{"id":2382,"date":"2009-07-03T08:26:16","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T15:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2382"},"modified":"2009-07-03T08:26:16","modified_gmt":"2009-07-03T15:26:16","slug":"letting-things-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2382","title":{"rendered":"Letting things go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Overall we are OK &#8211; but like many families we are going to be experiencing a cut in our monthly budget very soon.\u00c2\u00a0 So we are saying goodbye to somethings we&#8217;ve been enjoying but are not essential.<\/p>\n<p>Data plan on my phone.\u00c2\u00a0 When I registered my new phone, our provider told me I was required to have a data plan.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t want it &#8230; but then I started to use it!\u00c2\u00a0 What fun!\u00c2\u00a0 But that is gone now.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh well.\u00c2\u00a0 (and funny that it was &#8220;required&#8221;, but then they let us discontinue it)<\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>Our big gold van &#8211; we hardly ever drive it anymore.\u00c2\u00a0 We could save on insurance, licensing fees and parking tickets (long story &#8211; sigh).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/5380_117246316612_779046612_2945510_4546085_n.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2383\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?attachment_id=2383\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/5380_117246316612_779046612_2945510_4546085_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"604,453\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5380_117246316612_779046612_2945510_4546085_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/5380_117246316612_779046612_2945510_4546085_n-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/5380_117246316612_779046612_2945510_4546085_n.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2383\" title=\"5380_117246316612_779046612_2945510_4546085_n\" src=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/5380_117246316612_779046612_2945510_4546085_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"5380_117246316612_779046612_2945510_4546085_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/5380_117246316612_779046612_2945510_4546085_n-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/5380_117246316612_779046612_2945510_4546085_n.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Our pop-up camper &#8211; we are of two minds.\u00c2\u00a0 One says it&#8217;s a great asset for our family.\u00c2\u00a0 But the other recognizes that we&#8217;d rather use the time-shares and we won&#8217;t have anything to haul it with.\u00c2\u00a0 We are a bit sad.\u00c2\u00a0 We did a lot of work on it.<\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/5575_117250951612_779046612_2945614_6032730_n.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2384\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?attachment_id=2384\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/5575_117250951612_779046612_2945614_6032730_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"604,453\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5575_117250951612_779046612_2945614_6032730_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/5575_117250951612_779046612_2945614_6032730_n-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/5575_117250951612_779046612_2945614_6032730_n.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2384\" title=\"5575_117250951612_779046612_2945614_6032730_n\" src=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/5575_117250951612_779046612_2945614_6032730_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"5575_117250951612_779046612_2945614_6032730_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/5575_117250951612_779046612_2945614_6032730_n-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/5575_117250951612_779046612_2945614_6032730_n.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CSA box.\u00c2\u00a0 I haven&#8217;t fully decided yet&#8230;and I&#8217;m prepaid for July.\u00c2\u00a0 But I&#8217;m not sure I can continue to justify the expense when I look at our budget.\u00c2\u00a0 :(\u00c2\u00a0 I hope I can keep it, but it might have to go.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8221;m pretty good at letting things go &#8211; 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