Day	Amount	Place	Category
Monday	$21.98	Albertsons	Groceries
Wednesday	$4.39	Lunch	Groceries
Friday	$17.00	Olive Garden	Eating Out
Sunday	$4.00	Starbucks	Allowance
	$41.00	Gas	Car
	$560.00	Vet	Pets

 

Spending this week is kind of illusory. We went to CostCo on Monday and Friday, but used our gift cards, so we didn’t spend any money out of the account.

On Tuesday, while on his way to class, C was in a car accident. A woman pulled out of a parking lot and hit him. Luckily, he saw her and was able to stop, so it was a very low speed accident and no one was hurt. But, our VW is now in the shop for repairs. We started the claim through our insurance company so that we could get things started, but the other insurance company has agreed that they are the responsible party, so while we will pay our deductible, we will be reimbursed. In the meantime, we have a Nissan Leaf as our rental vehicle. We like it, but we’re not getting a new car anytime soon, and we miss our Jetta TDI.

Wednesday’s lunch is being charged to the grocery budget because I tried to eat the lunch I brought. However, the soup decided to explode and then tip over in the microwave. Since not eating was not an option, I bought chili from the cafeteria.

C’s mom is back a skilled care facility, and was doing really well, except that she now has pneumonia. Still, her mental state is better than it had been in a while.

And then, because we’re not dealing with enough, on Saturday, while C was at class, and I was getting ready to head to a birthday party for a 3 year old, I noticed something was wrong with Junebug. She was not interested in food (and if you know Beagles, you know that means there is something wrong) and she was shaking uncontrollably. So, off to the vet we went. Her temp topped out their thermometer. They kept her overnight on IV fluids. We got her back today, with more anti-biotics. Best guess is a really bad stomach bug. We did have an $80 credit with them, so that brought our bill down a little bit. But I am tired of vet bills. I have young dogs, I am not supposed to have this many vet bills.

Oh, and we had to drive through Seattle snow on the way home from the vet today. 23 minutes to go 1.25 miles.

Hopefully the snow will be gone tomorrow, as I’m supposed to have a pedi/lunch/shoe shopping day with one of my oldest friends tomorrow. And I could really use that.

 

 

I have six goals for 2012. As part of the Sunday evening posts, I am tracking those goals, kind of like I do for spending, in order to hold myself accountable.

1)      Be paid for publishing one piece of fiction

Submissions so far: 2

Responses: expected by Feb 14

2)      Make money publishing my next art/fiction book

The artist I intend to work with started a real day job last Monday. I need to contact her this week to see how things are going. In the meantime, it occurred to me that I can do a book using the pictures I’ve taken for my pet blog, with a pet focus. So I need to start compiling my favorite photos for that.

3)      Attend FinCon12. Pay for the trip with money from allowance/side projects saved/earned BEFORE the conference starts. Goal: $600

Current Allowance balance: ($57.00)

Gift Cards: $115

Total: $58

And the number will go down tomorrow as I use gift cards to pay for the pedi/lunch/dress shoes

4)      Become a member of Yakezie (6 month anniversary is Jan 21)

Alexa ranking: 197.966 I MADE IT!

Does Sam know who I am: I think yes

Yakezie Member References/Yakezie Challenger References: I plan to go through and figure out my references this week.

5)      Make money from my blogs.

AdSense earnings: $18 (They won’t send me any money until I hit $100)

6)      Be healthier

I tracked calories pretty well. I don’t eat a whole lot during the day- a breakfast shake, a banana, a yogurt, soup for lunch, a granola bar or pretzels in the afternoon. Dinner (with the exception of Tuesday when it was 4 meat pizza) tends to be pretty healthy, too- chicken and rice in a curry sauce, or pasta in a homemade sauce with green beans. Even the night we ate out, I ate soup. Tonight’s dinner will be vegetarian stir fry.

We went to the dog park on Monday. I walked the dogs on Tuesday and Thursday. I think we did the dog park on Friday, too.