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Post by zibazinski on Feb 23, 2014 15:26:46 GMT -5
I'm glad you came on and updated us.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Feb 24, 2014 10:32:00 GMT -5
I'm glad you came on and updated us.
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Post by KaraBoo on Feb 25, 2014 23:28:55 GMT -5
Quick update on the ongoing saga of my life. I had my yearly evaluation today. I've only seen the report the President filled out, but she let me know that my non-manager had also sent her a report on her opinion and thoughts on my performance (I haven't seen it, but the manager said she would share it with me if I wanted to see it - heck yes!). Even after all of the issues I've had this past year, the President said she appreciated me being so brutally honest and self-aware of my issues, but did not agree with the "developing" performer I had rated myself and instead rated me as "significant" performer. I have no idea what that translates to, or if it even translates to, a raise, but I'll find out in the next couple of weeks. The company started a new evaluation process this year, so merit raises are set by ratings rather than by the individual evaluators (which is how it's been done in the past - and they'd tell you what % they were recommending right then). My best guess is 2% (if I'm lucky!). Anyway...I'm really glad that is over.... And for those who might have missed it: I am now considered a "rogue process" by my computer software administrator! I'm still laughing about it! I talked to the manager today about it because I still have not responded to the last email. She laughed and said she appreciated me forwarding my original response to her so she would know what was going on...but she had to confess that she only had one thought while reading it.....that I responded pretty much exactly the same way she would have responded and that while she thinks that's a great thing, the system administrator obviously doesn't! She said when I finally did respond to the latest email that I just needed to make sure I kept my reply truthful, respectful and professional (all of which I have already done, so, check!). "Rogue Process".....that's just great!!
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 26, 2014 6:39:15 GMT -5
I think they rated you better than you rated yourself. Great news!
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Post by KaraBoo on Mar 1, 2014 9:57:06 GMT -5
Morning guys! I have a question about Mint. I don't think I'm using it correctly - or if I am....we have a LOOONNGGG way to go! I have our budget set up for the first month and it gives a quick overview: Income: $4950.00 Spending: -$4745.00 Goals: -$1468.00
Left over: -$1263.00
I started about the 2nd week in February and there were some some categories I marked as "rolling" over and some I didn't. Is this affecting that negative number? Or am I really over budget by that amount? The goals include our credit card and loan payments (minimums). I guess the spending includes all of my budget categories? Any ideas to help me with this?
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Post by NastyWoman on Mar 1, 2014 18:03:07 GMT -5
Kara, I have never used Mint so I have to ask -> what are these "goals" that are putting you into such a big hole? Is it debt repayment? Saving for certain things? Something else all together? We, as a group, may be able to throw in some ideas with additional information.
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Post by KaraBoo on Mar 1, 2014 19:49:05 GMT -5
The "goals" are simply our credit cards and loan, plus money into savings per month:
Loan: $463 (one personal loan) CC: $955 (minimums on all CCs - includes Lowes, BOA, GM, Kohls, Sears, and line of credit) Savings: $50
Total $1468
I've played with the budget numbers some....
I now have our medical spending account reactivated as of this past week, so what had been on the list for medical is now removed (doctor, dentist and pharmacy). Those items are now being paid for out of pre-tax dollars, so I don't need to have a budget category for them in the system.
Removing those items only dropped the numbers to -$903. <sigh>
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Post by KaraBoo on Mar 1, 2014 19:51:12 GMT -5
Oh! I forgot to add...the income is based off of our minimum paychecks - without any overtime.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Mar 1, 2014 20:06:50 GMT -5
You also have another child err - mouth to feed. Is your BIL paying any rent or room & board yet or contributing in any way financially toward household expenses?
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Post by KaraBoo on Mar 1, 2014 20:08:34 GMT -5
LOL!! Wrong poster! That would be Home6 with the extra mouth, not me. Although, I do have 4 teenagers....
