August 2013 Goals Update

Let's see how we did in the month of August with our 2013 goals:

Here are our 2013 Goals: (in no particular order):

1) To not eat out or at least to not pay out of pocket, with the exception of tips. If we want to treat the family to a meal out, we will make sure we have a gift card to cover all of us.~ Did awesome with this:)

2) Pay off 2 credit cards~ We did it- we are so very excited. We paid off 2 credit cards in March- WOOHOO:) And we just merged 1 credit card into another with a super low interest rate. We are now down to making 2 credit card payments instead of 6:)

3) Not to use any of our credit cards for 2013. To pay cash for everything.~ Still doing great with this goal.

4) To lower our grocery budget. Our current grocery budget is $200 month for our family of 6. Our goal is to lower that amount and to save the remainder. We had $13 leftover :)

5) To create a monthly meal plan for our family, to use leftovers more efficiently and to make use of everything in our pantry and freezer.~ Doing great with this goal.

6) Unclutter the house and become more organized:)~ Sold almost everything at a yard sale.  Still have a few house repairs and painting to do- almost done :)

7) Lose weight- I need to get motivated to lose this baby weight- my goal is to lose 20 lbs this year.~ Still going to the gym and walking on the treadmill. I have lost 5 pounds- yea!!  15 lbs left to go:)

8) Morning devotions, prayer time and more bible reading~ Definitely need to get back to doing this.  I found when doing my morning devotions, prayer time and bible reading, my day flowed a lot better and easier.

9) Monthly date night with hubby- whether we go out or stay at home, pop popcorn and rent a movie~ Didn't do any type of date night with hubby in August- need to schedule that as soon as possible.

10) To spend quality family time together. With everyones schedule and us running all over creation, I would love to spend more quality time together- no tv- us playing games, talking, enjoying each others company. I think we are going to claim Saturday's as family fun day:)~ Didn't get to do any family fun outings in August.

11) Not to use our dryer to save on electricity and lower our electricity bill~ Doing great with this- electric bill lower for this 6 months. We are on a budget plan with our electric company. They look at our usage for the past 6 months and average it out. That is what we pay. They refigure twice a year. So, for 6 months at a time we know exactly what our electric bill will be for 6 months. So far so good, we are over paying our actual usage:)

12) To make a better effort to blog more regularly and to make a blogging schedule~Need to get better organized and actually make a blogging schedule and keep up with it.

13) To make much needed house repairs~ Almost done with the house repairs- yay:)

14) To get rid of the car just sitting in our driveway (hopefully we can sell it and make a little something) and being used as storage.~ My dad is coming to pick up the car.  He is going to fix it up and give it to his girlfriend's daughter, so she will have reliable transportation.

15) To do 1 project a month and blog about it~ We did not do August's monthly project :(  Too much to do around here to get ready to move.  We have decided to suspend our monthly projects until we get settled in our new house.

How did you do with your goals for August?