Friday, March 19, 2010

Revisiting March Objectives/April Objectives

Here were my objectives to accomplish for March. Since there are only 11 days left in the month, I figured I had better revisit them and see how I am doing:For the month of March, I have a few things, personal and financial I want to accomplish.
*Get down to 185 by March 31st. Considering I am at 191.8 right now, 185 would be a miracle. I don't think this is going to happen, short of chopping off an arm. I am trying to remain optimistic and remember that any weight loss, no matter how small, is a loss.
*Pay off Chase 3.We are on track to do this, barring an emergency or really unexpected expenses.
*Pay $450 to car loan. Not gonna happen. $350 is how much I have budgeted next week, which is still $75 more than the minimum.
*Clean out our closet and dresser. Either donate items or sell on eBay if they are in good shape.Still need to do.
*Go through all paper work and filing cabinets. Chuck what we do not need or file it.This is now ALL done. Everything is in one portable filing cabinet. Call me morbid, but one of my biggest fears is that if I should die unexpectedly, my hubbie would have no clue where life insurance, will stuff, etc. would be. After I finished, I held up the filing cabinet and said,"Sweetie, if I die, everything you need is in here." He looked at me like I was a crazy woman, but I really do feel better now.
*Steam clean our furniture.Will do this weekend with assistance from DH.
*Stick to my cleaning schedule I made for myself. I have certain duties that I do, and DH has his things that he does. DH has small things that need to be done daily, like dishes, taking out the trash, etc., while I have larger things I do weekly, like mopping and bathroom cleaning. I have done better with this, but I still need to work on staying caught up on the laundry and mopping regularly.

March hasn't been an awful month, but it hasn't been as good as I would have liked either. I have only lost 1.8 pounds, which sucks, but I guess that is 1.8 pounds that I do not have on me anymore. Our closet and dresser are still overflowing. It is just hard sometimes to work up the motivation to handle those large projects.

Here is what I want to accomplish in April:
*Get down to 182 by April 30th. I have got to step up my exercise to accomplish this.
*Pay $400 to car loan.
*Get Chase 2 down to $1200.
*Pay $100 towards a dental bill.
*Add $290 to emergency fund.
*Have all garden/yard word done. Thanks to Sarah, I know how to accomplish this in a much more frugal manner :)
*Have out paid off number at $12,500. This will put us right at 20% paid off.

It all looks good on paper. Now I just have to do it!

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