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Dec. 6th, 2007
I'm strange.
Dec. 6th, 2007 03:07 pmI currently have, in Excel because I do everything there it seems, a workbook that will print one page. It prints lines for folding the page thusly. It has a section in the middle...
Okay, this is faster.
* A printed page. (.pdf)
* The workbook itself. (.xls)
So lo, I make a little envelope, and I put money in there each time. That thing on the right is a scale, so's I can pencil over how much is in the envelope. (Pencil rather than pen because I might want to move money around.)
I want this because I am utterly awful at budgeting, because it's not real or tangible to me. Sooo, I'm wondering if it'd work instead to combine evelope budgeting with pictures, and a scale of how close I am to achieving that goal. I'm not even thinking about bills yet. I'm just thinking of things I'd like to save up to buy someday. Like a BlackBerry, or more yarn for this one thing, or things like that. If I can see both the object and the scale, I will be reminded that I want that thing, and I'll get all picky about finishing the scale.
I know there's a better way of doing it than Excel, but I haven't found it just yet. In the best possible universe, it'd be a page based off this. Eh, in the meantime.
Okay, this is faster.
* A printed page. (.pdf)
* The workbook itself. (.xls)
So lo, I make a little envelope, and I put money in there each time. That thing on the right is a scale, so's I can pencil over how much is in the envelope. (Pencil rather than pen because I might want to move money around.)
I want this because I am utterly awful at budgeting, because it's not real or tangible to me. Sooo, I'm wondering if it'd work instead to combine evelope budgeting with pictures, and a scale of how close I am to achieving that goal. I'm not even thinking about bills yet. I'm just thinking of things I'd like to save up to buy someday. Like a BlackBerry, or more yarn for this one thing, or things like that. If I can see both the object and the scale, I will be reminded that I want that thing, and I'll get all picky about finishing the scale.
I know there's a better way of doing it than Excel, but I haven't found it just yet. In the best possible universe, it'd be a page based off this. Eh, in the meantime.
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Dec. 6th, 2007 10:18 pmI swear to god I don't do this on purpose.
Chain of events:
- B's sisters' meth-head neighbours had a cat, Callie.
- Callie got pregnant, had five kittens.
- B's sisters found and homed three, and couldn't find the other two.
- Apparently yesterday, the meth-head neighbours moved out, and abandoned a cat.
- The cat is assumed to be one of the other two, that was missing.
- He's about 8 months old and is gorgeous gorgeous oh.
- And hey, Scout (B's sister's wife) is allergic to cats...
Sooo. Now there's a mowly cat in our bathroom. Which is where he will stay until he can get tested.
B's sisters have cat-homing connections, so they're going to look into finding a home for him, and also for Ocho, because why not? I, ah, asked them to focus more on Ocho first. And I feel weirdly guilty, like Ocho likes me and maybe she'll be jealous!, but then I stop and slap myself a bit. Heh.
Er, updates later; tired o'clock now.
Chain of events:
- B's sisters' meth-head neighbours had a cat, Callie.
- Callie got pregnant, had five kittens.
- B's sisters found and homed three, and couldn't find the other two.
- Apparently yesterday, the meth-head neighbours moved out, and abandoned a cat.
- The cat is assumed to be one of the other two, that was missing.
- He's about 8 months old and is gorgeous gorgeous oh.
- And hey, Scout (B's sister's wife) is allergic to cats...
Sooo. Now there's a mowly cat in our bathroom. Which is where he will stay until he can get tested.
B's sisters have cat-homing connections, so they're going to look into finding a home for him, and also for Ocho, because why not? I, ah, asked them to focus more on Ocho first. And I feel weirdly guilty, like Ocho likes me and maybe she'll be jealous!, but then I stop and slap myself a bit. Heh.
Er, updates later; tired o'clock now.