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DAY 9: Productive Day


I woke up to my husband doing some organizing in the garage (he's an early bird) and he also sold something on Ebay. He made $100. Yeay for my husband, he is the best! We decided to keep it in the Paypal account for now. Plus he fixed a barstool that had been broken for a little while now. I really appreciate that stuff. I hate dealing with fixing things.Also, the kids have cleaned out their rooms the past few weeks and we are gearing up for a garage sale. Maybe we will do it next month when the weather gets better.
I decided to let my Stockton Record subscription run out since I heard of a better deal with the Modesto Bee. But, I'm not signing up until March. In the meantime, I went and bought a Sunday paper for my coupons. That's the only time I actually left the house today. The rest of the day I cleaned, did laundry and cooked. My sister in law, Myrna and her boyfriend, Bill came over to have a birthday dinner. I made the Portagee Beans with Garlic Cheddar Biscuits. I doubled the biscuit recipe and I should have doubled the Portagee Beans too.I barely made enough for everyone. Luckily they filled up on biscuits! I might make it again next weekend since I have all the ingredients except the beans. Annie and I made some delicious confetti cupcakes with blue and green frosting. Then she dipped half of them in coconut shreds. Of course we left one un-frosted for Leo. He hates frosting. Go figure that kid eats pretty much anything and everything but he doesn't like frosting. He is not much of sweet tooth which I am glad for. Annie on the other hand loves her sweets!
If you haven't heard of Mint.com. I suggest you give it a try. It is a free website that tracks all your debt, bills, income, assets, bank accounts, etc. It lets you set up a budget and does a cool pie chart that shows you where your money goes. For us our biggest expense is Rent followed very closely by Education Expenses. It's really helping me stay focused on sticking with the plan this month. I am feeling really good about our spending freeze so far and I haven't heard a single complaint. I am happy that everyone is on board and supportive. Today was a great and productive day!


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Rochelle said…
I find Mint program really keeps me stay on track. When I get a chance I'll send you my graph showing the decrease of spending over time.
February 10, 2014 at 6:19 PM
Jennifer Juanitas said…
That's awesome. Mind shows both a decrease in income and spending. So not as inspiring! ~lol~
February 10, 2014 at 7:49 PM
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