Sunday, December 13, 2009

A Look at the past year of Goals of mine

I am looking back on my blog this past year. I have labeled all my goals. Lets take a look:

11/28/2008
By the end of December:
  1. Close ING account, or make it a house fund (check for high rates)--11/26/08 transferred money will close account 12/2/08---12/7/08 done.
  2. Close BOA --11/26/08 transferred money will close account 12/2/08---12/7/08 done.
  3. Ipod Touch (well i guess thats a debt)--Done on black friday---12/7/08 done.
  4. move more to savings---12/7/08 done. Moving all lake east paychecks to savings.
  5. start budget. save every reciept and document daily. (maybe ill type up my budget list on here)--starting 12/1/08---12/7/08 half done, you will see it Dec 31 :)
  6. Start planning menus again--started 11/25/08---12/7/08 done.
  7. Post grocery lists and deal from supermarkets.---12/7/08 done kinda, we dont need much.

My big list of 2009 financial goals


  1. Make menus, keep grocery bill under $40/wk
  2. I'm not sure if i'm that low a week. But I have been good about menus!

  3. Get emergency fund established 6 mo of income when there put into CD --as of 11/26/08 opened 2 savings accounts: house fund and emergency fund. Looks like etrade.com has higher rates for the savings accounts than any CD does. Will see what 6mo of income is and go from there 12/7/08
  4. Biweekly mortgage payments--will start 12/15/08


  5. Pick 2 days out of month to pay bills--will start 12/15/08
  6. Doing ok with that. All my bills are paid.

  7. Make little paper of all bills, cross off when paid--that's easy, why haven't i done it?



  8. Save all house receipts to claim


  9. Garage Sale
  10. :(

  11. CD Ladder (higher than 3.29%) Well see how this goes...I will start tomorrow after work...---scratch that the economy sucks.

1/1/2009
Just wanted to share some personal goals of mine:

  • Build a Garden
  • Buy a Lawn mower
  • Buy new windows
  • Get a new washer n dryer on black friday 2009
  • get an estimate on insulation for the sunroom
  • Clean out the Garage and fix the door
  • New lock for the garage
  • Finish up the new babysitting class i'm creating for the hospital.
And for myself

  • Workout at least 3 days a week
  • eat more fruits and veggies
  • continue to work with zak since he will not be in preschool.
(he's reading)


2/24/2009
-Taxes
- Paint my house sign to put on the outside of my house. It only needs a few things. Still never did that
- Paint my living room
- Insulate my attic Still never did that
- Fix the fence ( I need nice weather) I needed another person to help


3/11/2009

Pillows for daybed
New garage door

4/12/2009


House
  • Blub for outside light to see if it will work--I should ask Frank about this
  • grass seed for front yard--gotta wait til spring
  • mulch and potting soil for plants
  • Firepit & plastic chairs for around it
  • window treatments for living room
  • Buy part for grill
  • Get tree trimmed. Got an estimate for $375

Personal

Zachary

  • his swingset that im waiting til they go on sale
  • Clean out gutters and flower beds
  • put up gutter screens
  • Get my new lawn mower working
  • Get stuff together and priced for garage sales---:(
  • Get Grill here from my aunts house
  • Fix Trellis
  • Clean out Garage
  • Clean out basement
  • I need to do for myself

    • check prices on washers/dryers
    • After Pat comes over for life insurance put that money into another fund for zak's college

    6/17/09


    Health
    • Run a 5K
    • Make my body fat 20% (my scale says 22%)--still hovering in 20-22%
    • Take a multivitamin everyday
    • Workout at least 3 times a week
    • Cook meals and eat lots of raw veggies/fruits
    • Have a family member over twice a month for dinner --at least 1 a month we have
    • at least once a week take zak somewhere "fun"
    • work with zak on his "homework" at least 3 days a week --I need to work on that
    • read to zak on nights i'm off
    • do a craft with zak once a week
    Friends
    • Take time to meet with friends once a month away from Zak -REALLY slacked there
    • Have friends over at least once a month to hangout --I WISH!!
    • Have a cookout
    • Visit a friend once a month who I havent seen in a while --I do try to do that
    Home
    • truely clean the house once a week
    • figure out what to do with zak's room (for decor) --working on that. Hoping to paint in spring
    • Keep our closets organized
    • have a garage sale!! ---this is mentioned way too much
    • look into updating things like entertainment stand, kitchen things, etc
    Job
    • Keep teaching at Lake. Keep babysitting class going.
    • Make the big decision at the end of the year to stay with Lake or go to Metro --METRO
    • Do an ACLS class---this year for sure
    • Keep up my CPR license
    • Keep up on policies for both jobs.
    • Look into Lakeland for CPR instructing ---too much work.
    Financial
    • Keep contributing to Roth, Zak, and such
    • keep doing my coupons
    • keep doing swagbucks
    • Enter 3 giveaways a week.---I never win I gave up

    So there it is. Break it down to the goals I never accomplished and they are as followed:

    Make menus, keep grocery bill under $40/wk I'm not sure if i'm that low a week. But I have been good about menus!
    Garage Sale :(
    get an estimate on insulation for the sunroom
    Paint my house sign to put on the outside of my house.
    Insulate my attic
    -Fix the fence ( I need nice weather) I needed another person to help
    Blub for outside light to see if it will work
    grass seed for front yard
    Have a family member over twice a month for dinner
    work with zak on his "homework" at least 3 days a week
    do a craft with zak once a week
    Take time to meet with friends once a month away from Zak
    Have friends over at least once a month to hangout

    figure out what to do with zak's room (for decor)
    Do an ACLS class
    Look into Lakeland for CPR instructing ---too much work.
    Enter 3 giveaways a week.---I never win I gave up

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