652. A dinner that EVERYONE enjoys - red beans, rice and turkey sausage. So nice to have a one-pot no mess, quick dinner and full bellies.
653. Hearing Emmy pretend on the phone to leave Grammy and Bumpa a message, "I hope you have a wonderful day. I love you!"
654. Andy and I putting our finances back at the top of our priority list after a getting off track for February. We learned two very important lessons of what works for us:
- We now know that we cannot make any exceptions to devoting time before the end of the current month for the next month's budget.
- We also now know that in order to make the budget work, we have to take cash out for our month's expenses that are not regular bills. This worked for us so well last month, and by not doing it this month we feel as though someone else is in the driver's seat - that must be our money and the desire for consumption!
Funny! We learned the same finance lesson this month. It must be a part of the learning curve. I was thinking it would work now to go more by feel, but it lets too many little things slip through. I also now realize I like the feel of order and mindfulness around spending more than the impulse purchasing. So, in the end, a good month for learning nonetheless!
ReplyDeleteWe completely agree! We felt so much better staying on top of everything and knowing where we were spending. I didn't realize how many emotions and how much worry I had tied to our old habits, and I could feel them all creeping back in - so we did something about it and learned from it. I was feeling really bad about what we had done (or not done, rather), but then took it as still success to learn:) Yay for all of us;)
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