{"id":3100,"date":"2015-05-02T13:52:19","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T17:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/?p=3100"},"modified":"2015-05-02T13:52:19","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T17:52:19","slug":"april-in-review-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=3100","title":{"rendered":"April In Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blogging:\u00a0 Goal: 15 per month<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Goal Met!\u00a0Even with posting this month in review 2 days late! Go Me!<\/p>\n

Weight: Goal: \u00a0Met and maintain weight of 175. This goal will be considered met each month that weight loss is achieved and once this weight is achieved, each month maintained is considered achieved.\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Fail again! May is the month that I am getting back on track with this! I have been fairly consist with exercising but the diet part is lacking,. <\/em><\/p>\n

Spiritual-\u00a0<\/strong> Goal. I want to spend time reading and or studying the Bible at least 5 days a week for the year.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Another Fail!\u00a0 I have been reading at least 3 days a week need to up my game for sure.<\/em><\/p>\n

Personal Goals: Achieved\u00a01 of 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Financial Goals:\u00a0 Achieved\u00a02 of 4 (50%) <\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Pay off all debit by\u00a0December \u00a02015, except for mortgage.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>
\na. Home Depot-\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 $170 a month Payment.\u00a0 Will be paid off in\u00a0 September.\u00a0<\/strong> Smaller than usual payment to offset expenses and also I ended up purchasing some new dirt for the garden. We are still on track with no interest paid on this card so May and June will be catch up\u00a0 months.
\n<\/strong>c. American Express\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 <\/em>pay $900 this month. <\/strong>Again\u00a0smaller than anticipated pay\u00a0so I have to buckle down.
\nd. Personal Loan (used to purchase van) .<\/em>The current scheduled payment is $217<\/strong> a month with this scheduled to be paid off in December 2015. Goal Met!<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Emergency Fund to $2000.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>Used this to cover the unexpected car repair. So we are starting at zero again. Fail<\/strong><\/p>\n

. <\/em> 3.<\/strong> Groceries: Spend $600 <\/strong>a month\u00a0.\u00a0<\/strong>Huge success this month. We spent $195 on groceries including $50 worth of plants for the garden. The real test will be in\u00a0May if we can stay around $800 for the month, then this will be back on track for the year.<\/p>\n

4. Gas: Spend $400 a month with any remaining to be move to Auto fund for repairs.\u00a0 <\/strong>I was unable to pay for this last repair out of our gas money so ended up using the Emergency fund to cover the large repair cost of $400. Otherwise on track with spending $364 for gas, which does include our gas for all trips this month as well.. In May, we will have to cover tags, inspection and taxes on the Dodge van. We also have several out of town appointments. My goal will be to stay at $400 including these extra expenses.<\/p>\n

Disney- <\/strong>The yard sale was a HUGE! success! In fact it was the biggest yard sale profit I have ever made! I did pay an additional $300 toward our trip so this is awesome!\u00a0 I do not expect to make big gains in this area until July due to extra annual expenses that are coming due in May.<\/p>\n

April was a crazy expensive month. I had planned for our cheerleading trip to the beach but with yet another van repair, we are now going to have to tighten way down for several months. I was extremely pleased to realize that we actually met several of the established goals. May is another expensive month. I have been able to save some money in advance but in May we have to pay insurance and pool dues. In addition our mortgage has increased due to the escrow account, that I am unable to close. I am hopefully that all car repairs are done for several months.\u00a0 No extra saving or spending planned for May but I am doubtful to have anything extra.<\/p>\n

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