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I took the advice of a few friends and downloaded Quicken. True to form, I haven't found it easy to use or intuitive. I've got almost a month's worth of expenses in it, and I confess the geek in me likes having data and charts. No surprises yet- housing and medical compose 75% of my expenses. I don't see those chunks getting smaller any time soon, either.

Regardless, I still hope to take a few trips this year. I've nixed a spring trip to San Antonio because I'll need that money to pay my health insurance deductible. So I'm left with:

-Raleigh-Durham area, April (definite- Beth's wedding)
-Chicago, May (David and I are trying to see if we can go together.)
-Alaska, July or August (I just found out an aunt I haven't seen since high school graduation is being treated for lung cancer. Also, David has friends there.)
-San Antonio, probably September (mom's 60th birthday)
-Dallas-Ft. Worth, October or November (depending on the timing of the S.A. trip)

Five trips. That's really a lot for a lady who cries poor. And except for the wedding, I haven't counted road trips. David and I keep talking about going back to New York City, I still want to see Pittsburgh, and we have a lot of places where we'd like to go camping.