Day	Amount	Place	Category
Monday	$12.93	Subway	Eating Out
Wednesday	$252.00	Court Fees	MIL
	$35.88	Luisa’s	Eating Out
Saturday	$725.00	Lowes	House
	$25.00	Qdoba	House
Sunday	$11.00	Starbucks	Allowance
	$60.00	Home Depot	House

I have very little memory of this week. Monday I was home sick. Wednesday was probate and then running around to set up the estate account, then the birthday dinner for J. Friday C got us free tickets to the Tacoma Ballet through school so we went and saw that.

It was a spendy weekend. In order to have the house pass the inspection for the foster care license, we need to be able to lock away power tools and other dangerous materials- like paint. We spent 3 hours and over $700 at Lowes buying a garden shed and a storage cabinet and what seems like a million other small little things.

We then spent Saturday evening putting together the new storage cabinet and putting particle board in the attic. Sunday was spent doing yard work and building a base to put our new garden shed on. We have a good start, now we just actually need to make use of it all and get the basement and garage organized and safely stored away.

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

I need to get back to searching for markets for my already completed pieces.

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 $40 out of pocket. And it will be even less after the spending this weekend.

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

I mowed the lawn on Saturday, in the midst of everything  Three hours on my feet on the cement floors of Lowes took a lot out of me. We dog parked on Friday. But healthy hasn’t been the watchword of this week. I need to get back on track.