Focus Friday

Focus Friday

What a week. I'm tired after those 4 12s....

Meal plans for the week
Breakfasts

• Oatmeal
• Waffles
• Pancakes
• Cereal

Lunches

• turkey sandwiches
• tuna sandwiches/wraps

Dinners
(still have to make these haha we went foodless this week)

• White beans, spinach and liguini
  
• south of the boarder wrap
• Healthified Fettuccine alfredo
• Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings
• adams wanting to make omlets too, so these should carry over into next week

Snacks

• fresh fruit
• yoplait yogurts
• granola bars
• 100 calorie snack packs
• veggies with hummus
• salsa and mini bagel
• cottage cheese

 
Friday- zak to daycamp, baseball practice with him after camp, and then off to his game, bed EARLY, hopefully gazebo is done, maybe a fire with Zak

Saturday- Get Lydia a gift, Lydias wedding at 3pm, clean kitchen

Sunday-CHURCH, yes church. We are starting to go because Adam is a godfather now and we're going to be getting married, breakfast with Adams family, Chuck E Cheese for Zak

Monday- Zak to daycamp, meet Stephanie at Lakewest for a tour, baseball game 6:15, and in between try to make that DVD, run too

Tuesday- mop and sweep, Zak to camp, workout, work 7pm with Jackie :)

Wednesday- zak to daycamp, workout, clean bathroom, work 7pm

Thursday- Zak to daycamp, update blog for finance, laundry, work 7pm

Master List of June things to accomplish

• Run and strength calendar (3d/wk)
• plan a playdate
• email Pam, Frank, and Dave
• Plan something everyday for Zak's "homework"
• plan a day for dinner with Adam
• DVD to movies
• Photobook (by June 14)
• Put stuff up on Craigslist
• get cans from field
• transfer all my stuff from my Credit Card to the new one
• more points for expotv
• search 5 times a day on inbox dollars
• clean garbage cans
• look up tiki torches online and solar lights online
• closets (zak and mine)
• put away stuff upstairs
• close accts at discover
• check my 10 transactions from pnc
• refinance
• email annette
• Save $500 to smartypig
• $25 to zak's savings acct
• clean everyday

Focus Friday

Focus Friday

Finally a focus Friday. It's been a nice week. Got a lot done. And now, I start 4 in a row...

Meal plans for the week
Breakfasts

• Oatmeal
• Waffles
• Pancakes
• Cereal

Lunches

• turkey sandwiches
• chicken salad sandwiches or wraps
• tuna sandwiches

Dinners
(still have to make these haha we went foodless this week)

• White beans, spinach and liguini
  
• Herbed chicken parmesan
• Creamy tomato basil pasta
• Also we're trying stuff for the wedding :)

Snacks

• fresh fruit
• yoplait yogurts
• granola bars
• sugar free jello with sugar free coolwhip
• mini ricecakes
• veggies with hummus
• salsa and mini bagel
• cottage cheese

 
Friday- zak to daycamp, work 7pm

Saturday- wake up and Adam should have the gazebo finished. Here's it's beginning the other night at 10pm... clean kitchen,  work 7pm

Sunday- Father's Day. Give my dad his gift and Adam his card, work 7pm

Monday- Zak to daycamp, wash bedding, work 7pm

Tuesday- Zak goes to Waldameer with the camp and doesn't come back til 7, mop and sweep, run errands before he comes back

Wednesday- zak to daycamp, workout, clean bathroom, make dvd for kelly, baseball game 6:15, out with Jordan and Sharon :)

Thursday- Zak to daycamp, workout, laundry, work 7pm





I didn't workout as much as I wanted to this week, just a couple runs. Something's better than nothing. I did a ton of yardwork yesterday and cleaned the closets...my list is dwindling down. 

Master List of June things to accomplish

• Run and strength calendar (3d/wk)
• plan a playdate
• email Pam, Frank, and Dave
• Plan something everyday for Zak's "homework"
• plan a day for dinner with Adam
• DVD to movies
• Photobook (by June 14)
• Put stuff up on Craigslist
• get cans from field
• transfer all my stuff from my Credit Card to the new one
• more points for expotv
• search 5 times a day on inbox dollars
• clean garbage cans
• look up tiki torches online and solar lights online
• closets (zak and mine)
• put away stuff upstairs
• close accts at discover
• check my 10 transactions from pnc
• refinance
• email annette
• Save $500 to smartypig
• $25 to zak's savings acct
• clean everyday

Focus Sunday again

Focus Friday (or sunday ;)

Focus Sunday is becoming too popular for me. I need to get back to doing this Thursday nights...

