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Needless Waste Of Gasoline

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 I was driving to the Y and ran into some aweful traffic on the highway and I knew I wasn’t going to be on time.  I called to see how long my child care reservation would be held since I was going to be about 15 minutes late.

Turn out I didn’t have a reservation and they or I failed to write it down.  It doesn’t really matter who made the mistake.  What matters is that I need to call ahead and double check this so that I don’t drive more than halfway there, to only have to turn around and come back home.  Fortunately I didn’t stress over it too much I just went to do an errand or two so the gas wasn’t a complete waste.

Learned a lesson today that can say me some money on the gasoline I put in the vehicle.

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Scorching Heat

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It is so hot outside that the A/C has been running non stop all day.  I am cringing at the thought of our electric bill this month.

I remember last year around this time I thought the unit had broken because the temperature in the house wouldn’t go down much.  Turns out it wasn’t broken it was working hard to try to keep up with the temperature outside.  Which was sort of a good thing because at least we didn’t have a repair bill to account to.

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Glasses, Eye Exams and Yes Finally Contact Lenses

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We finally all went in for eye exams, except for our 3 yr old. 

I finally got new glasses as the one’s I was wearing were all smudged from the anti glare film yuck.  I got new lenses in my old frames which are still in good shape.  Soon will go in to get my trial contacts due to my high prescription they never have mine in stock sigh.

My husband got two new pairs of glasses one regular and on for the sun.  Poor thing last time we went in for glasses we got let’s say abused by the office.  My glasses and exam alone were well over $500.00, which at the time was our budget for the family.  When we got my bill we had to skip his exam and I my chin was dragging for days I felt so bad.

Our 7 yrs old we found out also needs glasses and he got two really nice pairs.  He really like them thank goodness.  He seems to be taking great care of them and not being rough on the frames.

The best part is that our budget of $500.00 for these exams went all the way this time.  We all got our exams for about 525.00.  I was so glad my husband and my son were also able to get their exams.  Shame on our previous doctor for the shameless abuse of us, we would have gone back had they not overcharged us so much.  We are on the other side of the token very happy with our new office. (sigh of relief)

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Movie and Family Time Fun

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expenses weren’t too bad. 

We spent

11.00 on going to see Toy Story 3

20.00 on Chinese Buffet

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Total 31.00 for our father’s day weekend outing

The movie was great, even my 3 yr old watched it, semi calmly in his seat.

The food was really a pleasant surprise, we have eaten at this place once I think before.

Now back to our regular programming of mom’s cooking and pbs kids. (big smile on face)