October has turned out to be a very busy month.\u00a0 I ended up taking on more students in Guam.\u00a0 The upside is that I have met my goal of purchasing our tickets to Disney.\u00a0 I am also planning to pay our entire December trip from Guam money as well!\u00a0 \u00a0Another change in October is that we started our “smart home” with the purchase of an electronic door lock and several “alexa” devices. So far, I am enjoying the convivence.\u00a0 Another HUGE milestone is that we managed to reduce our overall debit by $500. It may sound like a small step but it is a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n
Gardening-\u00a0 We are expecting our first frost today (October 31st). So we decided to go ahead and pull out the rest of the summer garden. I managed to freeze two cups of green peepers and roasted over a dozen pimentos.\u00a0 We also hung up basil to dry, started a small basil plant inside and found a few tomatoes.<\/p>\n
Goal #1 Grocery Budget of $550- The total for the month is $552.\u00a0 This did include the huge ($450) Costco trip that I made the end of September. I am very impressed with this budget and plan to stay around $200 for the month of November.<\/p>\n
Goal #2 \u2013 Record and keep up with gas\/ auto purchase- $248.66 . This is actually less than I had anticipate. Currently any extra in the budget is going to reduce debit. I am very hopeful to totally pay off our gas credit card by the end of the year.<\/p>\n
Goal #3-Use a cash envelope system for everything possible!. Becoming easier!\u00a0 I am currently trying to save the additional money needed for the Memory Maker for our Disney Trip. I think that this will become easier once we finish baseball games.<\/p>\n
Goal #4- Blogging- 15 post per month. This is post number 10 for the month! Between working and baseball I am still struggling to make time for everything.<\/p>\n
Goal # 5- Fitness- Goal is to walk 3 times a week. ummm no comment<\/p>\n
Goal #6 \u2013 Bible study- Goal- 3x a week \u2013Yikes!<\/p>\n
Goal #7-Attempt at least 52 new recipes this year.-\u00a0 We have met this goal in September. I did manage to try 3 new recipes this month so I am very happy.<\/p>\n
Earnings_ $30. Swagbucks are really really limiting our earning so I don\u2019t anticipate this to improve significantly before the end of the year. Because of some internet issues this is becoming more of a time waster than anything else. I am going to stick with it to the end of the year but this is something that I may have to re-evaluate and stop until summer.<\/p>\n
November appears to be another very different from the ordinary month. I do know that for the first time in a long time, we will be having Thanksgiving at my house and will not be joining my brother.\u00a0 Change is hard and the unknown is very hard for me, I am hoping by the end of November the world will have returned to a more normal place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
October has turned out to be a very busy month.\u00a0 I ended up taking on more students in Guam.\u00a0 The upside is that I have met my goal of purchasing our tickets to Disney.\u00a0 I am also planning to pay … Continue reading