April Goals

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Registered: 01-23-2007
April Goals
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Mon, 03-30-2009 - 6:31am

Anyone ready for April goals?


This will be a tough month for me, financially. DD has her 18th b-day and we're planning to insulate the attic over spring break. My dad offered to pay for the insulation whenever we do it (I guess you're never too old...) but we'll pay the upfront cost. Anyway, here are my goals:


1. Pay for DD's birthday with cash.


2. Set money aside for the kids to take on their trip to France (the trip is paid for already).


3. Don't go overboard on other things at Home Depot when we pick up insulation.


4. Order seeds for the garden (again, don't go overboard!).


5. Rein in my grocery spending which was terrible in March.


List yours!


Dee



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Registered: 01-23-2007
In reply to: dmh66
Tue, 03-31-2009 - 6:54am

Robyn:

We started buying organic seeds and potato eyes a couple years ago, so I have to be really careful that I only buy what we can handle come harvesting time (*wink*). We order from Peaceful Valley farm and garden supply (www.GrowOrganic.com).

Congrats again on your fabulous weight loss! I still have my 10 lbs. hanging about. Time to get out and do some yard work and hope it helps.

Dee


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Registered: 08-04-2008
In reply to: dmh66
Tue, 03-31-2009 - 9:01am
Pssst - I use Gurneys for seeds.



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In reply to: dmh66
Tue, 03-31-2009 - 9:14am

Thank you! You're so sweet! I'm afraid my flakes will fall off between the kids' birthdays all summer and Christmas, which I'm already working on, but penny pinching became FUN once I got into it. I'm having a BLAST!

And for anyone who happens to see this, we're actually in the red each month without side work, so we are literally FINDING these flakes each month. I'm a freelance writer and DH fixes trucks or buys and resells them in addition to his "real" job. We didn't even have much help from our tax refund b/c most of it went to repairs around the house (with a bit going for the boat, I have to admit!) We are one of those cases where if we can do it, YOU can do it. Any one of you can do it!

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Goal #1 $UCCE$$!

Sarah
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Registered: 08-04-2008
In reply to: dmh66
Tue, 03-31-2009 - 9:17am

Sarah -


Like you we are working extra to pay down debt.




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