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| Bridge |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 10:19:00 AM
What is everyones plans for the stimulus check that will be coming soon [some have recieved today, I have heard]?
I plan on adding it to my savings.  {I'm so extravagant} LOL
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| 25 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| blueroses |
Posted - May 04 2008 : 10:45:00 AM
I'd like to buy wood flooring, but have been informed that we will use it to pay off my car and the small credit card balance from our trip in March.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| laluna |
Posted - May 03 2008 : 12:41:18 PM
"Stimulus" - ha! We're putting ours in our gas tanks and then the rest on our debt.
"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature." -- Frank Lloyd Wright |
| babysmama |
Posted - May 03 2008 : 11:55:08 AM
Some of it will be put towards a new roof on the house but any extra from that plus our tax return earlier this year are going into savings.
-Elizabeth |
| CountryBorn |
Posted - May 03 2008 : 07:20:40 AM
We are spending some on the new door and porch swing. The rest in the bank. MJ
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
| Alee |
Posted - May 03 2008 : 07:19:07 AM
If you are worried that your money for either income tax refund or stimulus check or any other government payment might not reach you, call the Treasury Offset Program Call Center at 1 (800) 304-3107. They have an automated system that will let you know. If you are having issues with the automated system, before you push 1 for English or 2 for Spanish, push 0 and you will get connected with a live person.
Hope that helps!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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| Linder |
Posted - May 03 2008 : 07:06:57 AM
Hmm, well I had big plans but haven't seen a check yet. I have the uncomfortable feeling that the IRS applied my check to what I owe them from taxes this year. sigh. I sure could have used that for bills. Who knows, maybe they'll give it to me anyway! LOL! That would be really dreamy, huh?
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" |
| windypines |
Posted - May 03 2008 : 04:46:34 AM
Ours is going towards our tractor payment. Does not sound like any fun, but that tractor sure is nice!
Michele |
| Lainey |
Posted - Apr 30 2008 : 09:07:11 AM
LOL, Jonni that's what Fredrik would like to say! hehe I'm sure some of that money will be spent there in May.
Farmgirl Sister #25
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Apr 30 2008 : 08:40:44 AM
Shoot, lainey, I thought for sure you were going to say, "we're going to IKEA!!!"
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
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| Lainey |
Posted - Apr 30 2008 : 08:25:00 AM
Well my portion of the expected money will be put into savings to pay part of our property tax that's due in Dec. Hubby's will go mostly to bills and a bit of it we'll use for purchases.
Farmgirl Sister #25
http://countrygirldreams.blogspot.com/ |
| mikesgirl |
Posted - Apr 30 2008 : 08:09:45 AM
Dh hasn't worked full time since February - just a day here, two days there, as his company doesn't have any work right now. Coupled with the outrageous gas prices, it's hit us pretty hard. Food prices have also exploded, but I feel like I have a little bit of control over my grocery budget. What I would LIKE to do with my half is purchase some building materials to upgrade my booth that I use to sell my children's clothes at shows. DH has give me the ok on that, but I'm the cautious one, and think I might stick it away until I know for sure he's going back to work full time.
Farmgirl Sister #98
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| kydeere40744 |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 8:13:06 PM
Ours is going straight to the bank to earn interest for later use. We plan to use a tiny bit of it for a weekend road trip, but other than that, we plan on earning interest to be able to buy something later and to keep in case of emergency.
~Jessica in Kentucky & Farmgirl Sisterhood #137~
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| elphie0503 |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 8:09:21 PM
We plan on going "home" to a small part of Jamaica that we go to each year...it was looking like we weren't going to get to go b/c of gas, rising grocery prices, and my tuition going up..but, thanks to Pres. Bush, I can go see my Carribean gardens!
Dirt under my nails and weeds in my hair...don't tell me I can't dress up with flair! |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 7:43:49 PM
We are buying 1/2 a beef (local) for sure..already ordered it...we havn't decided what else..but it won't be exciting..haha.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 5:14:10 PM
We got a great tax return this year and are using it to put in new windows in the house (we only have 5) and to put new counter tops in my kitchen. The stimulus check will probably go into the bank in the form of a CD. We might also take a side trip to Busch Gardens when we go to my parents in June.
