July the official shortest month of the year is now gone!\u00a0 We spent a week at the beach and last week was probably the single busiest week of the summer with orthodontist appointments, appointments for mom and VBS every evening!\u00a0 We start back to school in August so I am hopefully to enjoy some less busy weeks before school!<\/p>\n
Groceries<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0budget amount is $650.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>We spent a total of $693.49 I have completed my stock up. My goal is to only buy perishable items such as milk, bread, fruits and eggs until December.<\/p>\n Auto\/ Gas \/ Insurance:<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0My goal is\u00a0 $400 a month.\u00a0<\/strong>$414.40. Gas prices are rising! This also includes our beach trip!<\/p>\n Cash Envelope system-\u00a0<\/strong> I am going to say No to this.\u00a0 It is hard to use cash on vacation. Hopefully we will be back on track in August<\/p>\n Goal #4- Blogging- 15 post per month<\/strong>.\u00a0 This is post number 9. Did I mention that last week was the busiest week of the summer.<\/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 6 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. On hold until school starts.<\/p>\n Earnings<\/strong>\u2013 Zero<\/p>\n No Spend Days<\/strong>-Zero. We are enjoying the summer with extra ice cream and other fun!<\/p>\n August should be interesting to say the least!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" July the official shortest month of the year is now gone!\u00a0 We spent a week at the beach and last week was probably the single busiest week of the summer with orthodontist appointments, appointments for mom and VBS every evening!\u00a0 … Continue reading