Late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning, we said goodbye to our foster dog, Howie. He was an old dog with ever increasing health issues, though his actual decline was very sudden, and we weren’t quite prepared for it. The fact that he had only been with us for 14 months, and that he wasn’t “officially” ours did not make the decision any easier. The conversations were tear filled, and I will miss seeing him at the doorread more…
I work in healthcare. When I went to new employee orientation for my current company, we watched a training video about a guy and his dog, who both got injured while on their morning jog. The video paralleled his trip through the medical system to get X-Rays and labs, etc, with his wife’s experience taking the dog to the vet for the same type of check up. The point was to point out that most humanread more…
Today was the home inspection for our foster license/home study. For those who are wondering, yes, we passed. We are essentially done with everything we can do on our own at this point. We have to wait for J’s background check to come back (they messed it up and had to redo it). Then, our social worker completes her report. She calls us in to review it. She submits it to her boss and then submitsread more…
I want to tell you about the day I cried after paying off a debt. These were not tears of joy or relief. I was not looking forward to what having that money freed up could do for my budget. I was crying, tears of loss and grief, as one final connection was broken. I’ve said a number of times during the adoption process that logically understanding something is not the same as emotionally accepting it.read more…
Day Amount Place Category Monday $48.22 Gas Car Tuesday $25.72 Rx Dogfood Pets $5.46 Jack in the Box Allowance Wednesday $24.69 Red Robin Eating Out Thursday $23.07 Safeway Groceries $75.97 CostCo Groceries $193.76 Kinnect Allowance $16.41 Barnes & Noble Allowance Friday $36.00 Larry- shots Pets $3,000.00 Loan to brother Misc Saturday $31.80 Fred Meyer House $7.98 Trader Joes Groceries $6.00 Key Arena Allowance $35.00 Thai food Eating Outread more…
Welcome to the Dollars & Pets Carnival. Today we’re featuring a number of blog posts from both personal finance bloggers and pet bloggers. But what they all have in common is that while they love their pets, pets cost money. (Don’t we know it.) Sometimes those expenses are planned, and sometimes… well, not so much. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in the blog posts do not necessarily reflect our opinions here at The Dog Ate Myread more…
Tomorrow I’m participating in a blog swap, so today’s post is just a simple announcement- I’m hosting a Carnival! That’s right, to celebrate my Alexa ranking making it under 200k, I’ve decided to host a Pets and Personal Finances Carnival. The carnival will go up on Saturday, January 28. If you’ve got a post about pets and money or money and pets, send it on in. Just head on over to my Contact page forread more…
It’s a Blog Swap! Today, we’re answering the question “What do you spend money on that brings you the most value.” Below is a guest post from Erika at Newlyweds on a Budget. Erika blogs about managing finances in a relationship. Make sure to hop on over to her blog to read how I answered the question. For more fun, go on over to Narrow Bridge Finance for a round up of all the posts in this blog swap. And be sureread more…
In the personal finance blog world, there’s often discussion about the difference between being frugal and being cheap, or about the products and services we’re willing to pay more for, due to quality or other considerations. In the pet blog world, there’s often discussion about how much we’re willing to pay to take care of our pets, not just food- premium brand or generic –but also for their veterinary care. At what point do you questionread more…
