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    Goals for July

    *Get everything ready for baby *Preserve what I can from garden *Organize my computer room *Go thru old sheets and blankets *Take all pop bottles back *Clean out and organize cookbooks *Get kids on insurance *Get myself on insurance *Turn in all loose change *Change linens on bed, flip matress *Get some film developed *notify school of homeschooling *work on 1 thing on 101 challenge

    Challenges

    *July Goals *Popcan Challenge *365 day declutter Challenge *Debt payoff 2008 *101 in 1001 Challenge *Goal Getters CLub Challenge *Monthly change jar challenge *One can a month Challenge

    Getting Ready for Christmas

    July 13, 2008

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    One of my goals was to start gettting ready for Christmas earlier this year. I took some time yesterday evening and did just that. I made a small section in my household binder as well for Christmas 2008. I did this so I could keep up with it and not let it fall behind.
    The first thing I did last night was make a list of who I was dedicated to buy gifts for. Besides my husband and children I only narrowed it down to 14 people. YIKES! This still seems alot to me. Im trying to be as frugal as possible as well. I only narrowed it down to our siblings, our parents and of course our grandparents…oh and our two neices. I did what I could and I merged the grandparents girts together instead of getting each grandparent a seperate gift, this yr they will recive one gift together.
    The next thing I did was make a list of people I was dedicated to giving Christmas cards too. Right now my list is 11 people but that might expand by the time Christmas gets here. Most of them I can hand deliver to, but would like to include pictures of the boys inside.
    I also made a quick jot down of ideas of what to get people. I already had some ideas in mind so I quickly jotted them down before I forgot.
    I put all of this in my household binder and will leave it there so I can work on it each month before Christmas. Keeping track of what I buy and how much I spend, Etc. Are u getting ready for Christmas yet and if so what have u or are u doing?

    Wanting to Stay Home

    Ahhh…I wish I could stay home with my kids. All my friends stay home with their kids, all my online friends stay home with their kids, my neighbors, aquaintances etc. All but me. Im so Jelous! I have been really upset about it lately. Makes me cry…I think I have been crying for 2 days over it…what a baby I know, right!!

    Ive recently done a budget. And with just my husband working we are NOT able to get by. Sucks! We will still be like $500 dollers short and thats now even including groceries! Horrible isnt it?

    So from here on out, I will be saving money and living frugally!!!!! I will be saving money to pay off all debt. I know our biggest expense is FOOD! We eat out alot!!! We waste money there sooo much! Its ridiculous! SO  I will definatley have to menu plan and grocery shop the right way!  Maby once I get our debts paid off I can stay home!

    But of course, my kids will be all grown up by then!