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Mar 1, 2014 21:52:07 GMT -5
Oops - I think because of our weather, I have a good excuse for that brain-freeze today.
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Post by flutterby on Mar 1, 2014 22:16:40 GMT -5
KaraBoo, I just started using Mint, too, so I'm not much help, but yes, I believe the goals put you over budget by that much. Think of them as bills, so added to your actual bills, you're in the hole. So say your bills are $800 and income is $1000. That only allows you $200 toward your goals. So far I'm really liking Mint. It's great seeing where all (ha ha [img src="  images.proboards.com/new/wink.png" src="http://images.proboards.com/new/grin.png" style="max-width:100%;"] my money actually goes! I hope it works well for you, too!
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Post by truthbound on Mar 5, 2014 2:00:21 GMT -5
Drop the boat and cell phones. Problem solved.
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Post by zibazinski on Mar 6, 2014 9:17:14 GMT -5
Boat is gone already. You're digging yourself out bit by bit. It took awhile to get there, it'll take awhile to get out.
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Post by KaraBoo on Apr 20, 2014 15:09:11 GMT -5
Happy Easter everyone! Thought I'd post another update - keep myself honest and all that jazz! LaLa has a job!!! YAY!!! It's not much and it currently is only on the weekend for about 10 hours a week, but it is something (working at Dollar General). She graduates in less than 6 weeks, so we're planning that party, her Prom and how to get her vehicle back in top working order (she's still using our vehicles half the time). Our Suburban took another $900 to fix completely. DH worked on it for a month before we finally broke down and took it to the shop two weeks ago (helped that we got our income tax return - which used all of it plus most of our savings). DH didn't feel so bad that it took a lot of diagnostic testing on the shop's part to find out it was the fuel pump going out instead of all of the other suggestions we were getting from everyone else (not one person, including the shop, suggested it was the fuel pump based on what it was doing). Rowdy (SS) is still bringing grades up. I fear he will still fail several of the classes as there just isn't enough time left in the school year to dig himself out of how deep he went with the grades. We're not focusing on the failing grades, just his effort to bring the grades up at this point. One conversation with his mom highlighted exactly how different her thinking is from ours and how much she has hindered her son by not holding him accountable to his actions (we should just "allow" him to fail without consequence because it's expected that a child will make mistakes. Uh....sure! NOT! I expect a child to learn from their mistakes, not tell me that it's not their fault and I'm being too hard on them by not buying their lies.). Money is still eh... We're paying all of our bills except two - the boat (which has been returned) and one credit card (which is the same as before - no changes). Everything else is up to date and paid on time. We had money in savings, but that has dwindled down because of vehicle repairs, so I'm focusing on bringing it back up for the next emergency. Work is going ok - I went to a conference last week (paid for by work) that I learned a lot from. I also went to a prep-class to learn what areas I'm deficient in to become certified in my job. If I can get certified, then I'll have a lot more marketability if things ever change with my position. I plan on taking the certification test next Spring (there is a time restriction on it - the earliest I'll be qualified to take it is November and the last testing cycle this year is October, so I have to wait until Spring to take the test). Anyway - I'm still keeping on and life's still rolling along!
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Post by tcu2003 on Apr 20, 2014 15:52:29 GMT -5
Thanks for the update, karaboo! And yay for LaLa getting a job!
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Post by Sharon on Apr 20, 2014 18:30:55 GMT -5
Yay for LaLa. How is prom dress coming along?
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Post by KaraBoo on Apr 20, 2014 18:55:10 GMT -5
I forgot that I posted about the prom dress.... I....uuhhh....I....gave up.... Not because it's too difficult or anything, but because my life is just way too crazy right now to add one.more.thing. I told my friend about buying the material and she went NUTS! She really gave me the once over about taking on too much when I didn't have a handle on some of the basics I've been struggling with. She then sent me a list of stores to check out that I had never been to before that supposedly had reasonably priced dresses in our area. LaLa and I when to the stores the next day and found a dress exactly what she was looking for, in the color she wanted, in her size and just a little over what I wanted to spend ($120). My friend was right - just the thought of having to sew the dress (even though I really wanted to and I know it would look gorgeous) was stressing me out because of the extra work involved. Once we found the dress, I had peace with the decision. We even found matching shoes for $5 and beautiful jewelry to go with it for another $5. I confessed to DH when we got home (before he saw the dress) that I spent more money than I should have on the dress. His response: "My daughter only gets to go to Prom once, I don't care how much you spent, I know she's going to look beautiful." I love my DH!!
