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Enjoying my day
I got up today and just decided to enjoy my day and come what may !! I will do some housework, watch some tv and play on the computer and enjoy the beautiful view outside !! I am working on figuring out the things I love to do to get to the bottom of what…
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Finding the key
Got to start working on what I want to do. I stared this blog to figure “me” out and so far, I am no closer to knowing what I want to do !! It is funny how as little kids, we never have a dull moment. We jump out of bed excited about the day…
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Three weeks in now
We are just over three weeks into the new year and doing pretty good. We are still spending too much on groceries, but have not spent a single penny on eating out. I am proud of that. I may have to adjust our allowed grocery money as I think food has gone up more than…
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Eleven days in
Well, we are eleven days into our challenge year. I am still very excited and motivated about what we can accomplish this year by making our money go where it needs to, versus where we thoughtlessly spent it. I cannot say we have made much progress yet, two paychecks in, but it is in the…
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Moving along in our challenge
Mindset will be everything this year and I firmly believe it. Once you remove all thoughts about the behavior you want to change, for us, eating out much too often, it is much easier. I know David wanted to eat out yesterday but we went and bought eggs and sour cream and made breakfast at…
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12 month challenge
My husband David and I have set a year long challenge for ourselves. 12 months of being very careful with our money and breaking our bad habits. We eat out entirely too much and spend way too much impulsively on stuff we really do not need, both at the grocery store and out at yard…
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Pumpkins and kids
Today was a fun day. Our oldest daughter and I headed out to purchase the items needed to finish our ten year old Grand daughters costume, a medival princess dress made for her mother, our oldest daughter, seventeen years ago by my mother in law. While walking through Walmart Emilys three year old brother, our youngest grandson,…
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My day today
Well, despite my best intentions, my plan did not take place today. I got a call early from my husband asking if we could change our dental appts for tomorrow so he could work. I had to get in for a recent tooth issue so I changed to this afternoon . Now, normally that would…
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Gifts and Thanks
I watched Oprah tonight and she discussed with Julie Andrews the gift of her voice and again with a young child the gift of her amazing voice and the child spoke of how she thanks God three times every night so He knows she is grateful and it made me think about the fact that…
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A Plan
I have a plan. I needed a plan. I feel like the last few years I have been just kind of floating through. Letting life happen to me. I was not really present like I should have been. I am present now. I decided to show up finally and figure out what I need to…