Meal plans for the week
Breakfasts

• Oatmeal
• Waffles
• Pancakes
• Cereal

Lunches

• turkey sandwiches
• chicken salad sandwiches or wraps
• tuna sandwiches

Dinners
(still have to make these haha we went foodless this week)

• Creamy Chicken and Rotini pasta 
• Herbed chicken parmesan
• Creamy tomato basil pasta

Snacks

• fresh fruit
• yoplait yogurts
• granola bars
• sugar free jello with sugar free coolwhip
• mini ricecakes
• veggies with hummus
• salsa and mini bagel
• cottage cheese

Sunday- woke up, going to make dinner for us and go to work. i'm in charge tonight which means an extra $.50 an hour, woo lol and a big headache at the end

Monday- Zak to daycamp, Adam gets his stitches removed, meeting with the lady about the wedding photography etc, then SLEEP!, wake up and maybe do the lawn

Tuesday- Go with Zak to Splash Lagoon at Camp! Come home and start laundry/grocery shop

Wednesday- zak to daycamp, workout, weed!, clean upstairs, get done what I can on my monthly list, go buy wedding gifts and socks for adam and Zak, baseball game 6:15

Thursday- Zak to daycamp, workout, baseball game 6:15, still do my list!


Friday- zak to daycamp, workout, work 7pm

Saturday- work 7pm


I did really good working out this week. I think because i'm forced with Zak being at camp. We wake up everyday at the same time and go. It's very rewarding to see him smile afterward and to know he's ok and the routine is working for us. I'm completing the list a lot too. I only technically get 2 days off this week, so I must make the best of them!

Master List of June things to accomplish

• Run and strength calendar (3d/wk)
• plan a playdate
• email Pam, Frank, and Dave
• Plan something everyday for Zak's "homework"
• plan a day for dinner with Adam
• DVD to movies
• Photobook (by June 14)
• Put stuff up on Craigslist
• get cans from field
• transfer all my stuff from my Credit Card to the new one
• more points for expotv
• search 5 times a day on inbox dollars
• clean garbage cans
• look up tiki torches online and solar lights online
• closets (zak and mine)
• put away stuff upstairs
• close accts at discover
• check my 10 transactions from pnc
• refinance
• email annette
• Save $500 to smartypig
• $25 to zak's savings acct
• clean everyday

Focus (sunday)

Focus Friday (or sunday ;)

Going to be a busy week for Zak. He starts daycamp which means it's mommy's time to start getting organized on the days hes gone!!

Meal plans for the week
Breakfasts

• Oatmeal
• Waffles
• Pancakes
• Cereal

Lunches

• turkey sandwiches
• chicken salad sandwiches or wraps
• tuna sandwiches

Dinners
(still have to make these haha we went foodless this week)

• Fried Rice
  Chicken in a skillet
• Garlic Chicken Pizza
• Three cheese chicken penne for Adam's bday
  

Snacks

• fresh fruit
• yoplait yogurts
• granola bars
• sugar free jello with sugar free coolwhip
• mini ricecakes
• veggies with hummus
• salsa and mini bagel
• cottage cheese

Sunday- Just woke up, got Zaks stuff ready for tomorrow and going to take him to my parents with instructions haha. Gotta go get Zak some more fruit for his lunches, Working 7p-7a

Monday- Adam has job interview :) :):) go get my new running shoes around 2, get zak at 4, run at the Y til he's done, go to meme's and steam clean her carpets for her. Do some laundry and bed sheets, do zaks lowercase letters

Tuesday- Hopefully go with Zak and all the kids to the zoo for the camp trip, then come home, mop and sweep, adam works til 8:30, if its not too wet I'll cut the grass, work with Zak on writing words

Wednesday- zak to daycamp, clean bathroom, accomplish as many things as i can off my master list, workout when I drop him off, work with zak on math, 6pm bubbles at willoughby library, adam works til 6

Thursday- Zak to daycamp,Sign up for on call, nap, workout pick up zak, work with zak on letters, laundry, Adam's Bday! (make him his favorite meal!), work 7pm

Friday- zak to daycamp, workout when I get up before he's done, baseball game 6:15, dust, NUGGET PARTY! Thanks to houseparty.com

Saturday- clean kitchen, logans party, work 7pm

So that gives me 4 days to workout. I want to complete 2 of them for sure! I also have to get Logan a present this week. I am posting my master list again for the month so i can refer back to what i'm going to accomplish this week.

