My Vacation


I have been on vacation from work for a week now. I have done more work on my vacation than I ever do at my real job. We have culminated my vacation with a get out of debt garage sale.


Lowe's department store and purveyor of household goods is to get the first $153.89 of our profits from selling our crap to others. I will then be done with Lowe's credit card forever. I don't dislike the folks at Lowe's, but I will deal with them on a cash only basis from now on.


We made $253 our first day and day two is this morning right after I am done typing this note. Today's theme is Christmas in July as relatives have brought over some 25 or 30 year old Christmas decorations to be sold. I will dress as Santa (oops typo on that becomes Satan,) and sit out among the merchandise as the ninety degree heat begins to warp my already twisted brain.


But thats ok because we will pay off Lowe's monday morning and profit from the rest. We take our finances month to month and will have to do so for a while longer until we get some elbow room in our monthly budget. 150 days without using a credit card and I think we have formed some new habits. I would still like to tighten up more though. Do we really need toilet paper? The pilgrims just used leaves. One day I would like to use dollars. Bills, not three quarters, two dimes and a nickel. Happy Father's Day