New Phone...

Yesterday the $$ came in. Whoo-hoo! Bought all of my uniform components for work, running shoes and paid off a few major bills. Now, it's time to look for a new phone (which responds when I press buttons). However, the pricing is getting ridiculous! Here's the math: *The mytouch3g I'd like is $400 without 24 months of web plan contract.
*Discounted upgrade price - $170 (24 month web and phone contract required)
*24 months web plan for 1 phone line (w/ 15% discount) = $530
Total cost for phone - $400 w/out contract / $700 w/ contract
= I think it's easier to keep mashing the buttons on the one I have to make it work.

The Tax Man Cometh (...and leaveth a few bucks!)

Yeah! Tax payout day came! Shannon didn't work this last year so we were able to save loads of cash on daycare and she was able to be with the kids everyday. Add that to kid benefits and Military benefits and I can pay off a few bills for good!

PS - the child tax benefit is more like a, "here. we understand how much kids eat, poop and break stuff...so we're going to give you a small portion of that back."