Posted on 06-02-10, under General.
Our lives aren’t all fun in the sun, is it? After my wife and I spent a good week away from the real world on our vacation, it was time for us to confront reality. From exorbitant interest on our credit cards and our auto loan to house projects left incomplete, we had our work lined up for us. And I’m determined old dog, so I was not quitting on my GPS plan, either.
First we addressed the credit cards. Thankfully, even in this time of tough credit, credit card companies and auto loan agencies seem eager to please people with good credit. My wife did a good job isolating the best deal on the best zero percent balance transfer credit cards.
I’m grateful somebody in the household has some sure sense of our finances… and it sure as heck isn’t me. But the lower interest rate and lower monthly bills should really furnish us a little extra breathing room.
Then we had to address a number of household betterments we had been designing for quite some time. Some might suppose we have no business investing in improvements at this time, but what can I say? We prefer to obstinately push onward.
My wife has been looking over the different available steam showers and we both agree on the bathroom lights and bathroom sinks we want for our bathroom remodel, but after looking over some discount bedding tips, we’re no longer on the same page for the new bedding.
Thankfully, she’s being either encouraging or patient of my little gadget obsession. I’m not too bad about it, but I have my weakness. Currently I have narrowed it down to a handheld tv, DVD projection or a Garmin Golflogix GPS. Speaking of GPS, we both agree it is time to invest in a bluetooth GPS receiver.
I believe gps technology has evolved enough and become inexpensive enough that we need to integrate it into our life.
I am just assuaged my girl and I are on the same page for most of this stuff. People’s lives can be so much more challenging when the people around them use our problems as launching points for their pride instead of opportunities to unify and grow.