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Post by taz157 on Apr 20, 2014 19:07:24 GMT -5
Thanks for the update, karaboo! And yay for LaLa getting a job! Dealing with the prom dress, I totally understand. I think $130 for the whole thing is still a steal! I hope she has a great time! I'm sure she'll look absolutely gorgeous in her dress.
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Post by raeoflyte on Apr 20, 2014 23:05:08 GMT -5
Thanks for the update, karaboo! And yay for LaLa getting a job! Dealing with the prom dress, I totally understand. I think $130 for the whole thing is still a steal! I hope she has a great time! I'm sure she'll look absolutely gorgeous in her dress. Yeah that! Sent from my ADR6410LVW using proboards
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Apr 21, 2014 9:42:52 GMT -5
Wait, the boat's been returned to you? I thought it was repossessed? I'm confused.
But good job on the dress for LaLa and her getting a job. Can you return any of the stuff you bought for making the dress? And is the younger one smirking about it? I remember you saying that she was saying things along the lines of "I'm not wearing a home made dress"
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Post by taz157 on Apr 22, 2014 20:46:52 GMT -5
Wait, the boat's been returned to you? I thought it was repossessed? I'm confused. IIRC, they returned the boat to the loan company for them to sell to help settle the debt. I don't think the loan company has sold it yet (unless I missed that) so they are still waiting on what's left to pay to settle the debt.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Apr 22, 2014 21:06:07 GMT -5
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It was.. but it still has to be re-sold and the money from the sale applied toward the loan that was given to purchase it in the first place as far as I understand it).
It will also sell at a depreciated value from the original ticket price it was bought new.
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Post by Sharon on Apr 22, 2014 21:23:16 GMT -5
on the prom dress. I am sure LaLa will be beautiful and that she will have a wonderful time.
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Post by KaraBoo on May 9, 2014 18:30:06 GMT -5
Hi Guys! Tonight is Prom - thought I'd share a picture of LaLa. She's so pretty!! The dress was the most expensive part: Dress: $130 Shoes: $5 Jewelry: $5 Hair & Makeup (done at a local beauty college): $35 She paid for the Prom tickets (Prom & After-Prom party ) herself from her job - and she's looking forward to working more once she graduates in 3 weeks! YAY!!
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on May 9, 2014 18:35:14 GMT -5
She looks lovely!
And the dress can be worn again - it looks like the way it's designed, the over-skirt/train could even easily be removed at the waistband with minor alterations in the future if desired.
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Post by KaraBoo on May 9, 2014 18:42:50 GMT -5
I tried really hard not to laugh while she was getting ready. This girl is all about comfy - no makeup, comfortable shoes, hair up in a pony tail or bun. Wash and wear should be her motto - she hardly ever dresses up for ANYTHING.
Some of the comments she was making had me chuckling to myself while offering some encouraging words.
I hadn't thought about repurposing the dress with alterations - that's a great idea!
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2014 18:45:15 GMT -5
She looks beautiful!
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on May 9, 2014 18:52:54 GMT -5
I gave some more thought to the sheer over-skirt and my earlier suggestion. Since the "hem" and top of the white over-skirt are tinted (dyed) to match the dress. If it were ever removed, it would make a lovely matching shawl to go with that dress.
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Post by Apple on May 9, 2014 19:10:42 GMT -5
Beautiful I'm not a shoe-person, but those shoes are adorable! Great deal on those.
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