Let's see how we did in the month of November 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 $400 month for our family of 6. Our goal is to lower that amount and to save the remainder. We are still trying to get a feel of a good grocery budget out here. Some of the prices are higher than what we paid in Virginia :(
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) Lose weight- I need to get motivated to lose this baby weight- my goal is to lose 20 lbs this year.~ We are not going to a gym here. I am riding my exercise bike almost every morning for 30 minutes and then doing an exercise video for 30 minutes that I checked out from our library. I have 10 more pounds to go to get to hit my weight goal :)
7) Morning devotions, prayer time and more bible reading~ Doing awesome with this goal. The church we have been attending gives weekly prayer guides to do at home. I feel great when I get up in the morning with my morning coffee and dive right in to devotions and prayer :)
8) 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 November- need to schedule that as soon as possible.
9) To spend quality family time together. With everyone's 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:)~ For Thanksgiving since we were home bound and sick, we played dominos, did puzzles with the boys and had a great time being together.
10) Not to use our dryer to save on electricity and lower our electricity bill~ With just moving, we have no clue what to expect our electric to be. While our house is still on the market in Virginia, we are paying electric bills for 2 houses :(
11) 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.
12) To do 1 project a month and blog about it~ I need to look at the remaining months we have left and see what we projects we can do.
How did you do with your goals for November?
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Thursday, November 7, 2013
October 2013 Goal Update
Let's see how we did in the month of October 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 $400 month for our family of 6. Our goal is to lower that amount and to save the remainder. We are still trying to get a feel of a good grocery budget out here. Some of the prices are higher than what we paid in Virginia :(
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) Lose weight- I need to get motivated to lose this baby weight- my goal is to lose 20 lbs this year.~ We are not going to a gym here. I am riding my exercise bike almost every morning for 30 minutes and then doing an exercise video for 30 minutes that I checked out from our library. I have 10 more pounds to go to get to hit my weight goal :)
7) Morning devotions, prayer time and more bible reading~ Doing awesome with this goal. The church we have been attending gives weekly prayer guides to do at home. I feel great when I get up in the morning with my morning coffee and dive right in to devotions and prayer :)
8) 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 October- need to schedule that as soon as possible.
9) 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:)~ We are loving going out and exploring our new town in our new state :) We played in our flooded street, went to the beach, went to an Ecological Park, and went to a Fall Festival :) We are having fun exploring.
10) Not to use our dryer to save on electricity and lower our electricity bill~ With just moving, we have no clue what to expect our electric to be. While our house is still on the market in Virginia, we are paying electric bills for 2 houses :(
11) 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.
12) To do 1 project a month and blog about it~ I need to look at the remaining months we have left and see what we projects we can do.
How did you do with your goals for October?
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 $400 month for our family of 6. Our goal is to lower that amount and to save the remainder. We are still trying to get a feel of a good grocery budget out here. Some of the prices are higher than what we paid in Virginia :(
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) Lose weight- I need to get motivated to lose this baby weight- my goal is to lose 20 lbs this year.~ We are not going to a gym here. I am riding my exercise bike almost every morning for 30 minutes and then doing an exercise video for 30 minutes that I checked out from our library. I have 10 more pounds to go to get to hit my weight goal :)
7) Morning devotions, prayer time and more bible reading~ Doing awesome with this goal. The church we have been attending gives weekly prayer guides to do at home. I feel great when I get up in the morning with my morning coffee and dive right in to devotions and prayer :)
8) 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 October- need to schedule that as soon as possible.
9) 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:)~ We are loving going out and exploring our new town in our new state :) We played in our flooded street, went to the beach, went to an Ecological Park, and went to a Fall Festival :) We are having fun exploring.
10) Not to use our dryer to save on electricity and lower our electricity bill~ With just moving, we have no clue what to expect our electric to be. While our house is still on the market in Virginia, we are paying electric bills for 2 houses :(
11) 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.