Master List of June things to accomplish

• Run and strength calendar (3d/wk)
• plan a playdate
• email Pam, Frank, and Dave
• Plan something everyday for Zak's "homework"
• plan a day for dinner with Adam
• DVD to movies
• Photobook (by June 14)
• Put stuff up on Craigslist
• get cans from field
• transfer all my stuff from my Credit Card to the new one
• more points for expotv
• search 5 times a day on inbox dollars
• clean garbage cans
• look up tiki torches online and solar lights online
• closets (zak and mine)
• put away stuff upstairs
• close accts at discover
• check my 10 transactions from pnc
• refinance
• email annette
• Save $500 to smartypig
• $25 to zak's savings acct
• clean everyday

June Goals in life

FOR JUNE
This I started last month. I noticed its a good way to assess every area in my life....
Health
run vs strength calendar--So far I did't do so bad with this. June 7th Zak starts daycamp. I will be at the gym everyday before I pick him up. Besides the days I volunteer. I hope this is going to be my "fix." Adam is starting what we call the "Memorial Day Meltdown". Starting yesterday, he is losing 10 lbs by July 4th


run with jackie and adam--Didn't get to run with ethier of them :( I ran with elise a couple times, that was nice...


Personal/fun
 playdates--I got to do one with Alyson and her kids and tomorrow we will be doing Heather and her kids :-)


game nights--I have to email my friend dave again...and pick a day for Pam and Frank.


Zak's homework- Zak is going to have homework over summer. We are working on handwriting, math, and reading.


girls nights--Soon, I will be going out with Jordan hopefully!!


date night--I'm going out with Adam someday for his bday June 10th. I promised myself.


dvd movies--I need to put my home movies to DVD. Also, Kelly's wedding onto her own DVD.--yeah, still gotta do that


reading again--After my testing!


houseparty--June 11 after Zak's bb game!!
 

photobook-I have a coupon I need to use by June 14th for a free photo book...I need to look for pics..


make $$ (for wedding fund)


craigslist--$20 for ball pit and $25 for bathroom set...next I need to put up another little bathroom set and Zak's Vtech learning system.


ebay--Jackie sold a couple things...


cans--We got one bag!! I am going to do it again next week


credit card--my credit card give me 2% cash back. That cash will go to the wedding fund as well. Also, with every purchase I make I round up the dollar and throw that into the money jar.---Me- $26.10 and Adam- $21!


expotv--This is just a fun little website that doesn't earn anything towards $$, but little gifts that are a good thing to have, and the points are easy to get.--May 4604pts


inbox dollars--I like this because the revenue is pretty high. I have $11 now and i can cash in at $25. I take surveys, search things and read emails. Also this month i'm going to use coupons from there and get $.10 per coupon!--May $13


hits4pay-- this is another read email site. It's really easy to get the $$, but it seems like its going to take forever to get to $25---May $11.24



Debt
DEBT IS GONE!!! GO ADAM!!


House


I have put a lot of money into the house the last 6 months, but man was it worth it! It has brought the house such a nice look! Adam has worked his butt off painting and stuff. I think were an awesome team. But, there's always more to do:

• scrub umbrella table--done
• scrub grill cover--done
• scrub garbage cans--need to do
  
• lay mulch--done
  
• fix overhang(adam)--done
  
• change lightbulbs (adam)---tried somethings wrong with the lights
  
• garden (check westside market for deals)---I planted it :) Still want to go to westside market with adam
• Organize Closets
• put stuff away upstairs
• get rug in living room steamcleaned
• Get tiki torches set up
• Got a new patio set :)

Finance


What i'm trying to do is combine all my $$ into 2 accounts. One has over $15,000 the other only $2000, but I am making the second one grow to make $15,000 because then I get a 10% increase in interest at the end of the quarter--still doing this.


close discover accts--I called the guy tonight and he is watching them because I have pending interest. When the interest goes through he is going to call me and I will be closing them


budget 1st pay--I need to wait until I get my benefits in here and 72hrs per pay. Hopefully it's going to be a nice increase in pay.--I think i'm going to budget for $1500/pay


$1000 to charles schwab--I need to keep a good amount in this acct to fund my roth. This month I didn't fund it due to the job switch and yard expenses.

