I used to make some pretty good scratch at my own business.  Now I must survive on the beneficience of the government.  That and my wife’s income.  Normally that is okay.

This month the bills seem perticularly brutal.  I don’t know if it is because we got our taxes back in Feb. and have spent them all, or if the bills just decided to use this month to gang up on me and mine.

Anybody else experiencing this phenomenon?  Or is it all just a trick of the voices in my head?

I always feel poor around April 15 and for a few days thereafter. Quite a coincidence, really.

We are, but that’s largely because of the vet fees…

I’m feeling pretty broke this month, but I know why. I had a few very high expenses this month that are not part of my usual expenditures.

We have been feeling pretty broke for the last 4 months or so.  We also had a couple of unexpected expenses...and now we are expecting some bigger expenses & can’t do anything about it.

I am really frustrated over the whole thing.

We should be getting our tax refund back soon.  From what I understand that should trigger whatever that tax relief thing is...and we should get that shortly after.  Good thing b/c my father in law can’t be a decent human & hold down a job or manage to even get along with his own family & has to come live here.

This month only?  I wish.

We’ve been a bit short of money due to buying gardening tools, wood for a fence, etc., but it’s not as bad as it would have been since Chris is working.

I really was hoping I could do something part time...but the costs of childcare for even a few hours makes working pointless.  I’d be working to pay for childcare, basicly.  We are really going to be stretched thin this year.  I think Jason gets a raise in April...that typically goes into effect in May.  That will be nice.  And it would be nice if my parents would pay him a consulting fee (like they said they would) while he helps them with their business.  But so far, since he has done things my mom says she could do herself (she just lets him b/c he’s BETTER at it)...there’s really no point in paying him. 

Bills have ganged up on us too. Gas bill is almost 300 a month. Stupid house leaks like crazy so it costs us a fortune to heat it. Stupid furnace keeps quiting on us too. Matt is supposed to get a raise today. I really hope he gets it. I would get a job, but I would only be able to work one day a week, and then I wouldnt see my husband at all. I hate how much it costs to live now a days. Its like the government is punishing you for being born.

Blew my money on Spain (what little I had accumulated over the past months) and the gas bill was a whopping £80 over what they normally charge me (they take a set amount each month; if I use less than that they give me money back, if I use more they ask for the balance). But it’s been a really nasty winter.

I’ll be living off of 17p noodles from Aldi until payday.

My last job didn’t work out so now I’m out of work and money is kinda tight.  And need I mention the price of gas lately?

I’m almost scared to post for fear of getting lynched.  I rarely have a problem with money as my job pays pretty good and my bills and rent are next to nothing.  Mind you this is the first time in my life I’ve been in this position.  Normally I’m scratching for bucks all the time.