12) To do 1 project a month and blog about it~ I need to look at the remaining months we have left and see what we projects we can do.
How did you do with your goals for October?
Thursday, September 5, 2013
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?
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?
Thursday, August 22, 2013
July 2013 Goal Update
Let's see how we did in the month of July 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 went over by $21, which is not too terribly bad since it did cover 5 weeks.
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:)~ With everything going on, we need to get back on track with this goal and get our house sell ready.
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 July- 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 July.
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~ Pipes under house almost complete:) Still need to get sanding, painting and installing.
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.~ Still working on this. We did get everything out of it. One step in the right direction:)
15) To do 1 project a month and blog about it~ We did not do July'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 May and/or June?
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 went over by $21, which is not too terribly bad since it did cover 5 weeks.
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:)~ With everything going on, we need to get back on track with this goal and get our house sell ready.
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 July- 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 July.
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~ Pipes under house almost complete:) Still need to get sanding, painting and installing.
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.~ Still working on this. We did get everything out of it. One step in the right direction:)
15) To do 1 project a month and blog about it~ We did not do July'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 May and/or June?
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
May & June 2013 Goal Update
Wow- where has my head been? I just realized that I never did a goal update for the month of May. So, I am combining both May & June together:)
Let's see how we did in the months of May & June 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 $300 month for our family of 6. Our goal is to lower that amount and to save the remainder. We have not been where we would have liked with our grocery budget. We went over in May by $34 and went over in June by about $42.
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:)~ With everything going on, we need to get back on track with this goal and get our house sell ready.
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 2 pounds- yea!! 18 lbs left to go:)
8) Morning devotions, prayer time and more bible reading~ Definately 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 May or June- 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 May or June.
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~ Counter installed- yea!!!! Door Jambs installed- yea!! Now to get some sanding done, pipes replaced, carpeting and painting:)
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.~ Still working on this.
15) To do 1 project a month and blog about it~ We did May's monthly project done- we made a delicious Apple Dump cake:) Still working on June's monthly project.
How did you do with your goals for May and/or June?
Let's see how we did in the months of May & June 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 $300 month for our family of 6. Our goal is to lower that amount and to save the remainder. We have not been where we would have liked with our grocery budget. We went over in May by $34 and went over in June by about $42.
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:)~ With everything going on, we need to get back on track with this goal and get our house sell ready.
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 2 pounds- yea!! 18 lbs left to go:)
8) Morning devotions, prayer time and more bible reading~ Definately 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 May or June- 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 May or June.
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~ Counter installed- yea!!!! Door Jambs installed- yea!! Now to get some sanding done, pipes replaced, carpeting and painting:)
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.~ Still working on this.
15) To do 1 project a month and blog about it~ We did May's monthly project done- we made a delicious Apple Dump cake:) Still working on June's monthly project.
How did you do with your goals for May and/or June?
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
April 2013 Goal Update
Let's see how we did in the month of April 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 $300 month for our family of 6. Our goal is to lower that amount and to save the remainder. ~ We did good last month and only over spent by $1.
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:)~ So proud- we did an awesome job with decluttering. Now we are waiting for the weather to warm up to put it all in a yard sale:)
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. Nothing lost this month but nothing gained:)
8) Morning devotions, prayer time and more bible reading~ Doing great with this goal.
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 April but did go on a anniversary weekend get away:)
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:)~ We had 2 family fun outings in April.
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~ Counter installed- yea!!!! Now on to installing 2 door jambs and replacing some pipes under the house- how fun:)
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.~ Still working on this.
15) To do 1 project a month and blog about it~ Since we didn't get a chance to do our monthly project in March, we doubled up in April. We made homemade bread and ranch dressing- details coming next week:)
How did you do with your goals for March?
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 $300 month for our family of 6. Our goal is to lower that amount and to save the remainder. ~ We did good last month and only over spent by $1.
