My daughters were given two of those big ginormous Easter bunnies last Sunday. Being 18 and 16, and girls, they both watch their figure pretty closely and are, sadly,
never going to eat these chocolate bunnies.
Today, I ran across a great post for
Creative Uses for Leftover Easter Candy over at
Money Saving Mom - what a great idea!! I am so going to do that this week!
Even though I haven't had a steady paycheck since last May (10 months ago!!), we've managed to still decrease our debt and not incur any additional debt!! I have to say though, people, things are getting tough. I have been
actively looking for a new job for about 4 months now, and still cannot find anything that pays decent. Seriously people, a 40K/year paycut? I suppose it is better than nothing, but there must be more out there, dontcha think?!
A new year and what better time to re-evaluate where we our in our journey out of debt. Let's just say it's not looking good people. Although I have worked for the last six months from home and did some contract work, we are still going backwards every month and our savings is getting smaller and smaller. I've been actively searching for a job for the last 10 day or so, and so far nothing. Cross your fingers that I find something soon....
I can't believe how fast time flies and how easy it is to quickly forget about posting anything!!! Luckily, I didn't forget to pay any bills!
Since June, all the kids are home from school and I got laid off from work. Bummer about not having a job, but nice to be home with the kids. Unemployment isn't anywhere close to my salary, but at least it's a little bit of $$ coming in.
Two weeks ago, I got a short contract to write some technical SOPs for my husand's company. I am so happy to have decent income again, but let me tell you, it is BORING! By the end of the day, I'm so brain fried, all I want to do is lay on the couch and take a nap. Luckily, I've been able to work from home and only go into the office a couple times a week
, so nice! We actually were able to make ends meet last month without dipping into our emergency fund. I'm not sure how we're going to do in August, but hopefully, I can stretch out my contract a little longer. Cross your fingers for me!
The good, the bad, and the budget, week in review.
GoodBad- Lost my job & filed for unemployment
Budget - Under
- Under budget in all categories - It's early in the month still!
I finally got a Menu Plan together for the week! And I even did my shopping today! I'm feeling on the ball - at least I got one thing accomplished for the day!!
Monday -
Fettuccine with Creamy Tomato Italian Sausage Sauce, garlic bread, green salad
Tuesday -
Maple Honey Mustard Pork Chops, green beans, rice
Wednesday -
Chicken Taco Wraps, guacamole, salsa, green salad
Thursday - Leftovers!
Friday - Hamburgers, corn on the cob, potato salad
Saturday and Sunday our youngest daughter has volleyball tournaments all day. Not sure what the plan will be for dinner, may be left overs, hotdogs, top ramen, pizza, etc. Definitely something quick and easy!
A quick review of my week, the good, the bad, and the budget
GoodBad- Set up payment plan for State Taxes
Budget - Under
- $125 Debt Snowball
- $131 Education / Other, although I have no idea what I budgeted this for
- $58 Groceries
- $100 Pet Care - Need to schedule the dog for his shots
- $15 Miscellaneous
- $20 Entertainment
Budget - Over- $146 Household
- $60 Healthcare
- $31 Mortgages
- $126 Cash
- $200 Gas (Yikes!)
- $17 Phone / Internet
- $7 Gifts
Just when I thought I had them all paid off!! Now we received a notice for another tax assessment, this time from the State. I didn't realize that when we amended our Federal Income Taxes, that we needed to amend our State Income Taxes as well. I suppose it makes sense. Now we are set up with another monthly payment plan, this time to the State. Just when I think we're starting to get ahead a little bit, add another $374 to our debt.
I seriously need to post more often. I forget what I've got going on for the week and our ups and downs. I need to come up with a better system. Anywho, until then, my hours at work have been cut back to 3 days this week and I don't know if I'm even going in next week. Guess I will file for unemployment and start looking for another job.
We started the refinance of our house last week and the appraiser is coming out on Friday. Hopefully we can get this done before they find out I no longer have a full-time job. My fingers are crossed....
Carrie over at
Money Saving Methods posted a great money maker when you sign up for Starz. So I logged on to DirecTV this morning and signed us up! No only do we get 14 new channels, but at the end of three months, I can mail in a rebate for $50! Yay, more movie channels!!!
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