback!
I know, I know. I can sense your elation!
Snooping through Simple Mom’s archives (okay so the beginning of September) brought me to PearBudget and I fell in love with its simplicity and ease. I love the layout, font and graphics. So essentially, I am that vain and materialistic that I think the program will help me because it’s pretty. Because let’s face it: if we’re attracted to it, we’re likely to gravitate towards it - that’s my philosophy when it comes to budgeting because there ain’t nothing else that’s attracting me to crunching those numbers.
My tactic with Mike was that we can’t buy that new car he would like if we can’t manage our money and get ahead. So now he has a goal and I have mine what I need to get him us there.
I’ll be sure to update you in a month or so to let you know if we’ve succeeded or not.
[I'm banking on not. Bad. Sam]
Oh calm down.I never said this would be fun! and interesting!
But seriously, Maternity Leave has been kicking our asses financially. Since my income has been severely decreased (to about 50%) it’s difficult to stay on track and not get into debt.
I’ve been off work for just about 4 months.
I have another eight before I return, therefore budgeting is required, otherwise I will be blogging from the inside of a hopefully, very sturdy and wide fridge box. If you have one, let me know; or two - so I can have a double wide: homeless in style, yo.
But while I still have cable… tell me… why have I only found out about this Paris Hilton train wreck now? I just happened upon the cast/show/sneak peek while I was blogging in front of the television and got totally sucked in. It’s like ANTM meets Survior and The Simple Life. I can’t wait!
I’m giddy with anticipation!
Almost as much as starting my new budget!
Was my sarcasm dripping through your screen? So sorry.
I haven’t been watching much these days (except Weeds and Young and the Restless of course) but this season of new shows seems to be a little more trashy, a little more homewrecker-ish and a lot more TMZ style.
I think I’ve just about died and gone to heaven.
Do you think I can bring my television to my new double-wide cardboard box? Will you let me put it in your yard where I can scoop your cable and wifi?
Puh-leeease?
:::
P.S. Hey Wordpress. I hate your image thingy. It always screws up my pictures and makes my OCD flare up.
Now I need a drink.
Oh, you know I HEAR you on the sleep…and, MORE IMPORTANTLY on the PARIS HILTON new show. Cannot WAIT. I mean OMG!!!! And, it’s like Tila Tequila meets Rock of Love meets ANTM!!!
Hang in there with the sleep. You are NOT ALONE!!!!!!!!!! (she says one YEAR into not sleeping!)
good luck with the budgeting. I hear you on that one, too! xo!
September 24th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Oh you poor thing - if you were closer, I could help!
Well I signed up for PearBudget (omg it is SO pretty). If I get my spending under control, Daren and I should be able to sock away $3800/month. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha…yeah I think I forgot a few expenses and ‘ballparked’ too many as low.
September 24th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
I’d offer to sing you a lullaby, but then the children would be frightened and your ears would bleed. You want I should fedex some xanax?
September 24th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
The pay cut with maternity leave stinks. Luckily, I’ve been at my current job long enough to take mat leave at full pay if I need. All I need now is someone to finance the aftermath!
September 25th, 2008 at 7:47 am
@ Shania:
Yes. Xanax please. Make it a double.
September 25th, 2008 at 8:29 am
@ Karen Sugarpants:
See? Gorgeous!
Hahaha! $3800/month… why are you busting your ass designing?! You could be sipping martini’s while the maid did everything.
Okay, so that may be a bit of a stretch.
September 25th, 2008 at 8:31 am
I’m going to try it out… because I need to get back on track… or we’re never going back to disney world…
thanks
September 25th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Every time My Love says we need to go on a budget, I know that it will be forgotten within 3 days — 4, tops. She just can’t live with constraints on her freedom and that’s why I love her so.
September 25th, 2008 at 10:40 am
@ Heather @ Desperately Seeking Sanity:
Seriously. If I don’t do it, I won’t be able to leave my cardboard box. Ever.
September 25th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I wish we could budget. We are the un-budgeters. The problem is, when we add up the numbers to make a budget, we don’t actually have enough money to pay for everything we need to budget for. So that’s a problem.
So sorry about the sleep troubles. It’ll get better. But that’s no help when you’re only getting an hour of sleep at a time.
Hang in there.
September 25th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
i cannot budget to save my life. seriously. no matter how pretty it is
September 25th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I’m totally getting ready to start the PearBudget thing, too! Very exciting, actually… because we’ve sucked at it, also.
Another one that I’m considering is Mint.com — that one does some automatic retrieval of all our expenses, and since i’m lazy, that might be where I go. It’s free, too!
September 25th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Won’t you be my neighbor…in a double-wide community?
You can hunt free wi-fi together.
September 25th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Hmmm, I am tempted to try this.
November 11th, 2008 at 3:24 am
Good post.
November 15th, 2008 at 7:05 am
I completely agree
November 15th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Thanks a lot for this post
November 15th, 2008 at 4:44 pm