Apr
13
2007
8:19 pm

Budgeting. Bills. Rain.

So many thoughts, I don’t know where to start. I swear if I didn’t take pictures daily, I probably would be lost for words. Even if I don’t discuss the pictures, they somehow remind of something to talk about. It’s been gloomy here all day. It’s currently raining. I had a 5-10pm call in today at work, luckily I didn’t have to come in. I just don’t have the energy and I would like to work on some things online. I’ve also gotten my sleeping back on track and I don’t want to mess it up. I’m in bed by 10pm and up by 6-9am. I do have to work tomorrow but in the afternoon.

Lately I’ve been trying to optimize our budget. I tried downgrading our cable, but can’t until May. We’re on a special, so we get family cable + some digi crap (a $5 value) and the internet for $61. In May the bill will be $87. Somethings gotta go. If we get rid of the digi whatever that lowers the bill by $5. The next step down from the family cable is channels 1-16 for $12.90. Most likely we can get those channels with an antenna . Our next choice is to lower the internet speed and definitely don’t want to do that! I’m going to see how much their cable/internet/phone service costs together since we’re going to need a phone service for the new place. They discount the services if you get them all together. So, we shall see. Their phone service is just like vonage so it may be convenient to just have everything on one bill. We just can’t win because there’s only one cable provider to choose from. The phone company sucks because we’d be paying $50+ for LOCAL calls and internet together. Long distance is extra. Boooo to that. So we may as well just get everything from the cable provider.

The rain is getting to me. I’m about ready to curl up in the bed now, so that’s what I shall do. Hope it doesn’t throw off my sleeping .

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| April 13, 2007 | Filed Under General

Comments

4 Responses to “Budgeting. Bills. Rain.”

jahmodi on April 13th, 2007 8:30 pm

Try to get “Time Warner” they got good package:phone+cable+internet,plus all long distance calls are unlimited and calls to canada,puerto rico or us virgin islands are unlimited also..the internet is high speed.Check it out.
Krysten on April 14th, 2007 12:25 am

Reading this entry made me realize some of the cut backs me & my sister had/ have to do. We don’t have cable Period & it was the first “luxury” to go. It’s not all that bad considering we have DVDs to watch. We can’t part with the internet . Our phone bill by it’s self isn’t high but our internet and phone are under the same company. Maybe eventually I’ll look into other i-net providers in the interest of saving money.
Miracle on April 14th, 2007 10:51 pm

I decided to get rid of my separate phone and Internet and now I have the Optimum (Comcast in some states) triple play. I have basic cable in two rooms, phone (local and long distance) and high speed Internet (15 Mbps) for less than 110$ a month. The service is really reliable and I haven’t had any problems except the occasional absent phone signal, but that only lasts a minute. Not bad for VOIP.
Chrissy on April 15th, 2007 2:40 am

I also have Comcast, and it’s cool. I recently decided to do the Triple Play Plus or whatever they call it. I have Digital Cable (includes HBO and Starz) and basic cable in my room. I also get high speed internet and the phone service. It’s $129 a month. That’s because they MADE me get the HBO and Starz. If I take those 2 out it will be 99 bucks. Either way it’s still a good deal because Comcast is expensive but that’s all we have.