June 8, 2005

• So, money is becoming an issue in the HotChips household.  We've never really had a problem until we had to start paying for daycare, diapers, baby food, baby clothes and other Itty related items.  It's really quite disconcerting and, frankly, stressful.  I talked to Husband about it last night and somehow he managed to rack up $1200 on his credit card this last billing cycle.  It's small purchases, but it's 45 of them.  One big weekly trip to the grocery store coming to an average of $85, but then every week there seems to be 2 or even 3 more trips at $25-35 each.  Plus gas and what not... it really adds up.  I told him that we need to go back to our penny pinching days.  With the new mortgage and car loan in addition to the baby stuff we just can't live the freestyle life we were before we moved.  This morning I had to zero out our savings account in order to pay off the credit cards and that makes me sick to my stomach.  It's been a long time since we really had to budget hard core (we're both pretty cheap frugal by nature)... but it's gotten that tight. 

  
  

  In Itty news, she was sick this weekend.  102 temp and VERY lathargic.  Saturday, all day, all she did was lay on me.  She hardly ate a thing.  Sunday she was a little better and her fever broke... she actually had some formula and water.  Monday she was significantly better, still slept a lot, but she had a little bit of cereal, but mostly just formula.  Tuesday, back to day care, happy baby again, appetite back but still slept more than usual.  I'm hoping it's completely out of her little system by now.  It just breaks my heart to see her not her bubbly self.

  
  

  Finally, to end on an up note, thank you to all of you that donated to the Locks Of Love campaign... I'm going to be sending them the money (we raised $127) on Friday.

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