We've made it through the first two days of the month. That is awesome. And one of those days was a "no spend day." How stupidly awesome is that?? Little to no drama at work and I can say the same for home too!
We rearranged the furniture in the master bedroom, which allowed us to mount the TV on the wall and give the boys our dresser, so that was a nice savings. In two weeks E will be painting the bedroom a nice grey (we are such a grey family) and we will get a black and white comforter set and grey sheets. We'll also find some nice decorative wall pieces which is something our bedroom has always lacked.
A good start to turning this ship around!
Jennifer
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Saturday, March 3, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
It's February Already?
The chapter has closed on January 2012 and we ate out 14 times, 2 of which were paid for meals and had 7 no spend days. I think we did a great job and we will only improve as time goes on.
However, it seems that February has already started off rocky. We got the word at work that our work from home day has been denied, so there goes the nice Tuesdays I have enjoyed for over three years. Yes, I have a job, but I have to mourn the loss of this perk, with not too many new ones on the horizon. So we will just deal but it will take me some time to go back to working in the office 5 days a week. I expect to be very tired for the first few weeks!
And then there was the Vicodin incident where I accidentally took 2 Vicodin on an empty stomach! So, make sure you read those labels!
But we have filed our taxes and as soon as our refund comes back we are buying that new dryer! No more having to turn the gas on and off every time we use the darn thing. And the leftover money will be used to pay off some small bills that have been hanging around. We are still feeling very positive about 2012. I still have a bonus and pay raise to look forward to.
So, if we could just somehow win the Powerball we would be set. But we aren’t banking on that one… too much!
Jennifer
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Rick Steves and I...
are in Normandy tonight! Him in the flesh and me in the mind. But it keeps the spirit alive. I've never been fond of France but Normandy is looking like the place to go!
What a crazy interesting week we've had. There were two "no spend days" and we ate out three time (one of those being footed by my in-laws) and even Sammy was great during out dinners out. Tonight I made a pepperoni pizza monkeybread dish and it turned out great.
I started a new cross stitch project which is a wee little stitches pattern of my favorite Futurama characters, which is all of them. My timeline is to finish it within two weeks and then possibly have my last project framed professionally at Michaels! I haven't framed anything in a long time!
E and I even signed up for our 5K and saved money doing so. We signed up at Totally Running and saved $7.00 a registration. And of course the kids said they wanted to run too but these are kids that are so lazy they don't want to stand.
We're nearing the end of January and I can't wait to recap the month. I feel we've accomplished a lot and set a lot of habits in motion that will just get better throughout the year.
Jennifer
What a crazy interesting week we've had. There were two "no spend days" and we ate out three time (one of those being footed by my in-laws) and even Sammy was great during out dinners out. Tonight I made a pepperoni pizza monkeybread dish and it turned out great.
I started a new cross stitch project which is a wee little stitches pattern of my favorite Futurama characters, which is all of them. My timeline is to finish it within two weeks and then possibly have my last project framed professionally at Michaels! I haven't framed anything in a long time!
E and I even signed up for our 5K and saved money doing so. We signed up at Totally Running and saved $7.00 a registration. And of course the kids said they wanted to run too but these are kids that are so lazy they don't want to stand.
We're nearing the end of January and I can't wait to recap the month. I feel we've accomplished a lot and set a lot of habits in motion that will just get better throughout the year.
Jennifer
Monday, January 2, 2012
No Spending Days
The second day of the year and I've already blogged twice. I'm pretty proud of myself. To start the year off right, we had a family no spending day. We went nowhere, spent no money and just relaxed all day long. As a family, we are very proud of ourselves. This is a very important part of the life that we want to lead.
And to top it all off, I managed to get myself on the treadmill for 30 whole minutes. It's certainly not up to my husband's speed yet, but I've been there before so it shouldn't take too long.
So for the second day of the year we did something as a family that we've always wanted to do and that's free to boot. We geocached. And that was fun! We even got a little trinket to take home. Which can only mean now that we are going to set up our own geocache here just to see how many people we get. Eric has a grandiose plan, of course, but we should probably just keep it simple.
We are off to a good start this year!
Jennifer
And to top it all off, I managed to get myself on the treadmill for 30 whole minutes. It's certainly not up to my husband's speed yet, but I've been there before so it shouldn't take too long.
So for the second day of the year we did something as a family that we've always wanted to do and that's free to boot. We geocached. And that was fun! We even got a little trinket to take home. Which can only mean now that we are going to set up our own geocache here just to see how many people we get. Eric has a grandiose plan, of course, but we should probably just keep it simple.
We are off to a good start this year!
Jennifer
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