{"id":895,"date":"2013-01-31T21:18:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T02:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/?p=895"},"modified":"2013-02-09T20:27:21","modified_gmt":"2013-02-10T01:27:21","slug":"january-in-review-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=895","title":{"rendered":"January in Review 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Financial goal:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>\u00a0Pay off all outstanding debt except the mortgage by <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>June<\/strong><\/em>&#8211; We did manage to pay off one of our credit cards. I am proud to say out loud that for the first time in 5 plus years, we owe the big orange home improvement store nothing!<br \/>\n<em><strong> Emergency fund to $2000<\/strong>&#8211;<\/em>\u00a0 No progress yet<br \/>\n<em><strong>Maintain a budget using a form of the envelope system<\/strong> <\/em>&#8211;\u00a0 I love the budget app I found for my iPhone. It keeps everything at my finger tips! This month we are over our grocery budget of $600 by $120. My plan is to take this out of next month. We are under our gas budget by $130 which we used at IKEA for some storage stuff. I am also keeping track of clothing and gift purchases. So far I am really surprised at our clothing expenses. I may have to add to this fund after a couple of months.<br \/>\nOverall, January was an excellent month for us financially but I did the budget for February and it is scary! Matt has several leads for additional work right now so if just one works out I will breathe a sigh of relief and thankfulness!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blogging:\u00a0 <em>Goal: 15 per month\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> This is my 13th post of the month. I have really got to get in a good routine for posting.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Devotions: Goal is\u00a05 a week<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 GOALLLLL!\u00a0 I have finally found a time, in the mornings, that I am consistently able to read and complete a devotional! I hope to continue!<\/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> I am most excited because just this week, I have discovered 2x a week that I will be able to exercise at the YMCA on a consistent basis! I know for me if I can do something on a schedule it works out much better! I have not check the scales but I am almost certain I reached my goal of 4# this month!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financial goal:\u00a0 \u00a0Pay off all outstanding debt except the mortgage by June&#8211; We did manage to pay off one of our credit cards. 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