Just over a year ago, I made a giant list of home projects. Let's see how I'm doing. Updates in red. I'm actually kind of disappointed in this list. I feel like I've made such progress, but it's just not noted in the list. Another giant task is to organize everything - the closets are a disaster. Maybe I've been reading too many organizing blogs, but those things need work. I want neatly labeled shelves and bins. The big expensive … [Read more...]
A balanced budget
One of my big goals for 2011 is to balance my budget and stick to it. I budget every month, but then I find myself exceeding those budget categories all too often. Once in a while happens, and that's what the slush fund is for, but instead, I find myself pulling money from one budget fund to put into another. Not a good plan. So for 2012, I want to start the year with a solid budget in place and see where I can go from there. Sure, there … [Read more...]
Goals? What Goals?
So I decided it was time to look back at my long-ignored 2011 Goals and see how I did, however inadvertently. And guess what? I succeeded on all fronts. Of course, my only goal was to start looking into a house and possibly buy one. Well, I managed to do that early in the year. Victory! Seems a bit like cheating though. So I guess I should do a better job of my 2012 Financial-related goals. I need to do a better job at sticking to … [Read more...]