• split $1000 between house fund $265, emergency fund $265, Roth IRA that I will be opening 1/10 $416, $20 Zak

open pnc acct--Done with this. I have to check transactions and make sure I did 10 to get my $150


close life insurance--I am keeping a policy called a critical illness policy. It's only $15/mo


Change over credit cards- I got a new charles schwab card and they have a new acct number on it. So, I have to change everything


Refinance- Adam said I should look into refinancing again. I think I will try.


Career


study calendar--I haven't registered yet. I finished a 525 question test and need to talk to Annette to see if there's more I can do. I defenately need more studying


register for ACLS--After this RNC is over with I would like to register for this


NRP--Mine expires 10/10, so I need to renew this as well this year


CEUs--I have a site that i'm going to start doing my CEUs through after my RNC, I also have my CBLs to do here through lake.



Save


Wedding--Smartypig has us covered. We have $500 right now. $500 Each at the end of this month. I get paid 6/3 and 6/17. $250 each for me.


big savings, now 2 accounts building up one to $15000--discussed this earlier and will come back to it at the end of may


Zak's savings--He needs his savings and his college


retirement--I rolled over my PERS, so I now have a tradiational IRA and a Roth, and a 401k that i'm currently not contributing to.


checking--I will be going through PNC for my main checking. Keeping $25 in first merit, $25 in chase, and $1000 in schwab.



Meals
A smart thing I did recently is start buying coupons from this site. It saved me a lot of $$ last week!---I'll be looking this week again

Freezer cooking--I want to do this freezer cooking. I am going to look through some healthy recipes. I froze 2 casseroles this month!


healthier snacks--I am choosing healthy!! Though...I love my candy :)


Cleaning
The other day I spent 4 hours cleaning the house. I like to clean that way, but I dont like it taking up my entire day.  I am going to adopt Colin's Stradegy over at Hip2Save starting next week.---Actually!! I Think I found something that works!!! 

Master List of June things to accomplish

• Run and strength calendar (3d/wk)
• plan a playdate
• email Pam, Frank, and Dave  
• Plan something everyday for Zak's "homework"
• plan a day for dinner with Adam
• DVD to movies
• Photobook (by June 14)
• Put stuff up on Craigslist
• get cans from field
• transfer all my stuff from my Credit Card to the new one
• more points for expotv
• search 5 times a day on inbox dollars
• clean garbage cans
• look up tiki torches online and solar lights online
• closets (zak and mine)
• put away stuff upstairs
• close accts at discover
• check my 10 transactions from pnc
• refinance
• email annette 
• Save $500 to smartypig
• $25 to zak's savings acct
• clean everyday
• and add a couple meals to this week bc I cooked all of them already lol...so we're going to do:baked chicken legs
  Fried Rice
  Chicken in a skillet 
  
  
  

June Financial Goals

Expenses I expect this month:

• Yard ($100)
• Gifts (Adam's bday and fathers day $20, Logan's Bday $20, Lydia's wedding $50, Sean and Mandy's $30)
• total expected expenses: $320
  
• Wedding plans this month:
• meet with videographer and book it
• meet with fr. ted and schedule stuff
• contribute to fund
• pick out cake server thing and gifts for party 

I didn't do this last month, so here's the current standings
For my accounts according to mint.com:

• PERSONAL
  
• Chase (low yeild checking): $25
• Charles Schwab (high yeild checking): $25
• Charles Schwab savings: $1000
• First Merit checking: $25
• Capital One emergency: $18,961.86
  
• Capital One Savings: $4,212.79
• Smartypig (our wedding fund): $500
  
  
• INVESTMENTS
• Charles Schwab Roth IRA (5/09 opened): $7,325.73
• LHS retirement account(stopped contributing 5/10): $3,808.59
  
• OPERS retirement account(account now closed, opened Traditional IRA 5/10): waiting.
  
• Zak's Etrade savings account: 1,596.99
  
• Zak's CollegeAdvantage fund: 1,089.29
• MISC
  
• Coupon savings this month: $43.92
  
• Speedy points: 137057 
• Swagbucks! New: 1208 (all swagbucks are now 10)
  

Totals: nothing to total. We will start next month.