April 2007 Goals

**Libby** · 03-30-2007, 11:33 PM

Ok time to start April's list of goals!

1 ~ pay off credit cards (m/c: tim & faith tix - phantom tix / visa - medical)
2 ~ try not to eat out
3 ~ exercise 30 mins/day x 5 days/wk
4 ~ lose 5 lb's
5 ~ read a paperback
6 ~ finish purging closet

**acidcookie** · 03-31-2007, 12:16 AM

Hmmmm ...

More no spend days!
Make time for yoga, photography, reading again
Add $100 to savings
Spend $90 or less on groceries
Refresh my dying wardrobe in a thrifty way

**dwallyfam** · 03-31-2007, 08:40 AM

Okay here are my April goals.

1. Stick to budget
2. Pay off big chunk of M/C
3. Look at bills again and see what I can reduce
4. exercise daily
5. lose 5 pounds
6. declutter more of house and sell/freecycle it
7. work on my sewing
8. oil change in van
9. get veges planted in garden
10. work on finding cheaper sources of everything

**thrifty gal** · 03-31-2007, 10:10 AM

I'm sooo hoping that April will be better than March. The entire month of March has been a disaster for us. Mainly due to me being sick, and incredibly tired due to the pregnancy. I really want to get back on track.

My April Goals:
1. Stick to budget
2. Put at least $20 + minimum payment towards Gap card
3. Dejunk some stuff, to clear out the new baby's room

4. NO unplanned purchases
5. Cut eating out down to once a week
6. Track our spending
7. Spend no more than $100 per week on groceries, cleaning supplies, etc
8. Get organized again!
9. Reduce some of our bills (definitely phone bill)

**dcompton** · 03-31-2007, 11:36 AM

I don't usually do these month goals, but here goes -- only two for April

1. Some pretty hard braking on the day to day budget to balance the splurge of making a big work center for quilting and other projects (Next week! Yippee! Hooray!! Can't wait!)

2. I was diagnosed with diabetes back in the summer, and my doctor said to ignore it until I got through my chemo (talk about a double whammy!) I did that in December, but have been too exhausted to deal with anything else. But the time has come. She said I was one of her "educated patients" and left it completely up to me to read and figure out what diabetic eating plan would work best for me. I've done that, but now I have to really tackle working out menus. It is going to be very time consuming and hideously boring, but I have to do it -- if only because I see her again late in the month and it will be too embarrassing to say, "Well, uh, no, it's like this...."

**jkelstaten** · 03-31-2007, 11:50 AM

1. Pack everything. Leaving out only bare necessities for the first two weeks of May.

2. Use up the food in the cupboards. Not a lot, but I don't want too much excess at the end of the month.

3. Finish buying souvenirs and items to sell when we return. And not spend a fortune.

**Libby** · 03-31-2007, 02:37 PM

dcompton - Id love to learn more about the different diabetic eating plans you have down in the US. I am diabetic as well and am trying to find better foods to eat - care to share recipies?

**favesis37** · 03-31-2007, 06:06 PM

well now that i have a good job this month ought to be easy.
1. pay an extra 100.00 on truck
2. extra 100.00 on student loan
3.150.00 in savings

i'll stop there, don't want to over whelm myself.lol

**crazyBMB** · 03-31-2007, 06:29 PM

Goals for April

Add $75 to EF
Lose 4 more lbs (and keep it off)
Clean out the garage (oh boy!)
At least 4 more scrapbook pages
Get back on my photography

**monkeywrangler71** · 03-31-2007, 08:47 PM

I'm not doing so well with the monthly goals. So this month I only have 2:

1. Take my iron supplement EVERY DAY!!! I can barely move, I'm so tired.

2. Spring clean the kitchen (should be possible after a few weeks of goal #1).

**McD** · 03-31-2007, 08:52 PM

My goals-

pay off 500$ to my dad

lose 5 lbs.

not eat out as much

drink water

exercise

love myself more.

**Jeanna** · 03-31-2007, 09:19 PM

My April goals are
1. learn ways to get my grocery budget down.
2. finish at least one old sewing project.
3. Put at least $100 in EF fund
4. Get a household notebook put together and use it.
5. Try to not eat out more than 4 times this month.

**chatterweb** · 04-01-2007, 12:29 AM

My Goals:

Pay down more consumer debt
excercise more and lose 5 lbs
save some $$ to the MMA
eat better foods

**Ani** · 04-02-2007, 06:03 PM

My March goals were WAY too lofty, and I didn't realize how absolutely tired and uncomfortable I'd be in the last trimester of pregnancy, so it's time to be a little less lofty this month, in my last month of pregnancy.

April 2007 Goals

1. Spend $400 or less on groceries (including toiletries, cleaning supplies, and pet supplies).
2. Eat out 10 days or less.
3. Put $40 into the EF.
4. Put $800 in savings.
5. Update the baby book.
6. Finish getting all baby gear and supplies, trading in unwanted baby shower items for store credit etc.
7. Get birthdays on the calendar (finally!).
8. Buy two Christmas presents.
9. Get caught up on birthdays.
10. Get Mother's Day and Father's Day presents put aside (will be too hectic around the time that the actual holidays fall).

**Jaded** · 04-02-2007, 07:27 PM

Well, here are mine for the month.

1. Look for a new job. Check the ads every day. Send out resumes, and applications.
2. Lose 5 lbs. Walk on treadmill every single day for at least 30 minutes.
3. Be more frugal with spending. Start using coupons and shopping only specials. Take my lunch to work.
4. Get rid of at least 30 things in the garage.
5. Keep the kitchen clean every day.

Five is all I can handle right now, with the stress I have going on at work.