A student loan payment hit, with $84 going to principal. $832 down, $68 to go on the May goal.
I haven't written in a while. Nothing financial is really going on. We're using the Chase Visa to earn reward money, so that's made just regular budgeting more of a challenge. Before, everything came out of the checking account, and since my ledger spreadsheet begins with the checking account balance, it was always easy to see that everything was balanced. Now I have to keep receipts, because the credit card account doesn't post things immediately and I don't want to get confused. Then I have to set up payments to the credit card for every few days. I'm willing to do it for a while longer and see if I get better at it as it becomes more routine. But it is a lot more complicated, and using a credit card makes me nervous because they are so devious, though hopefully the new regulations has cut out a lot of the ways they used to cheat people.
The Virginia trip to visit my and AS's parents is getting more exciting by the day; we found out that most if not all of my siblings and nieces and nephews are going to try and visit at the same time (including my brother, whom I hardly ever see), so AA can meet a ton of cousins and aunts and uncles. Also, we've booked a night at a quirky luxury hotel in DC for the last night of the trip, to treat ourselves and decompress from all the family.
AA had her 2-month pediatric appointment today and did great. She's almost 10 lbs.! That was pretty exciting, because with nursing you can't fully track how much she's eating, and she's kinda thin (belly and chipmunk cheeks notwithstanding) so I couldn't tell if she was gaining weight well or not. But the doctor said it's fine; she's just a somewhat tall (LOL) skinny baby, but she's gained a good amount since her last visit. She was mellow and alert throughout except a bit of bawling during the vaccines. 
Bit of progress on the May debt goal
May 18th, 2010 at 09:00 pm
May 18th, 2010 at 09:29 pm 1274218156
They are all unique individual kiddo-s. My first one (born 11/97) was 7.3# at birth, and 18# at a year. My second one (born 12/98) was 6.15# at birth, 15# at 6 months, and 23# at a year. Sounds like AA is thriving. You can always post more pictures when you feel like it!
May 18th, 2010 at 10:40 pm 1274222453
May 19th, 2010 at 03:12 am 1274238754
a tank of gas with my cc, I record that transaction and that money is gone. *I use You Need A Budget software*
I usually only pay it once a month - usually ten business days before the due date. But I check it at least once a week (usually more often) and then mark those transactions as cleared in my cc register.