1) To not eat out or at least to not pay out of pocket, with the exception of tips. If you want to treat the family to a meal out, we will make sure we have a gift card to cover all of us.- We did OK with this goal and ate out a couple of times during the month of May. With my mother's passing, we have been driving up and down the road more often than normal.
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3) Not to use any of our credit cards for 2011. To pay cash for everything.- only used credit card to pay for food in #1 :( We hope to do better in June and not use any credit cards.
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.-I am rather proud of our May budget- we only spent around $280 and were able to put away $120. Lets see how we do in June, since we are eating out of the freezer and pantry.
5) To create a monthly meal plan for our family, to purchase most of our groceries at the beginning of the month (with the exception of fresh fruits, veggies, milk and other perishible items) and do more freezer cooking- all while staying below our current grocery budget.- Doing well with creating monthly menu plans and bulk shopping.
6) Unclutter the house and become more organized:)- We hoped to get started with this goal in May but with my mother passing away unexpectedly, this goal kind of took a back seat.
7) Lose weight- I need to get motivated to lose this baby weight.- looking forward to getting this going this month:) I am getting ready to blog about a exercise challenge- come and join me:)
8) Morning devotions, prayer time and more bible reading- Didn't do as well as I should have
9) Monthly date night with hubby- whether we go out or stay at home, pop popcorn and rent a movie- didn't do the whole date night with hubby in May :(
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- Didn't do this in May either.
11) Not to use our dryer to save on electricity and lower our electricity bill- We didn't follow this goal this month either. With all the running up and down the road we did, we would come home long enough to do laundry and feed the cat and back down the road we went. We will do better in June with this goal.
12) We want to unclutter, which goes with #6, sell unwanted items, pay off as many credit cards as possible- 1 at a time, which goes with #2, find a bigger house and sell our current very small house:) This is a huge goal and one we are working very hard to achieve along with all the other goals listed above- We hope to have better luck in June. We are still looking for a bigger house closer to my dad. We have faith the Lord will lead us in the right direction.
13) Pay off credit card #2- still going strong with this goal- YEA!! :)
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