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Of difficult child's, budgets, husband's, and ironic timing...
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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 114955" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>That's ok, JoG, I understand I'm not alone, believe me! lol</p><p></p><p>Yes, friend will deliver the pheasants, and the hunt, to me, is worth the rest. Pheasant hunting is not legal where we live (we are too far south) and it is something we would never get to do otherwise - its a special treat for the kids, and they all like to hunt.</p><p></p><p>The going rate for a pheasant is around $6/head live. These will be dressed, and he usually gives me 20 or so. And not many places I can get meat for 20 meals for $9.</p><p></p><p>But I'm mostly just irritated that he can contribue nothing financially to the budget, yet point at me, first, for any problematic spending without even being able to acknowledge that perhaps spending your last $15 for 2 meals when you're tank is empty and you have 4 days til payday wasn't too bright to begin with...</p><p></p><p>Since I am running a household on my income alone, things are kinda backwards right now. Our bills were built on 2 incomes, but since July, I've only had one, so I pay the fixed things first even tho they're things I need to be getting rid of (and am looking at getting rid of things like cable - but for now, I pay it alone). Anyway, I generally have about $150-$200/week after all fixed expenses are paid. That covers gas, food, clothing (for all), household incidentals such as shampoo and cleaning supplies, food and care for the animals, any extra costs for school field trips and book orders, etc, car repairs (I do my own mechanic work and our newest car is 12 years old), taxes, license fees, and anything "extra" that we do. He brings home about $200, also, and it pays for whatever he does with it. And most times, what I ahve to buy is already laid out before the next check comes. Like this week, difficult child's shoes are way too small, he's curling his toes at the ends, so he'll have to have new shoes. He's also out of pullups. There's $30 already spent. (and I've tried to get him to get rid of the extra horses and his parents cattle so we don't have to buy feed for the animals, but he doesn't want to - he sees the initial cost of aquiring them as the only real cost in keeping them, even tho we've had to buy feed for some this year because we don't have enough grass to support them all).</p><p></p><p>Thanks, Star. The horse is not out of the woods, but I've done all I can do, given the situation, which was to file her teeth so they're effective at grinding food again, restrict what she eats to very leafy hay, and keep her and her water warm. Its up to her, time, and nature now, but she feels good, dives into her hay, and acts as spunky as ever right now, so that's a good sign.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 114955, member: 1848"] That's ok, JoG, I understand I'm not alone, believe me! lol Yes, friend will deliver the pheasants, and the hunt, to me, is worth the rest. Pheasant hunting is not legal where we live (we are too far south) and it is something we would never get to do otherwise - its a special treat for the kids, and they all like to hunt. The going rate for a pheasant is around $6/head live. These will be dressed, and he usually gives me 20 or so. And not many places I can get meat for 20 meals for $9. But I'm mostly just irritated that he can contribue nothing financially to the budget, yet point at me, first, for any problematic spending without even being able to acknowledge that perhaps spending your last $15 for 2 meals when you're tank is empty and you have 4 days til payday wasn't too bright to begin with... Since I am running a household on my income alone, things are kinda backwards right now. Our bills were built on 2 incomes, but since July, I've only had one, so I pay the fixed things first even tho they're things I need to be getting rid of (and am looking at getting rid of things like cable - but for now, I pay it alone). Anyway, I generally have about $150-$200/week after all fixed expenses are paid. That covers gas, food, clothing (for all), household incidentals such as shampoo and cleaning supplies, food and care for the animals, any extra costs for school field trips and book orders, etc, car repairs (I do my own mechanic work and our newest car is 12 years old), taxes, license fees, and anything "extra" that we do. He brings home about $200, also, and it pays for whatever he does with it. And most times, what I ahve to buy is already laid out before the next check comes. Like this week, difficult child's shoes are way too small, he's curling his toes at the ends, so he'll have to have new shoes. He's also out of pullups. There's $30 already spent. (and I've tried to get him to get rid of the extra horses and his parents cattle so we don't have to buy feed for the animals, but he doesn't want to - he sees the initial cost of aquiring them as the only real cost in keeping them, even tho we've had to buy feed for some this year because we don't have enough grass to support them all). Thanks, Star. The horse is not out of the woods, but I've done all I can do, given the situation, which was to file her teeth so they're effective at grinding food again, restrict what she eats to very leafy hay, and keep her and her water warm. Its up to her, time, and nature now, but she feels good, dives into her hay, and acts as spunky as ever right now, so that's a good sign. [/QUOTE]
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