http://www.financegetspersonal.com Personal Finance Blog of a Girl Trying to Get Out of Debt and Change Careers Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:20:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello again. Didn't mean to be away for so long, but I guess that happens sometimes (to me, anyway)... I am still pregnant (hurrah!) and due in April. Let's just get into some Q&A, shall we? When did you get over your miscarriage fears and start telling people about the baby? Probably too ... http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2009/10/13/an-update/ After a year (on and off) of trying and two cycles of charting, I am finally pregnant! I personally think that taking 50 mg of vitamin B6 to lengthen my luteal phase is what pushed things over the edge for us, but I can't say for certain. Either ... http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2009/08/06/guess-i-didnt-need-infertility-insurance-after-all/ Obsessive list-making is a hobby of mine, so I often start the summer with a list of things I want to do over the next three months. Fun things. Summer things. Eat bomb pops on the lawn. Visit the water park. Take my stepson and one of ... http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2009/07/14/summer-slips-by/ Well, we tried our hardest, but there was no BFP (big fat positive) pregnancy test to be had at the end of my first cycle of charting. I did learn some interesting things about my body through recording my basal body temperature and other fertility signs though. For instance, I ... http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2009/07/10/cycle-1-was-a-bust-and-no-infertility-coverage/ Just when I've finally gotten down all the couponing and online deal-finding acronyms (BOGO, YMMV, B&M, etc.), it turns out there's a whole new set of acronyms to learn when it comes to getting pregnant (officially: Trying to Conceive, or TTC). Yes, that's right. My husband and I are trying ... http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2009/06/14/ttc-trying-to-conceive-and-more-acronyms-im-learning/ Unfortunately, my 8-Week Home Cure has quickly turned into the 3-Month Basement Cure. For a while, I was able to work on cleaning and organizing the upstairs while my husband worked on the basement. But now he's needing my help more and more, and the Cure has fallen ... http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2009/06/11/curing-your-home-on-a-budget-week-infinity/ Our garage sale was last weekend, and while I was hoping to make $500 for our home theater system, we ended up slightly short of that goal with a profit of $380. That's an improvement from last year's $240, but with all the new drugstore items I was selling, ... http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2009/05/26/may-garage-sale-report/ for a Garage Sale! As you might have guessed by the lack of posts this week, I have not worked on the office for Week 5 of The Cure. Instead, I've been busy getting ready for our garage sale on Saturday. Last year we made about $240 in our garage sale, ... http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2009/05/14/we-interrupt-this-program/ I'm currently working on Apartment Therapy's Eight-Step Spring Cure, which is an eight week process for making your home more organized, beautiful and healthy. I've been apprehensive about how much "curing" is going to cost, so I'm sharing my progress on trying to cure on a budget. I am sweating ... http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2009/05/06/curing-your-home-on-a-budget-week-4/ I'm currently working on Apartment Therapy's Eight-Step Spring Cure, which is an eight week process for making your home more organized, beautiful and healthy. I've been apprehensive about how much "curing" is going to cost, so I'm sharing my progress on trying to cure on a budget. Well, I'm a ... http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2009/04/28/curing-your-home-on-a-budget-week-3/