Fru-Gal Friends Site for frugal minds to share and learn together and for becoming friends Fru-Gal Friends :: IN GENERAL  New Year resolutions     Goto page :   1, 2, 3, 4 Author Message mmg2681 Moderator Age : 27 Joined : 13 Oct 2006 Posts : 753 Localisation : Newton Falls, OH Subject: Re: New Year resolutions   Fri 04 Jan 2008, 5:04 pm If anyone else would like the modern Christian music I have, please feel free to send over your address. I'd be more than happy to burn them for you. Thanks. ~M _________________ "It is not how much money you make - it is how you spend it." Group Weight Loss Goal for June (updated as of Wednesdayd, July 2nd):   Vicki Administrator Age : 40 Joined : 12 Oct 2006 Posts : 2931 Localisation : Chesapeake Beach, Maryland Subject: Re: New Year resolutions   Fri 04 Jan 2008, 5:11 pm Awww Megen that is so sweet of you!! _________________ Vicki [/url]   mmg2681 Moderator Age : 27 Joined : 13 Oct 2006 Posts : 753 Localisation : Newton Falls, OH Subject: Re: New Year resolutions   Wed 06 Feb 2008, 1:45 pm It is now February, and I was wondering how everyone has been doing with their New Year's Resolutions. This is what I've accomplished so far: mmg2681 wrote: My list (revised): • Read Bible // Listen to Christian Music // Listen to Christian Seminars on CD in car (I listen to Christian seminars in the car at least once a week) • Lose Weight (Not yet - hope to start being more serious about it this weekend) • Cancel credit cards / get name changed on ones that I will be keeping (Home Depot/Lowes : no more than 5) (Got name changed on some, but need to cancel alot of them) • Sell/Rent out Akron House (Working on it - going to Akron house to paint some walls this weekend) • Create Cleaning Schedule (Clean as we go now) • Stick to Cash Budget (COMPLETE!!!) • Emergency Fund of at least $500 (COMPLETE) • Pay off : Todd’s car & Van in 2008 (Todd's car is paid off: we are going to try to sell the van this Spring/Summer. So I decided to put debt payments toward other things) • Cook enough food in one weekend to eat for at least 1 ½ weeks. (Not so much, but we have been doing better with freezing leftovers right away so we dont end up eating everything) o Try new recipes (This was an easy one - yes, we're trying new recipes) o Create a weekly dinner schedule (COMPLETE) • Grocery shop only 2 times a month & stick only to the list! (...well... I was doing good until I got all the coupons and sales flyers. But this month, I am going to try to stick to the once a month with only going to the store for milk on sale) • Walk at least 30 minutes a day (Not yet - will hopefully start this weekend) • Only 1 hour of TV a day during week : the rest of my time is to be put toward hubby, Squiggy, cleaning, crafts, reading, gardening, etc. (Semi-complete. I dont have time during the week to watch TV, so I keep all my TiVo'd shows to watch on the weekends). • Create a garden with many vegetables including potatoes for Squiggy (Waiting for the seeds) • Read at least one financial/frugal book a month (January's book is complete) • Brush teeth 3 times a day (Nope, but will try to be better at it) • Learn to sew (Not yet) • Start a website? Business? (Not yet, but still brainstorming) • Organize my junk / throw away what I don’t want/need (or put in “garage sale” bin) (Ongoing - will have plenty for the garage sale this Spring) • Kiko Auctions – try to go to at least 5 or 6 throughout the year (Have not gone yet : have 10 more months to go) • Go to Roger’s Flea Market with family at least 2-3 Fridays in the Summer (have to wait until Summer-time to do this) • Do one craft a month for Christmas gifts next year (researching things to do for Christmas gifts) _________________ "It is not how much money you make - it is how you spend it." Group Weight Loss Goal for June (updated as of Wednesdayd, July 2nd):   cheapy Very Valuable Member Joined : 12 Oct 2006 Posts : 389 Subject: Re: New Year resolutions   Wed 06 Feb 2008, 2:26 pm I am enjoying those christian music cd's you sent me,m,soooooo much!! I listen to them every morning. My favorite song is "Shine Jesus Shine"...I loved hearing the children in our children's choir sing it when my youngest daughter was involved in it. I hope you got the thank you I PM'd you when I first received them...I would hate to think that you thought I was ungrateful~ I surely DO appreciate it~ _________________   Vicki Administrator Age : 40 Joined : 12 Oct 2006 Posts : 2931 Localisation : Chesapeake Beach, Maryland Subject: Re: New Year resolutions   Wed 06 Feb 2008, 3:51 pm Mine was to clean out my shed - I am waiting for better weather because everything has to come out and alot is still my brothers stuff which I guess I will have to take to his house if I want it gone. Catch up and pay off bills - I am making some headway here. Just not as fast as I would like. Most bills are caught up now to keep them up and get them paid off! _________________ Vicki [/url]   skinflint Very Valuable Member Joined : 13 Oct 2006 Posts : 1877 Localisation : Queensland, Australia Subject: Re: New Year resolutions   Wed 06 Feb 2008, 6:12 pm You've been really dedicated with working on your resolutions M, really good job. Mine was O.A.M. grocery shopping, it's still a work in progress but getting close....it needs tweaking....and practise! _________________ ~ By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a golden harvest. --Agesilaus ~   kim Moderator Age : 27 Joined : 12 Oct 2006 Posts : 1790 Subject: Re: New Year resolutions   Thu 07 Feb 2008, 5:27 am Mine was organizing and creating a schedule....doing pretty well Sounds like we are all doin' well!   Sissy Very Valuable Member Age : 50 Joined : 20 Oct 2006 Posts : 715 Subject: Re: New Year resolutions   Thu 07 Feb 2008, 9:06 am I am getting some of my little projects accomplished. Still working on organizing my recipes. I'm decluttering the house. I'm exercising. I'm reading more books.   Vicki Administrator Age : 40 Joined : 12 Oct 2006 Posts : 2931 Localisation : Chesapeake Beach, Maryland Subject: Re: New Year resolutions   Thu 07 Feb 2008, 1:24 pm Cleaned out 5 bags of stuff out of the shed today and so far have freecycled 3 out them. Will freecycle the rest tomorrow _________________ Vicki [/url]   New Year resolutions     Page 4 of 4 Goto page :   1, 2, 3, 4 Permissions of this forum: You cannot reply to topics in this forum Fru-Gal Friends :: IN GENERAL Fru-Gal Friends :: IN GENERAL Create forum | © phpbb | Free forum support | Report an abuse | Create a blog