Farmgirl Sister #17
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| Mumof3 |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 2:32:52 PM
My hubby's half will go to pay bills. I haven't decided yet what I will do with mine. But I will use it for something fun. :)
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
# 18 :)
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| Prairie Princess |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 1:59:26 PM
Here, ladies... what we should do with our IRS rebate checks, something my coworker gave me:
"How to use your IRS rebate check...As you may have heard, each of us will be getting a tax rebate check to stimulate the economy.
If we spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money will go to China. If we spend it on gasoline, it will all go to the Arabs. If we purchase a computer it will go to India. If we purchase fruits and vegetables it will go to Japan. If we purchase useless stuff it will go to Taiwan and none of it will help the American economy.
We need to keep that money here in America. The only way to keep that money here at home is to spend it at yard sales, since those are the only businesses still in the US!"
LOL Pity it's nearly the truth of the matter... 
~Jodi
"Women are like teabags...you never know how strong they are until they get into hot water." Eleanor Roosevelt |
| Sagewood |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 12:59:21 PM
Ahh..we are doing something that weve waited 7 years to do..put a deck on the back of the house. I can't wait.
Sage,
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| Amie C. |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 12:54:28 PM
A little of it will be helping with our May vacation (lots of car repairs this spring, so I didn't get to save as much as I hoped). I'm hoping that most of it will go towards home improvement, either new gutters or some new plumbing. But I may also use some to help my parents with legal bills. They are involved in a court case to (please, please) get custody of the child they have been raising. He was basically abandoned as a newborn, but both parents still claim him because they get welfare and other social services based on his existence. Poor baby! I encouraged my parents to hire a lawyer, so I feel responsible to help pay for it. I just hope it works. Well, that's more than you wanted to know! |
| Alee |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 12:54:06 PM
When will I get it?
The last two digits of your social security number determine the date by which your economic stimulus payment should be deposited in your bank account or mailed to you.
DIRECT DEPOSIT
Last 2 digits Date
00-20 May 2
21-75 May 9
76-99 May 16
PAPER CHECK
Last 2 digits Date
00-09 May 16
10-18 May 23
19-25 May 30
26-38 June 6
39-51 June13
52-63 June 20
64-75 June 27
76-87 July 4
88-99 July 11
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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| Alee |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 12:39:33 PM
We are going to be using a lot of it to move us to Montana and any extra will be put aside for getting into an apartment this fall. I was really hoping to make a down payment on my horse with it but no such luck. Oh well! It's a great gift to our family.
Oh and I am going to stock up on bulk MaryJane's food before I leave too!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog:
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com |
| kissmekate |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 12:39:33 PM
I am buying a new lawn mower, the rest is going into savings.
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
| catscharm74 |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 12:28:55 PM
I am going to take $100 and go to the local vendors, mom and pops, etc and buy from them. The rest is going into our savings.
Cheers,
Heather
FARMGIRL #90 |
| shepherdgirl |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 11:45:25 AM
Hm... this is a tough one for me. My PRACTICAL side says "save it for a rainy day." My IMPRACTICAL side says "buy more fencing, feeders, some electric tape and posts to separate the pasture so ALL the horses can share it (my mare that I've had a LONG time HATES the two old girls we brought home this winter and chases them over the fence!), buy my new breeding buck AND a new Babydoll ram (about $400-$600 or more each. OUCH!!!)....etc... "
But, the reality for ME is, my husband and I would fight over HOW to spend it, (and who gets how much), so it's probably going into a savings where NIETHER of us can touch it. Well... ok, actaully "I" can touch it, HE can't (it's the way our accounts are set up. he..he..he..), but I WON'T! What a LUCKY MAN he is to have such a GOOD and HONEST WIFE!!! (HA! HA! HA!) ~~~Tracy (seriously, practicality never killed anyone, therefore, I'M going to live FOREVER!!! Sigh...) |
| JenniferJuniper |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 11:27:34 AM
I'm taking $250 of it and buying a new sewing machine from the local sew-n-vac so the stimulus stays local. My old Mall Wart machine is otherwise on its 5th repair so no use throwing good money after bad. The remaining will either go into my IRA (boring but prudent), or *much* preferably into a half share in a local CSA if it's not too late to get in. |
