{"id":1452,"date":"2013-09-30T18:31:34","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T22:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/?p=1452"},"modified":"2013-09-30T18:31:34","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T22:31:34","slug":"september-in-review-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=1452","title":{"rendered":"September in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Financial goals:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong> <\/strong>September was an ok month for us financially; I was able to get our Emergency fund back to $500 and we are only currently about $300 behind budget for the month. I am hoping\/anticipating that by the end of October, we will be even for the year. I am continuing to pick up extra hours at the nursing home in addition to some slow web work that should produce income.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pay off Lawn mower by March 2014, so no interest is charged. <\/strong>Payment of $100 made, almost a triple payment. I have also made a plan to pay this completely off in January!<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Pay off all outstanding debt except the mortgage by <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>June<\/strong><\/em>&#8211;\u00a0We missed this goal obviously but my new goal is June 2014!<\/li>\n<li><em><strong> Emergency fund to $2000<\/strong>&#8211;<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Currently at just over $500 but at least it exist again.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Maintain a budget using a form of the envelope system<\/strong> <\/em>&#8211; MET!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Groceries: Spend $600 or less a month\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0We are currently at $575 for the month including our purchase of 120# of chicken!\u00a0 I anticipate that October will\u00a0be an expensive month as we have to replenish. We have not purchased a lot of groceries since June. At this point our average for the year is $600. My goal will be to stay on budget for the rest of the year!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gas- <\/strong>Goal Met!! We currently have $89 left in our gas budget which will be used to offset a medical bill!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Blogging:\u00a0 <em>Goal: 15 per month <\/em><\/strong>This is the 15th blog posting of the month, for the\u00a0third month in a row. I will admit that this month has been a struggle but I am so glad I have been able to stay on course.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Devotions: Goal is 5 a week<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Goal Met! I am really enjoying my morning time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Weight: Goal to exercise 3x a week and to be down to 150 by December by losing around 4 # a month.<\/em><\/strong>. Something is better than nothing&#8230; with that being said, I have managed to work out 2 nights a week for the past 3 weeks so that is at least better than nothing!<\/p>\n<p>September was a good month!\u00a0 We have met all goals this month!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financial goals:\u00a0 September was an ok month for us financially; I was able to get our Emergency fund back to $500 and we are only currently about $300 behind budget for the month. 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