基本生活费 over $4000, 换地方?

INCOME 很快要下来了, 基本生活费最少得, 如何安排. 听听意见, 要不要换个地方活呀.

rental 1500 low end at a good school district
water 75 city gabarge + water
P&GE 75 averaged over summer/winter/spring/fall
Internet/Phone 80 base internet access + phone + 1 basic mobile
Food 800 range in 600 to 900
Piano 200 40 per week + books + recital
AutoInsurance 100 1 car + 1 van, both low end vehicles
Gas 100 home-office-school pretty close to each other already
CarCare 70 reg fee $118 each per year, oil change, tyre, brake, AAA
KidCare 600 after school 560 Chinese learning + arts 40
ballet 100 980+photo + recital + dressing devided by 12
School 90 lunch 2.5x22=55, photo fee, field trip fee, book fun, teacher thank
Misc. 200
baby 70 diaper + formula + clothing
HealthCare 60 co-pay + co-insurance + drug + vitamin + Vision + Dental
4120



Looking back, what a life of us. no quality at all, with pretty much pressure. Something wrong with our expense? Seems nothing can be removed, already cut to bone.

The best case, $300 could be saved from the total for some lucky month(s)...... long long hoooooo.

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food is too much. What and where you eat? -daxia- 给 daxia 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 06/23/2009 postreply 18:36:07

回复:food is too much. What and where you eat? -MomOfRubyMax- 给 MomOfRubyMax 发送悄悄话 (777 bytes) () 06/23/2009 postreply 19:11:13

cupertino, ca ? -23731241- 给 23731241 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 06/23/2009 postreply 19:08:40

不会吧,$1500僻低 in Cupertino. 下一刀要砍得 -任我为- 给 任我为 发送悄悄话 任我为 的博客首页 (94 bytes) () 06/23/2009 postreply 19:56:48

she mentioned low-end -23731241- 给 23731241 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 06/23/2009 postreply 19:58:12

some landlord is not so greedy when they only pay -MomOfRubyMax- 给 MomOfRubyMax 发送悄悄话 (198 bytes) () 06/24/2009 postreply 17:37:27

Some suggestions: -Diva311- 给 Diva311 发送悄悄话 Diva311 的博客首页 (421 bytes) () 06/23/2009 postreply 21:45:03

共鸣! -失败的人生- 给 失败的人生 发送悄悄话 (275 bytes) () 06/24/2009 postreply 12:21:18

which area? mortgate=1660, what is a happy life. -MomOfRubyMax- 给 MomOfRubyMax 发送悄悄话 (68 bytes) () 06/24/2009 postreply 18:27:54

THANKS! do 1,2,3 + partial 4 -MomOfRubyMax- 给 MomOfRubyMax 发送悄悄话 (299 bytes) () 06/24/2009 postreply 18:17:47

It really depends on what kind of business field -Diva311- 给 Diva311 发送悄悄话 Diva311 的博客首页 (348 bytes) () 06/24/2009 postreply 22:30:51

Normal expenses -cocobean- 给 cocobean 发送悄悄话 (463 bytes) () 06/24/2009 postreply 12:27:47

True, cut daycare/piano/ballet/art... -MomOfRubyMax- 给 MomOfRubyMax 发送悄悄话 (568 bytes) () 06/24/2009 postreply 18:02:02

孩子的课外活动班可以考虑停掉一部分。 -buytheway- 给 buytheway 发送悄悄话 (54 bytes) () 06/24/2009 postreply 15:37:11

Thanks :) action on 孩子的课外活动班 -MomOfRubyMax- 给 MomOfRubyMax 发送悄悄话 (537 bytes) () 06/24/2009 postreply 17:47:46

Your English is wonderful. Calm down, plan well, you will get th -Renminbi_9- 给 Renminbi_9 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 06/24/2009 postreply 23:16:14

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