http://frugalbabe.com/2006/10/16/stories-from-a-moonlighting-library-assistant/ A rich life without a lot of money Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:54:55 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://frugalbabe.com/2006/10/16/stories-from-a-moonlighting-library-assistant/comment-page-1/#comment-5452 Frugal Babe » Our Debt Story Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:47:12 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2006/10/16/stories-from-a-moonlighting-library-assistant/#comment-5452 [...] One.  Dental expenses for my husband.  As of the fall of 2004, he had only had the first part of the treatment he would eventually need [...] [...] One.  Dental expenses for my husband.  As of the fall of 2004, he had only had the first part of the treatment he would eventually need [...]

]]> http://frugalbabe.com/2006/10/16/stories-from-a-moonlighting-library-assistant/comment-page-1/#comment-4621 Frugal Babe » Safety Nets Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:56:14 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2006/10/16/stories-from-a-moonlighting-library-assistant/#comment-4621 [...] or blow away.  We didn’t have to provide care to an ailing parent.  We did end up with a $5000 dental billwhen my husband’s bridge fell out in the summer of 2005.  That was a big bummer, and came at [...] [...] or blow away.  We didn’t have to provide care to an ailing parent.  We did end up with a $5000 dental billwhen my husband’s bridge fell out in the summer of 2005.  That was a big bummer, and came at [...]

]]> http://frugalbabe.com/2006/10/16/stories-from-a-moonlighting-library-assistant/comment-page-1/#comment-344 Frugal Babe » Net Worth At End Of 2006 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:46:23 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2006/10/16/stories-from-a-moonlighting-library-assistant/#comment-344 [...] I’m going to be taking a different position at the library later this month.  I’ve been working there for over 2 years now.  I love the people I work with, but shelving books gets pretty old.  A lady I work with had a baby last summer, and has decided to stay home with the baby for now.  I told my boss I was interested, and she said the job’s all mine.  I’m already trained, as I’ve been a substitute circulation clerk for almost a year now, and that’s what I’ll be doing with this job.  It pays a lot better than what I get now, and I’ll have a 457 plan available (another retirement account - yipee!) and health insurance reimbursement.  Also, I’ll get paid vacations (1 hour for every 9 hours I work - that adds up fast).  I don’t get any of these things now - the only perk I currently get is my gym membership.  Anyway, my husband and I talked about it, and decided that all of those positives outweighed the negatives, which were really just scheduling issues.  I currently work about 25 hours a week at the library, and the new job will be 32.  I do have a set schedule now, but it can easily be changed at a moment’s notice, since my current work is pretty self-directed.  Not so when I’ll be working at the desk.  Some of my library hours will be in the evening, so I’ll still have 2 full days each week that I can work at our insurance agency (currently I have 3, although we sometimes quit early on Fridays, so it’s more like 2.5).  We’re hoping to have a baby in the next year or so, and if we could save the money I’ll make at the library, it would help a lot.  We currently save pretty much everything I make there already, so there’s no reason we won’t be able to also save the extra that the new job generates.  We’ll see how it goes, but I’m excited.    [...] [...] I’m going to be taking a different position at the library later this month.  I’ve been working there for over 2 years now.  I love the people I work with, but shelving books gets pretty old.  A lady I work with had a baby last summer, and has decided to stay home with the baby for now.  I told my boss I was interested, and she said the job’s all mine.  I’m already trained, as I’ve been a substitute circulation clerk for almost a year now, and that’s what I’ll be doing with this job.  It pays a lot better than what I get now, and I’ll have a 457 plan available (another retirement account – yipee!) and health insurance reimbursement.  Also, I’ll get paid vacations (1 hour for every 9 hours I work – that adds up fast).  I don’t get any of these things now – the only perk I currently get is my gym membership.  Anyway, my husband and I talked about it, and decided that all of those positives outweighed the negatives, which were really just scheduling issues.  I currently work about 25 hours a week at the library, and the new job will be 32.  I do have a set schedule now, but it can easily be changed at a moment’s notice, since my current work is pretty self-directed.  Not so when I’ll be working at the desk.  Some of my library hours will be in the evening, so I’ll still have 2 full days each week that I can work at our insurance agency (currently I have 3, although we sometimes quit early on Fridays, so it’s more like 2.5).  We’re hoping to have a baby in the next year or so, and if we could save the money I’ll make at the library, it would help a lot.  We currently save pretty much everything I make there already, so there’s no reason we won’t be able to also save the extra that the new job generates.  We’ll see how it goes, but I’m excited.    [...]

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