I Am Making a Budget!
By Lynn, on June 11th, 2007
I don’t have anything exciting to write about today. In fact, I’ve been downright depressed today over the cost of living. I am going to have to cut more corners. I am going to have to make a very strict budget on paper using figures I know we can count on and then stick to it no matter what.
There are just too many bills and not enough money, and yet we do NOT live extravagantly. What is a family to do?
I was reading in People magazine today as I waited in line at the check-out in Wally World about the Duggars. Whew. Their grocery bill was said to be 2,000 dollars a month. I guess mine seems small compared to that. I guess. It’s just costing me so much these days. What we are able to afford seems so out of proportion to how much time we have to enjoy it. (We cannot afford much and it seems we work all the time.)
I was in Sam’s Club not long ago and noticed Why We Want You To Be Rich. The blurb explaining the item said that the rich in this country are growing richer and the poor are growing poorer and soon there will be no in between.
Scary.
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About Lynn
I am the mother of four delightful children: a 23-year-old son, a 20-year-old son, a 17-year-old son, and a bright and bubbly 13-year-old daughter. I share an apartment home with my 17-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter. My little home on the internet is called Rose Cottage because of my love for gardening, roses, and all things romantic and Victorian. Welcome.
I'm a North Carolina girl and I love sharing North Carolina links and information. I do medical transcription from home. My hobbies include making sweet little dolls from clay who are named and have their own stories to tell. I also make old-fashioned brooches. These are for sale in my Etsy shop.
For 13 years continuously, I homeschooled some or all of our four children, but the time came that our homeschool had to be closed. It was the end of a beautiful chapter in my life. I will always be a strong supporter of homeschooling and I will continue to review books and maintain my homeschool website, The Healthy Homeschool. The Players
Lil Ol' Me
Son Daniel, 23
Son, Big Joe, 20
Son, John, 17
Daughter, Michaela, 13
Annie Fatso Beagle
My Symphony
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.
William Henry Channing
1810-1884
What You Do Sow a thought, reap an action.
Sow an action, reap a habit.
Sow a habit, reap a character.
Sow a character, reap a destiny.
Contact Me 
I would  for you to leave a comment, but you can also e-mail me at lynn AT thehealthyhomeschool.com
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