Day	Amount	Place	Category
Monday	$60.00	Death Certificates	MIL
Wednesday	$28.34	PetsMart	Pets
Friday	$4.59	Safeway	Groceries
	$192.92	CostCo	Groceries
	$7.25	Safeway	Groceries
Saturday	$31.61	Safeway	Groceries

It was a mostly quiet week. On Monday, I went into work for just a couple of hours and then took the rest of the day off. We went to the county and got 3 copies of the death certificate, so that we could do things like file life insurance claims.

Wednesday evening, we went to PetsMart, mostly to pick up some socks for Howie. He has an old injury on a foot that he keep licking and not letting heal, so we figured some socks would cover it up. We have since cut the toes off the socks and now put them on backwards (with the elastic at the bottom) so they are more like legwarmers. It prevents him from licking the old wound and is harder for him to remove than when they were socks. The socks were only $5, but we were out of duck jerky, so we picked up a couple bags of that, as well.

The Friday and Saturday trips to Safeway are typical of when C is cooking. He is always forgetting something he needs. He decided to make jambalaya, which is a three day cook, starting with making his own stock. The first trip was for celery and onions. The second trip was for bread was not jambalaya related, but we decided to have burgers for dinner and realized we had no bread. I also picked up some tomatoes and croutons to go with the giant bag of spinach we bought at CostCo. Saturday, C realized we didn’t have a habanero for the jambalaya, so I went back for that and took advantage of the sale they were having on Coke.

The Friday CostCo trip included two bags of dog food, two boxes of breakfast shakes, and a bottle of vitamin D. Very exciting stuff.

 

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: 1 rejection 1 acceptance

Next weekend, I will be attending a convention for which I submitted the beginning chapters of my novella. On Friday evening, I will meet with a panel of experts who will critique my work. I am excited and very nervous.

2)      Make money publishing my next art/fiction book

This is on hold for now. I did, however, start a new website called The Prose Passage, which is focused on writing and critique. As of now, I haven’t added an AdSense to it, but I probably will.

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

My current balance is $45. I have already bought the ticket to FinCon12.

Our credit card points were being doubled or something for February and March. If we have another month or two like those, I will be able to pay for my entire plane ticket with credit card points. As it stands, right now I could buy a ticket with points and only $70 out of pocket.

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

I plan to be a member of Epsilon class when the application goes up in August. I do need to make sure I’m still connecting with new challengers, though, because a lot of the challengers on my list this last time will be Yakezie Delta class members.

5)      Make money from my blogs.

AdSense earnings: $20.42 (They won’t send me any money until I hit $100)

6)      Be healthier

The weather was cruddy this week, so only one trip to the dog park on Saturday.

On Monday night, we had left over pork and bell pepper. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, we had arroz con pollo. Friday was burgers and fries, Saturday was salad and pizza. Today was jambalaya.

I will probably have a salad a little later, too, as we ate the jambalaya around 4:30pm.