Sunday Evening Post #54
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Day |
Amount |
Place |
Category |
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Monday |
$22.25 |
Safeway |
Groceries |
|
$5.00 |
cash |
Allowance |
|
|
Tuesday |
$15.00 |
copay |
medical |
|
Wednesday |
$15.00 |
copay |
medical |
|
$66.00 |
Saffron |
Eating Out |
|
|
$47.25 |
gas |
Car |
|
|
Thursday |
$12.00 |
AutoZone |
Car |
|
$10.00 |
Farmers Market |
Groceries |
|
|
Friday |
$14.00 |
Qdoba |
Eating Out |
|
Saturday |
$15.00 |
Clothes |
Allowance |
|
$12.00 |
Safeway |
Groceries |
|
|
$45.00 |
Hair Care |
Groceries |
|
|
Sunday |
$75.00 |
Faire |
Allowance |
This weekend was our first visit to the Renaissance Faire. We’ll go again in 2 weeks. We budget for this every year because this is where I get my anniversary gift.
J left this week for 1 week in Spain and then a 2 week cruise.
Otherwise, it’s hot, and I’m cranky.
We are half way through 2012. I’m revising some of my goals because life took some turns I wasn’t quite planning on when I came up with the goals.
1) Be paid for publishing one piece of fiction
Submissions so far: 2
Responses: 1 rejection 1 acceptance
The anthology I had a piece accepted to is now available to buy on Amazon. It’s called Conquest Through Determination.
2) Pay All Adoption Expenses in Cash & Still Pay for C’s College Out of Pocket
We’re doing good here. This was helped tremendously by getting 3x as much in life insurance from the MIL than expected. Our savings is still growing, and we’re in really good shape
Make money publishing my next art/fiction book
This is on hold for now. However, I did have a chance to talk with the artist I want to work with on Friday, and her life has settled down, so there’s a good chance we can start work on this sometime in June. (When my life settles down a
bit.)
3) Attend FinCon12. Pay for the trip with money from allowance/side projects saved/earned BEFORE the conference starts. Goal: $600
Conference attendance paid for. Tickets paid for. The only things left are food and the hotel. I probably won’t have enough in allowance to cover all of it, but it won’t be far off, and the biggest expenses are already taken care of.
4) Become a member of Yakezie (6 month anniversary is Jan 21)
I may not make Epsilon class. I’ve got one week to get my Alexa rating back down under 200k. It’s recently been going up and is currently at 246k.
5) Make money from my blogs.
AdSense earnings: $28.16 (They won’t send me any money until I hit $100.)
6) Be healthier
I walked twice Monday through Thursday and once on Friday. I’m keeping a food diary, and we’re trying to eat more vegetables. We’ve also been to the dog park a couple of time, and I took Larry for a long walk one evening.
Wonderful goals! I'm on the fence about FINCON, but leaning toward going. Maybe we can meet up there!
Great goals! I'm the fence about FINCON but am leaning toward going. Looking forward to meeting you if I do.
I am looking forward to meeting people at FinCon. If you do come, I would love to get together.
So excited you'll be at FINCON and kudos for making progress on your goals and living around your priorities! You should be totally proud- life doesn't always go to plan but it sounds like you've been handling it with finesse!
Life never goes as planned. That's actually why I'm a big fan of constantly looking at your goals and revising as you need. But I am always happiest with a plan in place, even if I know I will have to change the plan.
FinCon ended up not working for me (my daughter's first birthday and son's first day of pre-k). Maybe I'll go in 13. I hear it's really fun. Definitely let us know how awesome it was so we can all be jealous… 🙂
Kids come first. No way in the world would I miss my kid's birthday for a conference, so I get your decision making. It did work for me this year, mostly because the location is a short, inexpensive flight from where I live.
And I'm certain I won't be the only one with FinCon posts to make people jealous. I know I read at least a dozen last year.
Just found your site and I like it! Design looks great on an iPad. Very clean. Looking forward to reading more!
Glad it looks nice on the iPad. We don't really have a tablet, so I never think much about how my site would look on one. I do think about how it looks on a wide screen monitor vs a regular monitor.
Thanks for stopping by. I am also enjoying your blog. (Though I honestly can't remember if I've left a comment or not.)