On Feb 25, 2009, at 8:02 PM, lterenzi wrote: > So I have been using MW now for a month. I KNOW I am using it as it > supposed to be used for now... I am kind of establishing my spending > plan as I go. For instance i didn't plan to buy MW when created my > plan. I was going to just try it out. So I bought it and created a > bucket for Computer Software after the fact as i also decided to > upgrade to Leopard and to upgrade my old financial program (iBank) as > a fall back. So I assigned transactions to that bucket and did a > manual flow from income to bring that bucket back to zero because I > did indeed use money from my income buckets to buy the software. > > **** > As an aside is that a good way to build on your spending plan. If you > buy something or realize you need a new category do you create the > bucket, assign the transaction and do a manual flow? > **** > > Because of an unexpected trip our gas and dining buckets got blown way > out of our spending plan. Again since I used the money from my income > buckets I just did a manual flow to zero them out instead of worrying > that I was negative $200 for dining next month. > > Yes, I fully understand that this how I need to think about MW and my > finances and I will (I already have actually) but I am more about > getting my head around the concept still and not be fooled into > thinking I have more than I do. Which I am not really fooled because > the Register/Accounts portion is fully reconciled so at least I have > that. > > Just trying to figure out why I seem to have $1000 MORE than in my > income buckets than I actually in my account. Am I rambling again? > *sigh* >
See my post in the other thread please Lenny. Peace, Kevin Hoctor [email protected] No Thirst Software LLC http://nothirst.com http://kevinhoctor.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "No Thirst Software User Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/no-thirst-software?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
