2022 should be well sorted.  I have updated my sidebar.

Who knows...  We had the double whammy of a sudden car repair *and* they could only take cash.  Ugh!  That is really throwing off my accounting! 

I have mixed feelings about it.  MM(19) told us the 'check engine' light was on in the kids' car.  His cheapie attitude was to ignore it.  Maybe we are lucky he said anything.  I said, "MM, do you know why we have a car with 200K miles on it?  & why we've had others that have lasted that long?  Because we always take our cars to the mechanic the second something is wrong with the car."  I hope I got the point across.  Everyone else is home for the week.  MH called around 9am, took in the car, and it was done around noon.  I suppose it was very slow this holiday week.  So I am very irritated with how much this messed up our system.  (Their credit card machine was broken.)  But also, holy cow, that was fast and easy.  Hard to imagine a better week to have a broken car.  It was the oxygen sensor.

I am just going to account for the repair in January.   I got paid early (12/30, instead of early January) and so have some float to cover it.  & I mean, MH also got paid.  There are many streams of float.  It's just messing up my system.

Edit:  If DL(17) was age 18+ and/or he had a job, we'd probably just have him pay for it.  It's the first big car expense that has come up on this car.  There was the brakes and work we done just before he had his driving test, but he wasn't licensed yet and MM didn't use the car for 9 months, and so we just covered that.  This is the first 'big' repair expense (more than an oil change) while anyone is licensed *and* using the car.  I expect that next time the kids will pay for any repairs.

I also can float whatever I owe MM for groceries (more 'cash' expenses driving me crazy)...  But he has yet to give me figures.  I need to nag him about that today.  He is going on his LA trip tomorrow.  I would prefer to get that done in 2022.  We are way under our grocery budget, and so would rather make that a 2022 expense.

I am very much looking forward to a quiet 3 day weekend.  Work is crazed this time of year.  So I am ready for a break.  

I completely give up on any catch up whatsoever, and so am just posting something current and quick.

Edited:  I tried to comment on other blogs (earlier) but it's not working.  I think I was just saying Merry Christmas to a few.  I could comment on one blog but none of the others.  Belated Merry Christmas!