From 444express
January 1, 2012 at 11:32 am
Scroll down one post if you are looking for the traditional Happy Gnu Year post. Now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's get down to business.No new income yet this year ... (
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From 444express
December 31, 2011 at 7:33 pm
First of all, to all our blog readers:Now, on a forum which will remain unnamed, someone bragged about buying light beer-colored water from a warehouse store and paying what seemed ... (
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From 444express
December 29, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Made three more payments and that's it; will add to debt more before the year is up (yep, that's right - how very UN-Ramsey-esque and counter-intuitive our thrashings and flailings ... (
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From 444express
December 28, 2011 at 12:28 pm
Since I can't do the last update(s) of the year accurately, I won't do any at all. Actually - that's a bad attitude. I'll just do it and note that certain lines won't be calculatable. ... (
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From 444express
December 27, 2011 at 6:27 pm
Mr. 444's and Mrs. 444's credit:The missus':The mister's: ... (
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From 444express
December 22, 2011 at 6:21 pm
I'm not going to copy the whole spending log; I'll just add what's new to the total.December 22$25.00 NSF fee (oops! I do make that mistake... about once per year)December's spending ... (
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From 444express
December 22, 2011 at 1:37 pm
... and it's $91.27. That's $3.04 per day.Made a bunch of calculations that took the two of us about 1/2 hour to complete, and finally figured out how much we needed to repay ... (
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From 444express
December 21, 2011 at 9:37 pm
I'm hesitating to post lately because when I do post, I'm not sure that people are getting it at all. Maybe I should be more thorough and descriptive. You guys don't know our ... (
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From 444express
December 20, 2011 at 1:34 pm
The very slow card offer that is supposedly approved but possibly on hold (I have to wait for the ancient wheels of their machinery to send me my card or not) is driving me crazy ... (
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From 444express
December 18, 2011 at 10:33 pm
No one likes waiting, so that was a stupid post title. I am waiting for two new cards to arrive in the mail - the one that I am sure will arrive Monday or Tuesday, and the one ... (
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From 444express
December 18, 2011 at 11:12 am
I don't guarantee total accuracy, once again, but the end-of-month figures will definitely be very accurate. One of the reasons this is so prone to inaccuracy is that I'm not ... (
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From 444express
December 16, 2011 at 5:10 pm
Everyone add one or more. I will start:Likes "Not even reading greeting cards when they arrive in the mail, just pulling the checks out of them and forgetting about the cards ... (
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From 444express
December 16, 2011 at 4:12 pm
Isn't he just the dreamiest?... I'm procrastinating posting an update, if you haven't noticed.Bonus points if you can name his wrestling nickname. ... (
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From 444express
December 15, 2011 at 12:12 pm
... so that I can transfer the last of our debt to 0%. Check out the reference number:Welcome! We have reviewed and approved your recent credit card application, reference number ... (
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From 444express
December 14, 2011 at 12:35 pm
A year ago - well, since this mess started (story will be told someday! There's a story to it - it's not the usual overspending saga) I hoped I could transfer some of this debt ... (
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From 444express
December 13, 2011 at 8:31 pm
Back when we used to frequent restaurants (now it's about 2x per year, max) this was my stock-in-trade. About a zillion calories, but it should be worth every last one.http://amysfinerthings.com/sherrys-aussie-chickenThere ... (
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From 444express
December 12, 2011 at 7:48 pm
Mr. 444 is the kind of person you have to be careful talking around. If you say, "Hey, do you think we should - ", he is already doing it. Just voice an idea and you'll find ... (
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From 444express
December 11, 2011 at 5:11 pm
The breaking news around here is that we just moved two more debts to 0% interest (for one year.)Two other debts are now at 0% interest until July 2012.Another is at 0% until May.One ... (
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From 444express
December 8, 2011 at 3:44 pm
First, the spending log:December 1:$47.70 shiny, insufferably fancy knick-knack for GrandmaDecember 2: $72.85 warehouse food$38.52 food/household/Rx on deferred-interest credit$9.53 ... (
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From 444express
December 7, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Freebies: a check for $15 and coupons for $7 worth of free food from Company A. This is because I emailed them a complaint about one of their products; the complaint was legitimate, ... (
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From 444express
December 5, 2011 at 8:56 pm
Third installment in the "Get Stuff Done" series: (the new additions today are "Mr. 444's bathroom floor - and oh, you just can't comprehend what I mean. Think: Gas station bathroom ... (
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From 444express
December 4, 2011 at 5:09 pm
Pay comes in later this week, but I can't wait to make some progress so I've scraped around to find $25 here and $30 there in the checkbooks so I can nudge some balances downward. ... (
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From 444express
December 4, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Person-to-person loans are discussed frequently in a variety of forums and blogs, and now's my chance to have my say. This is an opinion piece, obviously, and my opinion may not ... (
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From 444express
December 4, 2011 at 12:03 pm
I never post about all of it, and I don't know how to summarize in a sentence about "that which I don't post about," but I'll reassure you that it's no one right here in this household. ... (
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