I just checked my bank account balance to be sure my paycheck went in...

 

it did

 

but I still only have $50.00 in there... :( :( :( :( because we are not only living "week to week"  we are living under that and my $600.00 over draft protection has been used waaaay too much the past few months and I am super stressed out...

 

Just got a call from the condo association that we owe about 3K in condo fees...

 

Have a shutdown notice from the electric company on the kitchen table...

 

and bills and bills and bills and bills...

 

I look back at the nice little budget I created when we bought a few years ago and wonder how I got here...

 

but it's easy...  the band broke up and I lost that income, and then I had a few unexpected bills on top of it all, and then we got behind on some credit cards, and then it all snowballed out of control until we got here...

 

And I have no idea how to get out. 

 

We don't spend money any more... I wear the same boring clothes... i have mastered the art of 100 different ways to make noodles for dinner...

 

I am thinking I am absolutely insane for having gone off my medication to try to get pregnant when we are faced with this shit right now... I can't get pregnant until we have OBVIOUSLY caught up with our bills... but how do we do that???

 

Husband is going to have to get a second  third job.  (He already does a camp for Japanese students in the summer) I have to figure out other ways to make money... 

 

Any advice???

 

I have never sold anything on Ebay before...  I was thinking of selling old books on Amazon and some video games and stuff on Ebay to make up some lost money... but I have never done that before, so I don't know if it is more aggravation/shipping costs than its worth??? Anyone have experience with that that they can share????

 

If I can make some quick money and pull us back from behind I feel like we will be back to treading water rather than drowning... I really wish life was free.

 

Wow... I am really stressed... can you tell????

 

Advice?????

 
   

 


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six24 on
Re: Money makes the world go around....
I too have been meaning to sell some of my stuff on eBay but haven't gotten around to it.  A good friend of mine constantly sells stuff there and never really has a problem with it.  I suppose once you [we] get started and realise just how easy it is, it'll be no biggie.  But for some reason I just can't get started.  Anyways, enough about me.  eBay is supposedly designed to be easy to sell whatever you want on there.  The shipping stuff, as long as you have a box to put it in, that's all you need.  Guess on your shipping costs, or go to the post office and get an estimate from them.  Good luck! 

littledosie on
Re: Money makes the world go around....
Husband and Bri will probably kill me, but I think we need to sell the Wii... (it is so much fun though...)

six24 on
Re: Money makes the world go around....
I would probably kill you too.  Maybe you should keep that as a good stree reliever =D

redwoodpecker on
Re: Money makes the world go around....
Buy gold.  Not to further stress you out, but it would be very bad idea to get pregnant any time soon.  Whether they call it a depression, a recession, or an economic downturn we're on the verge of some major financial failures.  The housing market falling apart is just the first of more to come.
ameriadian on
Re: Money makes the world go around....
I am sure it seems like there is no end in sight, but you will figure out a way. Is it possible to get a temporary part-time job? I know it would mean time away from the family but every little bit counts.

My husband has done the eBay thing before. You can include a shipping fee in the price of items so it is worth it for you. What about a yard sale? Would it be successful in your neighborhood?
doordie on
Re: Money makes the world go around....
Try not to let it overwhelm you, if you're going to be super stressed out over it you're going to do nothing but give yourself more problems with all the pressure you're going to put on yourself.  I'm not one to give much financial advice since my situation is always in shambles but maybe make up a budget consisting of what your neccesities are, and maybe what things you spend money on that you could do without for a little while.  Then take the difference or whatever and put them towards your bills or save it up for a rainy day when money gets low next time maybe.  If only I could take my own advice with my own money situation I'd be good to go.  haha
macoosh on
Re: Money makes the world go around....
i am up shit's creek w/o a paddle right now, money wise.  we're all screwed and we'd all help each other out if we weren't all in the same boat.  i have no idea what advice to give you.  honestly though, this might be a controversial thing to say, but what about seeing if Bri can get some print/commercial work?  Even if you just start an account for her when she turns 18.  She'd eat that sort of experience right up and it'll start her w/ a nest egg.  Maybe one you can borrow from until you get out of this temporary rut.  As long as you'll put it back b/c it's her money.  I've always thought of that as as something to try w/ my own kids someday.  They can have a bit of fun and a self esteem boost while unknowingly adding to a bank account that they can use when they graduate/get married/move out.  I dunno, it has pros and cons.  And this idea helps your situation now in no way....but it's something I've thought about.

 

Thanks again for being my guest blogger.  You were a hit and therefore will have to do it for me in the future.  You are waaaaay to popular over there, girl!!! 

 

Love you.  Tell the fam I said hi.  And tell them I hope you capture a leprechaun so you can get his pot of gold.


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