"It will take me only like twenty minutes to finish this if I can focus." - Why I am only now finishing this post on March 21st. It's been a loooooong year around our kiddos, hasn't it? February was three weeks ago, and wow does it feel like a long time ago already. And yet,…
Well, I suppose March 1st is as good a day as any to finally put my 2021 goals down on “paper.” I’ve never been one to get into New Years resolutions, but that doesn’t mean I don’t set goals. That simply means I set goals on my own time. Today is apparently a day I…
Well, I made it. It is still February and I'm posting my January update. Phew. If it wasn't for the accountability of always posting these each month here on the blog, this one probably wouldn't have gotten done. Every time though, I am so glad that I have the data and have done the reflection…
Considering January is almost over, I'm glad to finally check this off my list and finish off my year end reporting on our finances. It's been long enough that I had completely forgotten that I'd already checked in on the end of my 2020 goals (though I still need to share - and finalize -…
Well, we made it. It is now the year 2021 and 2020 is forever behind us. I wish that meant there was a magic switch to improve the current situation, but that isn't so. I did finish out my blogging year with a gratitude post looking back at 2020, and that exercise really helped my…
Looking back to where our finances were in 2017 when we had to use our emergency fund, we've come a long way in getting a closer hold on our monthly expenses and are so much better prepared to adjust as needed. We've been lucky this year to both have our jobs, though our roommate has…
Considering it is now almost October, I suppose it is time for me to finish up my August spending update. Just like the previous month, I really didn’t feel like taking the time to go through everything in this detail, but it’s important. Our finances look so different since I started tracking in 2017. We…
Goals...apparently they still exist this far into the year, but I have to admit, they aren't top of my mind most of the time these days. To be perfectly honest, simply surviving the year with our mental health mostly in tact seems like the biggest goal of all. Anyone who says their life hasn't been…
Yesterday, I wrote an outline and the beginnings to a new post to be published today, and I have perhaps another hour left until it would be ready to share. Instead of finishing it up though, I spent my afternoon and evening out in my garden harvesting tomatoes, blueberries, and greens, and tidying up the…
July feels like forever ago at this point. June and July seemed to march along at a decent clip, but August has slowed down to the molasses speed of March. The weather has been good though, so we've been spending a lot of it outside. This month was a wildly expensive one for us, but…