A
Okay, so, um, yes we do keep, uh, well we started out keeping a budget about two years, ago, we have a computer, here at the house,
B
Uh-huh.
A
and I made a Lotus spreadsheet and went through the year using all of our, our checkbook to figure out what we spent each time and whether we were over or under for each month and then basically since then what I've done is, is keep track of it through the checkbook so that based on whatever we've got coming in, the check coming in, then how much I'm spending each half of the month and then trying to also spe-, because our house payment is once a month, that's our, our biggest, uh, expense so I take half of that amount out of my checkbook each, with each paycheck,
B
Uh-huh.
A
even thought it's really still there,
B
Uh-huh.