Well, it’s official, my Scoober isn’t going to be the next, oh what’s that famous soccer players name? As you can tell, I have no clue about soccer. It almost all seems pointless to me; you run back and forth, if the other team looks like they are going to get the ball you kick it out of bounds so they are forced to throw it in, and you try to get it as quickly down the field and score a goal before the other team catches up to you. Or at least, that how they play at this age level, age 6.
Scoober has always wanted to play soccer since age 4. In the small town we lived in in Oregon, they would limit the number of kids that could sign up, and because it was so popular, if you didn’t sign up the first day of registration, you didn’t get to play. So, we were never able to get him signed up there.
Since moving to Colorado, we still live in a small town, but it’s a little larger and they do not limit the number of players. They just let as many sign up that want to play, and then they divide them evenly to form teams. There are 6 teams in his age group.
This was their 2nd game. Scoober, you could tell, just doesn’t like all the running with no purpose. He got hit in the head and got tangled up with one boy and they both hit the deck pretty hard. He got up and puckered up, but then got it together and stayed in the game. I felt so bad, you know one of those moments as a mother you want to run out there on the field, but I just kept myself firmly planted on the bench and just yelled out reassurance that it was okay and way to shake it off.
After the game, he said he didn’t think he wanted to play soccer anymore. I asked him if he was sure, and he said it was a little rough out there today. I said yes, it was a little rougher than basketball, but it’s good to try things we are interested in to find out what we are good at and what we like.
He wants to quit and play baseball, but I told him signups for baseball have come and gone. I may still be able to get him on, but I told him that he made a commitment to play soccer and he needs to finish out the season. There are only 3 more games, and 6 more practices. I don’t want to force him to continue, and if he really doesn’t want to do it, I guess I’ll ahve to figure out a way to spin it around to teach a lesson that you should finish what you start, and if you don’t think you’ll want to finish it, then you shouldn’t do it to begin with.
He wants to play flag football, adn when when KY Grandma said to him that it would be rougher, Scoober says, “not in flag football”. HA!
It’s only $30 to sign up, and it’s not really about the money, but I do want him to experience everything, I just don’t want him to feel like he can quit anytime he wants.
I’ll have to update how this weeks practices go. It’s supposed to rain tomorrow and he was going to have to miss practice tomorrow anyway, so I’ll update later in the week.
Although we could afford to continue paying to have what we want, we are trying to reduce some credit debt, so we are going to sacrafice things we do not need.
1. I reduced our cable package to $29.99 and we now have 50 channels, plus all local channels. Sports channels will just have to go to the back burner until Fall.
2. We are dropping our prepaid cell phones and getting cell phone service bundled into our Qwest package. This will give us more reliable service and it will be roughly the same amount we were purchasing the prepaid cards for. We did have to pay for the cell phones, but I got 2 cell phones for under $25.00.
3. Once we activate the cell phones, I will cancel our unlimited long distance of $20/month and just get a minute plan for the home phone for emergencies.
Total savings:
DirecTV $50.99 to $29.99 = $21.00 savings
Cell phone $45 – $60 to $60.99 = $0 savings
Home phone $59.99 to $30 – $40 = $19 to $29 savings
Every little bit helps.
I think we are going to look at how we can reduce our energy costs. Our electric bill is only $65/month, but seems to be high considering we’ve replaced all the bulbs. May need to unplug things.
Our grocery bill stays constant at roughly $300 to $400 a month. We’ve GOT to stop eating out! I’ve budgeted $50/month for eating out, but we usually go over that. May need to go on a cash system and then when the money is gone, no more eating out.
I’m attempting to contact my credit card companies, hopefully tomorrow, and ask for a lower interest rate, or a credit limit increase on my lower rate card to transfer my other balances to it. We already were able to get a consolidation loan for 1/2 of the debt, mostly Husband’s, but if I could consolidate my own, then it would save even more.
My paychecks are going to paying off my debt, which will start back up this month. We had some family expenses; soccer, new shoes, etc. that popped up, so we took care of that with cash instead of charging it, which I have to say was very liberating!
Filed under: Family
Our Easter holiday was quiet. We had a nice time going to church as a family, then taking an afternoon nap, which rarely happens, and then waking up to the smell of turkey in the oven. We enjoyed a nice turkey dinner with green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, biscuits and deviled eggs. I had the turkey leftover from Thanksgiving when they were on sale, so I froze it and viola, turkey for Easter!
The kids had fun Friday evening at a easter egg hunt and party held here in our community by on of our close friends. Here are a couple pictures:
I’ve really just let myself and my eating go as of late. I’ve got the love handles back on my waist and I’m tired!
I vow this week to get back on my WW points program I started last year that helped me lose 25 lbs. Hopefully I can get the remaining 20 lbs off before the end of the year.
