Happy Dance!
The last check for $766.50 to my oral surgeon left my hands this week. For a 41 lowly cents, the US Postal Service will take it to their offices in Gainesville, VA and I will call them next week to find out if they have posted the payment.
I made a photocopy of the check and will see if I can use that last payment to zero out my Medical FSA fund for the year. (I couldn’t buy enough bandages without looking ridiculous or getting ready to be a mummy for Halloween 2008.)
I still have one permanent crown to put in, but I would like to pay cash to have my teeth whitened and then put in the last crown. I’m looking at June 2008 as a possible target date for finishing up the work.
Either way, most of the costs have been handled, wrestled down to the ground, bopped on the head, and conquered!
lanea wrote:
Congratulations!
Posted on 18-Dec-07 at 11:24 am | Permalink
Brian A wrote:
Well since you’re happy, there was a front-page article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday that I thought you might like about competitive knitting. Seems like a relatively cheap way for you knitter-folk to have some fun:
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119766934184930123.html
Posted on 18-Dec-07 at 11:38 am | Permalink
Sistah Ant wrote:
woo hoo!!!
Posted on 18-Dec-07 at 12:42 pm | Permalink
Mrs. Micah wrote:
W00t!
Posted on 18-Dec-07 at 3:26 pm | Permalink
Single Ma wrote:
Congrats! So proud of you for knocking that debt out so quickly. Now encourage me to see a dentist before I’m wearing dentures at age 40.
Posted on 18-Dec-07 at 6:26 pm | Permalink
mapgirl wrote:
Brian A - *smacks forehead* That kind of sentiment is exactly what non-knitters say. Handknitting is not cheap. It is a labor of love. Decent sock yarns are $10+ for enough to make a pair. Really good stuff goes for $15 or even $20. That’s for the yarn alone and not including the cost of labor. But thanks for the article anyway. I don’t do that kind of crap but some of my friends do. I’m selfish and rarely knit for other people. It’s all about me. I also can’t finish a project to save my life. No. Really. I can’t. Lanea will even tell you it’s true.
SingleMa - Girl, I am going to call you out till you make an appointment. I will get BK to give you the crazy eye. I will come over to your house and make you dial my dentist!!! Surely BabyGirl’s orthodontist can make a recommendation?
Posted on 18-Dec-07 at 11:07 pm | Permalink
Brian A wrote:
Looks like I’ve been schooled. Ouch - you gave me a turkey burn! I’ve learned my lesson.
BTW, regarding the cost of labor. If it is truly a labor of love then I think the labor cost should be negligible (in terms of dollars).
So does this mean I shouldn’t be expecting some nice wool socks for X-mas this year?
Posted on 19-Dec-07 at 2:41 am | Permalink
mapgirl wrote:
Brian A - Nope. NO SOCKS FOR YOU! (using Soup Nazi voice)
Posted on 19-Dec-07 at 10:34 am | Permalink
Mapgirl’s Fiscal Challenge / Deciding 2008 Goals wrote:
[…] clearly, I put a lot of money into my 401k plan in 2007 and hardly paid down debt though I did a good job tackling the dental bills which my insurance declined to cover instead of creating more credit card […]
Posted on 19-Dec-07 at 10:40 am | Permalink
thisisbeth wrote:
Congrats on the debt payoff. Note to self: make a dentist appointment already. You have time off and insurance, so there’s *no* excuse not to.
It sounds like you knit the same way I quilt (another hobby people think is easy and cheap!)–I make most of the stuff for myself, which is good because I never finish! I’ve finished a few very simple baby quilts and a few small wall-hangings (because they were on deadline for my quilt group contest), but otherwise, it’s a warehouse full of unfinished projects. Well, it’s not a warehosue full, but if I could own every project I want to do, it would be!
Posted on 19-Dec-07 at 1:25 pm | Permalink