Stephen and I have been married three months, which means it's time for our first quarterly report:
Investments in time, money and laundry detergent are up.
However, returns on love, laughs and understanding are also up.
Waistlines are expanding (we really need to diet), and despite an increase in market vulnerability--highlighted by an unprojected $800 loss for new tires--the Huertas have shown good growth over the first quarter. With the anticipated purging of unnecessary assets, growth should continue.
We're saving our pennies for more investments in the near future, so I'll share a money saving recipe we tried this weekend: Trinidadian Chicken Stew. It's a good recipe to make and eat leftovers during the week. Don't be afraid to make ingredient substitutions. Enjoy!
Oh, and if you want to invest in our stock, please feel free. I'll be here all week.
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Monday, August 2, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
(P)homeless
We are unreachable as a couple.
Not that you can't get a hold of Stephen or me.
I have no fewer than five e-mail addresses, a Twitter account, a Facebook page, a blog, and a text-ready cell.
You are privileged if Stephen answers his cell when you call, but he will get back to you. Eventually.
No, apparently you can't get a hold of us together.*
As a modern (read: cheap) couple, we do not have a home telephone. We figured we didn't need one right now because everyone we regularly communicate with would contact us some other way. Yet, I can't help but feel like we are missing out on the cute, "You've reached the Huerta's!" answering machine messages that those classic couples (read: any newlyweds from the 90's) enjoyed.
We wanted to wait until we got into our own brick-and-morter house before we broke down, spent the extra twenty bucks and got a permanent Team Huerta number.
Stephen, as an unwilling blog participant, broke down our thinking: "The pros of not having a home phone are 1) we're already paying for cells (which we use), 2) no telemarketer spam,** and 3) we save some green. The cons are that we can't open the gate to our apartment complex from our unit without a landline, and that we have no single family number. Now, what are you watching?!"***
Anyway, what do you think? Should we revise our plan and get a landline now, wait until we're in our first house, or are we never going to need one?
*Yes, even though I have created a family e-mail address.
**This is what Stephen calls it, but it has to have some other, official name. Anyone?
***I was watching Smart House. You know you remember Smart House. Don't even pretend you don't.
Not that you can't get a hold of Stephen or me.
I have no fewer than five e-mail addresses, a Twitter account, a Facebook page, a blog, and a text-ready cell.
You are privileged if Stephen answers his cell when you call, but he will get back to you. Eventually.
No, apparently you can't get a hold of us together.*
As a modern (read: cheap) couple, we do not have a home telephone. We figured we didn't need one right now because everyone we regularly communicate with would contact us some other way. Yet, I can't help but feel like we are missing out on the cute, "You've reached the Huerta's!" answering machine messages that those classic couples (read: any newlyweds from the 90's) enjoyed.
We wanted to wait until we got into our own brick-and-morter house before we broke down, spent the extra twenty bucks and got a permanent Team Huerta number.
Stephen, as an unwilling blog participant, broke down our thinking: "The pros of not having a home phone are 1) we're already paying for cells (which we use), 2) no telemarketer spam,** and 3) we save some green. The cons are that we can't open the gate to our apartment complex from our unit without a landline, and that we have no single family number. Now, what are you watching?!"***
Anyway, what do you think? Should we revise our plan and get a landline now, wait until we're in our first house, or are we never going to need one?
*Yes, even though I have created a family e-mail address.
**This is what Stephen calls it, but it has to have some other, official name. Anyone?
***I was watching Smart House. You know you remember Smart House. Don't even pretend you don't.
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