June has come and gone!\u00a0 I am enjoying my summer off but to be honest, we are staying extremely busy it seems. We did not receive our new stove in June so that has added a little bit of\u00a0 expense and stress. Braxton is staying with us lots which is always fun. We have enjoyed a family shopping day and several days in the pool. I am hoping for a less expensive and less stressful\u00a0 July.<\/p>\n
Groceries<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0budget amount is $650.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>We spent a total of $1346.80 this month which included $800 for 1\/4 of a cow. I am happy to say that our pantry and freezers are stocked up. The focus of July will be making some easy to prepare either just cook or throw in the crock pot.\u00a0 The budget should also be alot less so it will help even out our spending.<\/p>\n Auto\/ Gas \/ Insurance:<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0My goal is\u00a0 $400 a month.\u00a0<\/strong>$428.50. Gas prices are rising and we have made several trips to Durham to visit with Haley.\u00a0 \u00a0I may need to increase this due to cost but will wait and see,<\/p>\n Cash Envelope system-\u00a0<\/strong> I am going to say No to this.\u00a0 We ended up shopping at the outlets.\u00a0 I am happy to say that I was able to cover all expenses without incurring interest!<\/p>\n Goal #4- Blogging- 15 post per month<\/strong>.\u00a0 Post 15!\u00a0 \u00a0Success at last!<\/p>\n Goal # 5- Fitness<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Goal is to\u00a0<\/strong>exercise of some type at least 10 days a month.<\/strong>\u00a0 At least there is improvement this month. I managed 5 days of 30 minutes of exercise this month!<\/p>\n Goal #6 \u2013 Bible study- Goal-\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Read or Listen to the entire Bible in a year.\u00a0<\/strong>I have finished the bible podcast. Need to get back on track with this<\/p>\n Earnings<\/strong>– $45 in gift cards. I had my oldest spam email account hacked this month so I doubt that I will be able to continue this but it has been an awesome source of extra income.\u00a0 Matt and I have discussed that my job in Guam is alot more profitable and I will continue to work this second job but at a much more limited amount!<\/p>\n No Spend Days- One is an improvement but I don’t count that as successful.\u00a0 I will likely not stress over these until school starts in August. Summer is fun and spending~<\/p>\n July our full month of summer and fun- Here we come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" June has come and gone!\u00a0 I am enjoying my summer off but to be honest, we are staying extremely busy it seems. We did not receive our new stove in June so that has added a little bit of\u00a0 expense … Continue reading