Day 9

When we bought our groceries I realized that we have to spend about $750.00 on groceries every month.I think that’s a lot of money just to spend on food. We now have a mea plan that we follow every week to make sure that we get the nutrition that we all need. We also bought our toiletries. The toiletries that we bought added up to about $130.00 per month. We have a lot of extra things that we had to buy that are considered toiletries. We bought them from CVS pharmacy. The last thing that we had to buy was clothes for our family. We spend about $400 on clothes. I think it isn’t that expensive for what we bought. We could buy more clothes if we wanted to. The last thing that we did with out remaining money was put it into a savings bond. =]

Day 8

Today we bought cell phones for me and Alycia.  The reason why only me and my mom are going to have cell phones is vecause we are really the only ones that need then and if we got Elio one then it would cost more. We got our cell phones from Sprint. We bought the $55.99 plan because then we have 900 minutes. I think that this is a good plan for what we are paying for. For our internet,home phone, and cable, we bought an all in one plan with Time Warner Cable. We will be having road runner for our internet.

Day 7

Today we bought my car. It is a 2003 Dodge Stratus. We bought it for around $10,000. My mom bought me this car so I can take myself wherever I need to get to and my mom won’t have to worry about bringing me everywhere. I can get to my classes, and help my mom out with getting groceries, and I could even help to pick up my brother and sister.

Day 6

We bought our car today. It is a Mercedes Benz. It is brand new and it costs $66,483.00. We like this car because it has a lot of room and we can fit everyone in the car when we need to. We are able to afford this car and I think we could even buy a car for me.

Day 5

Yesterday we bought our new house. We like it a lot because it is big and new. It was built only 3 years ago. It is close to where Alycia works so she can get there easily without a hassle. Anyways we started looking at cars, and we wanted to get a Ford Expedition but we decided not to. Even thought the Ford is pretty cheap, I think we will get the Mercedes SUV.

House. Day 4

Status: Active Area: Marshfield County: Marathon Age: 3 year(s) old 4 total bedroom(s) 3 total bath(s) Approximately 2968 sq. ft. Two story Type: Newer home (0-5 yrs) Master bedroom

Living room Dining room Family room Kitchen Basement Master bedroom is 12×12 Living room is 17×17 Dining room is 11×11 Family room is 33×17 Kitchen is 15×17

Fireplace(s) Garage Heating features: Central, Propane Interior features: Basement, Carpet, Fireplace(s), Tile flrs, Utility rm, Wood flrs Exterior features: Deck, Patio, Private sewer srvc, Private water supply Waterfront property Approximate lot is 5 acres Approximately 5 acre(s) Lot size is between 5 and 10 acres School District: Marshfield

Day 3

Wage- Money that is paid or recieved for work or services, by the day, hour or week.

Salary- Money that is paid periodically for doing a job.

1040- The basic form you file annually with the IRS.

Income Tax- The main source of revenue for the federal government and many states.

Deductions- Expenses that is allowed by the IRS to lower your taxable income.

Dependent- Someone that you have to support and claim as an exemption. In order to be a dependent you must complete all the tests:

• Take a relationship or member of household test.
• Take a citizenship test.
• Joint Return Test.
• Gross Income Test.
• Support Test.

Exemption- A deduction from taxable income for you, your spouse, and your qualifying dependents.

Payroll Tax- A tax based on wages, tips, and salaries paid.

Social Security- A federal benefit program developed in 1935. Includes retirement benefits, disability income, veteran’s pension, public housing and even the food stamp program.

Medicare- The federal insurance program that funds money to people of age 65 and older.

Gross Pay- Your total income before deductions, adjustments, or exemptions.

Net Pay- The remaining amount of income after tax, national insurance, and other deductions have been made from your salary.

Job (Day 2)

In our family, Alycia who is my mom has found a job to fully support our family. She is a dentist that works in Tomah.

Position title:	Dentist – Tomah, WI
Location:	Madison, Milwaukee, Sparta, Tomah, WI

Term of employment:	Regular
Type of employment:	Full Time
Start date of this position:	Application deadline: Thursday, February 28, 2008
Starting salary range:	70.00 – 84.00 USD Hourly
Education (minimum):	Open
Experience level (minimum):	Open
Categories:	Healthcare: Dentistry

My family (Day 1)

My family has 3 people. We have one parent and 3 children. Alycia is the mom and she is a widow who lost her husband in a car crash two years ago. She takes care of the children on her own. The oldest daughter is 18 and that is me and I am in college. Elio is 15 and he in high school. Jessica is 9 and she is in grade school. Because I am the oldest of the family, I always help take care of the children and help her with anything around the house.