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:)~ So proud- we did an awesome job with decluttering. Now we are waiting for the weather to warm up to put it all in a yard sale:)
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. Nothing lost this month but nothing gained:)
8) Morning devotions, prayer time and more bible reading~ Doing great with this goal.
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 April but did go on a anniversary weekend get away:)
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:)~ We had 2 family fun outings in April.
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~ Counter installed- yea!!!! Now on to installing 2 door jambs and replacing some pipes under the house- how fun:)
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.~ Still working on this.
15) To do 1 project a month and blog about it~ Since we didn't get a chance to do our monthly project in March, we doubled up in April. We made homemade bread and ranch dressing- details coming next week:)
How did you do with your goals for March?
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
March 2013 Goal Update
Let's see how we did in the month of March 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:)
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 $300 month for our family of 6. Our goal is to lower that amount and to save the remainder. ~ We did good and last month and had $27.73 left over. We took that money to the Berry Farm and loaded up on all kind of super yummy fruits.
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:)~ So proud- we did an awesome job with decluttering. Now we are waiting for the weather to warm up to put it all in a yardsale:)
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. Nothing lost this month but nothing gained:)
8) Morning devotions, prayer time and more bible reading~ Doing great with this goal
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 March:( We need to work on that.
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 do a family fun day in March.
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~ Holes patched in walls:) Counter installation coming soon:) Waiting to paint until we get closer to finding a house.
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.~ Still working of this
15) To do 1 project a month and blog about it~ We were supposed to make bread but that just didn't happen. We hope to double up in April:) Let's see.
How did you do with your goals for March?
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:)
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 $300 month for our family of 6. Our goal is to lower that amount and to save the remainder. ~ We did good and last month and had $27.73 left over. We took that money to the Berry Farm and loaded up on all kind of super yummy fruits.
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:)~ So proud- we did an awesome job with decluttering. Now we are waiting for the weather to warm up to put it all in a yardsale:)
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. Nothing lost this month but nothing gained:)
8) Morning devotions, prayer time and more bible reading~ Doing great with this goal
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 March:( We need to work on that.
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 do a family fun day in March.
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~ Holes patched in walls:) Counter installation coming soon:) Waiting to paint until we get closer to finding a house.
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.~ Still working of this
15) To do 1 project a month and blog about it~ We were supposed to make bread but that just didn't happen. We hope to double up in April:) Let's see.
How did you do with your goals for March?
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
February 2013 Goal Update
Let's see how we did in the month of February 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 are very excited that we will pay off 2 credit cards in March :)
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 $300 month for our family of 6. Our goal is to lower that amount and to save the remainder. ~ We did OK- we over spent by $16 in February.
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:)~ So proud- we did an awesome job with our living room and kitchen. We have moved to decluttering our Master Bedroom:)
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. Lost 2 pounds:) 18 to go:)
8) Morning devotions, prayer time and more bible reading~ Doing great with this goal
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 February :(
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:)~ We had an indoor family fun day and had a blast.
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~ Holes patched in walls:) Counter installation coming soon:) Waiting to paint until we get closer to finding a house.
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.~ Still working of this
15) To do 1 project a month and blog about it~ We made Kettle Corn for February. Pictures and post coming soon.
How did you do with your goals for February?
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 are very excited that we will pay off 2 credit cards in March :)
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 $300 month for our family of 6. Our goal is to lower that amount and to save the remainder. ~ We did OK- we over spent by $16 in February.
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:)~ So proud- we did an awesome job with our living room and kitchen. We have moved to decluttering our Master Bedroom:)
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. Lost 2 pounds:) 18 to go:)
8) Morning devotions, prayer time and more bible reading~ Doing great with this goal
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 February :(
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:)~ We had an indoor family fun day and had a blast.
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~ Holes patched in walls:) Counter installation coming soon:) Waiting to paint until we get closer to finding a house.
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.~ Still working of this
15) To do 1 project a month and blog about it~ We made Kettle Corn for February. Pictures and post coming soon.
