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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 9:42 am
No because it would require me having something in there to balance.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 9:51 am
Not at this moment ... but I will balance it this weekend! So, yes!
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Clutterfree
Member
10-24-2003
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 10:05 am
Yes, I do. A while ago I developed a technique of rounding up basic bills like electric to the nearest penny so that my math is easier...so that instead of paying $77.77, I would pay $78 and get a credit of 23 cents on the next bill. Makes the math a LOT easier, and it's always fun to see that little credit the next time round!
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 10:27 am
Nope...that's what I pay the bank for...they do my bookkeeping for me!
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 10:41 am
Yes
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 10:53 am
yes, quicken and quick books are my friends.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 10:59 am
well, i have found it's easier to balance the checkbook on my nose than it is to balance the account. it's so easy to use a debit card. i have to go on-line every day to see what my husband has debited. how a man who is snowed in can still be spending 31.99 here and 27.11 here and 41.97 there...is beyond me!
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 11:28 am
Well I try to keep it balanced, but once I get over the ten fingers and ten toes I have a hard time counting the rest.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 11:29 am
Not since we check it online. We have almost all automatic debits, so it 's pretty easy.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 2:00 pm
yes
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Irishtxgrl
Member
12-07-2005
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 2:06 pm
yes
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Froggiegirl621
Member
02-14-2003
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 3:13 pm
Yes! I use my debit card for everything, very rarely have cash, and I've been known to "forget" about purchases, therefore not knowing the correct balance. So I'm now in the habit of saving any and all receipts and balancing my checkbook once a week with the receipts and against my online statement. My hubby on the other hand rarely uses his register. The only thing he keeps track of in it are the things he writes checks for (the very few bills that we can't pay online), everything else he keeps track of in his head. How he does it I'll never know!
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 3:31 pm
Oh man. No. Okay, so my mom taught me to always round up when you spend money and to round down when you deposit money so that you always have more than your checkbook says. Understand that if you open hers up, you would just see a long column of scrawled numbers, most of which have nothing written near them. The occasional check number if it's a big one. Anyway, I did that for a long time, then I just forgot about it and it's all in my head. I don't write many checks- just for some bills that are a hassle to do online. I'm a debit card girl. Still- all in my head. Every Friday I check my automatic deposits and see where I'm at and then I know how uch I can spend for the week. I've never had an overdraft. So yeah, the little booklet that comes with the checks....it never even gets touched. Tim on the other hand is obsessive with Quicken. He keeps track of everything in a million and one little categories. I must drive him nuts!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 4:11 pm
Yes, I balance my own as well as my mother's (since I pay all of her bills for her now).
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 4:14 pm
I do, sort of... I always write down every debit & check, but I round up and after years of doing that the bank stmt always says I have at least $100 more than my register.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 4:18 pm
Yep
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 8:16 pm
No
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 6:47 am
Top O' The Morning to my fellow TVCHers and Happy St. Patrick's Day!! Being the Irish lass that I am, I enjoy a wee bit of celebrating today. Here are the results of: Do you keep your checkbook balanced? Today's question is: Do you have anything (like a 4 leaf clover, rabbit's foot, charm, lucky underpants, etc...) that you feel brings you good luck? I do. I have a necklace that my dad gave me for my 16th birthday and I feel like it brings me good luck.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 7:12 am
no
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 7:36 am
no .....well maybe. Ever since I got my first car I have travelled with the same angle pin for a safe trip. If you consider that "good luck."
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Clutterfree
Member
10-24-2003
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 7:37 am
I used to: my late Mom's wedding ring. But after 8 years of wearing it, I lost it at a local Home Depot (and they couldn't find it for me, believe me I tried), so I guess nothing anymore, although sometimes I still rub the ring finger.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 7:38 am
Nope.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 8:11 am
no
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Merrysea
Member
08-13-2004
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 8:35 am
No
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Froggiegirl621
Member
02-14-2003
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 8:38 am
Unfortunately, no.
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