God knows I love my husband. I want him to be happy. Having a trotter (horse) makes him happy. I'm glad he has an a hobby that makes him happy (that is, when he's not complaining about injuries or disappointing workouts).

I like to spend money; no, strike that. Let's put it this way; I like buying things, on sale, and if it's on sale I don't mind buying a lot of things. I prefer spending smaller amounts of money repeated times rather than coughing up a huge sum of money on a single occasion.

My husband and I agree on a lot of things, maybe even on most things, but we come from different worlds when it comes to dealing with our finances. Like many couples (apparently we are not the only ones on different wavelengths according to the media) this inconsistency is the huge rain cloud that at times blocks out the sunshine in our relationship. I'm the kind who wants to have money set aside for a rainy day (or a vacation*) while P is more a carpe diem kind of guy.

I wrote in an earlier blogg entry that I was making progress as far as this horse business goes. Let's just say that after seeing this month's horse bills (which have to be paid just three weeks before going on a family vacation*), I may have taken 3 steps forward earlier,  but now I've taken 1½ back...

This is one of life's lessons that I continue to struggle with.