How did you do with your goals for February?
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
January 2013 Goals Update
Wow- is it really the middle of February already? Yikes- where is this month going?
I realized I never updated our 2013 goals for the month of January. So, here you go:
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~ Making incredible progress with this goal and should have 2 credit cards paid off by March- yay!!
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 $300 month for our family of 6. Our goal is to lower that amount and to save the remainder. ~ We did great with this goal and spent $256 in January.
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:)~ So proud- we are making great progress in our living room and kitchen
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 haven't lost any pounds yet but have lost 2 inches from my waist- I will take it:)
8) Morning devotions, prayer time and more bible reading~ Doing great with this goal
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 January
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:)~ We had a great family outing- you can read all about it here.
11) Not to use our dryer to save on electricity and lower our electricity bill~ Doing great with this- electric bill lowered by $5 from cycle.
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~ Counter installation coming soon:)
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.~ Still working of this
15) To do 1 project a month and blog about it~ We made homemade taco seasoning and dry onion soup mix
How did you do with your goals for January?
I realized I never updated our 2013 goals for the month of January. So, here you go:
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~ Making incredible progress with this goal and should have 2 credit cards paid off by March- yay!!
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 $300 month for our family of 6. Our goal is to lower that amount and to save the remainder. ~ We did great with this goal and spent $256 in January.
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:)~ So proud- we are making great progress in our living room and kitchen
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 haven't lost any pounds yet but have lost 2 inches from my waist- I will take it:)
8) Morning devotions, prayer time and more bible reading~ Doing great with this goal
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 January
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:)~ We had a great family outing- you can read all about it here.
11) Not to use our dryer to save on electricity and lower our electricity bill~ Doing great with this- electric bill lowered by $5 from cycle.
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~ Counter installation coming soon:)
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.~ Still working of this
15) To do 1 project a month and blog about it~ We made homemade taco seasoning and dry onion soup mix
How did you do with your goals for January?
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Our 2013 Goals
We have decided as a family that our 2013 goals are much the same as our 2012 goals. The reason being~ we spent a lot of time making goals and promises but never living up to them. We have decided- no more excuses~ 2013 is going to be a year of doing not just promising:) Come along and see how much we accomplish this year.
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.
2) Pay off 2 credit cards
3) Not to use any of our credit cards for 2013. To pay cash for everything.
4) To lower our grocery budget. Our current grocery budget is $300 month for our family of 6. Our goal is to lower that amount and to save the remainder.
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.
6) Unclutter the house and become more organized:)
7) Lose weight- I need to get motivated to lose this baby weight- my goal is to lose 20 lbs this year.
8) Morning devotions, prayer time and more bible reading
9) Monthly date night with hubby- whether we go out or stay at home, pop popcorn and rent a movie
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:)
11) Not to use our dryer to save on electricity and lower our electricity bill
12) To make a better effort to blog more regularly and to make a blogging schedule
13) To make much needed house repairs
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.
15) To do 1 project a month and blog about it
What goals do you have for 2013? I would love to hear them:)
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.
2) Pay off 2 credit cards
3) Not to use any of our credit cards for 2013. To pay cash for everything.
4) To lower our grocery budget. Our current grocery budget is $300 month for our family of 6. Our goal is to lower that amount and to save the remainder.
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.
6) Unclutter the house and become more organized:)
7) Lose weight- I need to get motivated to lose this baby weight- my goal is to lose 20 lbs this year.
8) Morning devotions, prayer time and more bible reading
9) Monthly date night with hubby- whether we go out or stay at home, pop popcorn and rent a movie
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:)
11) Not to use our dryer to save on electricity and lower our electricity bill
12) To make a better effort to blog more regularly and to make a blogging schedule
13) To make much needed house repairs
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.
15) To do 1 project a month and blog about it
What goals do you have for 2013? I would love to hear them:)
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