{"id":999,"date":"2013-03-31T20:09:58","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T00:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/?p=999"},"modified":"2013-03-31T20:09:58","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T00:09:58","slug":"march-in-review-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=999","title":{"rendered":"March in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Financial goals: <\/strong>March has been a drain on us financially.\u00a0\u00a0 We have had to complete minor repair work on both the vehicles, additional medical expenses for Zach and yesterday our lawn mower decided to smoke us out. We\u00a0 did purchase a new lawnmower on a special finance deal which means that if we pay off the purchase within 12 months, we will not be\u00a0charged interested. I am adding this as a goal to keep us accountable.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pay off Lawn mower by March 2014, so no interest is charged.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Pay off all outstanding debt except the mortgage by <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>June<\/strong><\/em>&#8211;\u00a0 No progress this month<\/li>\n<li><em><strong> Emergency fund to $2000<\/strong>&#8211;<\/em>\u00a0 With all the additional expenses we had this month, I was able to only add $50 to this. I would like to have it up to $500 ASAP and $2000 by the end of the year.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Maintain a budget using a form of the envelope system<\/strong> <\/em>&#8211;\u00a0DONE! I love the app and the \u201cfreedom\/expense\u201d accounts that are making tracking so much easier for me to keep track of the money. I also realize just how much we are spending on gas, clothing and gifts. I decided to increase the clothing and gifts to $100 a month to see if that will even us out.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Groceries: Spend $600 or less a month <\/strong>Goal met, We spent a $582.00 this month including an order for 40 pounds of chicken breast. We have not broken even for the year yet, sitting at negative $8. We are continuing to clean out the freezers and I have actually started to notice a difference in the stuff upstairs. I am going to plan to continue to buy only as needed stuff in April to get us back on track. I am thinking that our summer produce co-op will be due this month as well as by May, we will need another trip to the meat market. I hope to include both of these items in our $600 a month budget.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Blogging:\u00a0 <em>Goal: 15 per month <\/em><\/strong> This is my 13th post of the month . Still have not met this goal for the year but will continue to keep working toward it.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Devotions: Goal is 5 a week<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Goal Met! I am really enjoying my morning time.<\/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> Exercising has not been as consistent as it was during February but I have managed to loss 2 more pounds this month. I have officially lost 10 pounds this years so I am making progress!\u00a0\u00a0 I have not met the pound goal but I am consistently losing weight and that is the most important thing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financial goals: March has been a drain on us financially.\u00a0\u00a0 We have had to complete minor repair work on both the vehicles, additional medical expenses for Zach and yesterday our lawn mower decided to smoke us out. 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