February was an extremely busy month. I worked an additional 60 hours in Guam. This meant that everyone has stepped up and is doing lots of extra stuff around the house. February has brought lots of rain. But the good news is that I have finally decided a plan for the square foot garden which will increase my overall growing space, raise the beds and make it pretty. This will be an intense time consuming project but I am very excited by it.<\/p>\n
Groceries<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0budget amount is $650.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> We have actually spent $599.71. This is not as low as I had hoped but still a full $50 under budget. I am only planning to purchase needs in March and then use the rest of the money for food in Disney.<\/p>\n Auto\/ Gas \/ Insurance:<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0My goal is\u00a0 $400 a month.\u00a0<\/strong> The price of gas has significantly (60 cents a gallon) increased over the past 2 weeks.\u00a0 We are also driving to work and school five days a week. total for the month is $280.69 so well under budget. Next month will bring oil changes to both vehicles. So I anticipate the amount to remain under budget but not by much!<\/p>\n Cash Envelope system- GOAL Met!\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> We are continuing to use this system. I was able to pay an additional $500 on our Disney trip this month but also covered the cost of the repair of the washer.\u00a0 Both Matt and I got paid this past week so the envelopes are back to zero. Any money saved this month is spending money in Disney.<\/p>\n Goal #4- Blogging- 15 post per month<\/strong>.\u00a0 This is post number 6 for the month. See explanation from\u00a0 above<\/p>\n Goal # 5- Fitness<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Goal is to\u00a0<\/strong>exercise of some type at least 10 days a month.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Nope not even close<\/p>\n Goal #6 \u2013 Bible study- Goal-\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Read or Listen to the entire Bible in a year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>I have been listening to a podcast every day that I drive to work. I should be able to listen to the entire session by June.!<\/p>\n Earnings- $25 in gift cards<\/p>\n No Spend Days- another fail<\/p>\n March is going to be a month of financial change for us. We are in the process of re-financing our mortgage to drop the interest rate again. We are also considering rolling some other debit in the re-financing so I will explain everything once it is settled.\u00a0 March should be fast and busy but the Disney count down is on so I am excited!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" February was an extremely busy month. I worked an additional 60 hours in Guam. This meant that everyone has stepped up and is doing lots of extra stuff around the house. February has brought lots of rain. But the good … Continue reading