Playing the Odds

I'm playing a major numbers game right now!

I have a monster credit card bill due in the middle of November and I'm trying to pay it without having to dip into my savings or borrow money from The Kids. We paid a lot for the kitchen on this bill: plywood for the sub floor, hardy backer for the floor, floor tile, and the sheetrock for the kitchen. We also bought some tickets to some upcoming shows in our area. We purchased all the tickets, for two shows, for 5 couples.  We have a lot of money coming our way, but we haven't received it yet, because of this, I don't know if I'll be able to pay the bill with borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.

I'm stressing out!

I was able to scrape together enough extra money to pay $360 to our credit card that carries a balance, so our next statement should show that we are under the half way mark.  I don't know if this was wise or not, because that took extra money away from paying the monster bill on our other card.

Sometimes I wonder if anybody else plays the games I have to to pay all our bills on time and in full? I'm so sick of living this way and I can't wait to be out of debt so I don't have to anymore.

I'll keep you posted on whether or not I have to rob money from any other accounts to pay for this credit card.

We have another couple large expenses to pay for for the kitchen and then things should slow down moneywise. We need to buy the granite and pay for all our plumbing supplies.  We have the cash for the plumbing supplies, but will be putting the granite on our credit card, (yes we are paying for our granite with future income). After those purchases, we will have our Christmas party and Christmas to pay for and then, hopefully, we can start to rebuild our savings.

Wish us luck!