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    Default 2010 Get a Project Done Each Month Challenge

    For all of us who have too many projects that sit undone for month after month, here is the challenge we need!

    The goal is to do one project a month. Been meaning to paint that garden shed? Time to aerate the lawn? Do those fruit trees need pruning? Have you promised yourself, over and over, that this will be the month you sit down and balance your checkbook?

    One project a month. Let's take those pesky chores by the neck and show them who is boss.
    DH aka Mad Hen
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    March no-spend: 15/15 2012 LAPAW: 8.2/15 2013 Get-Thee-To-The-Gym Challenge: 6/52

    Monthly budget total: $1400 - Amt expended: 735.05 = Avail balance: $664.95


    Total debt (with mortgage, HELOC, and cc's): Jan 2013: ??? (Jan 2012: $285,105) (Jan 2011: $292,750) (2496 days until retirement)

    11/12/13 Challenge: PAY OFF ALL CC's!!


    Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want. Anna Lappe

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    Yay! I'm in! I think I'm counting myself in all the challenges! LOL....This month I need to declutter my house and shampoo the carpets thoroughly!

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    Count me in please! My project for January will be to organize my DVD and CD collections.
    -Suzanne

    Challenges:

    Pound A Week - 237.2 / 227.8 / 135

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    Madhen,
    Alot of projects I wanted to do for the coming year are
    listed on the twenty wishes thread.

    Can some of them be dually listed here? While the
    twenty list is expansive for the whole year, posting
    them here as individual goals by the month would, I
    think, help with motivation. It would also, hopefully,
    keep one (ok - me) from procrastinating as much.....:>)
    You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.

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    Absolutely. I fully intend to do the same thing.
    DH aka Mad Hen
    (http://mad-hen-creations.blogspot.com/)

    March no-spend: 15/15 2012 LAPAW: 8.2/15 2013 Get-Thee-To-The-Gym Challenge: 6/52

    Monthly budget total: $1400 - Amt expended: 735.05 = Avail balance: $664.95


    Total debt (with mortgage, HELOC, and cc's): Jan 2013: ??? (Jan 2012: $285,105) (Jan 2011: $292,750) (2496 days until retirement)

    11/12/13 Challenge: PAY OFF ALL CC's!!


    Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want. Anna Lappe

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    I am SO in !!!

    January's project - Kitchen
    I can't be out of money... I still have checks left!

    Momma to the Diva
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    Yay!!

    Ok, my January project will be to get my bathroom
    painted and decorated.
    You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.

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    Me too, me too!! Something else I need to get a handle on!!...
    that is, listing what I need to get a handle on at home especially. One area that I know for sure is cleaning out and organizing our bedroom. Have worked on it throughout the year, but never got it completed - that will be my choice for January!! Mahalo for starting us up madhen!!
    Travel light. The baggage of the past can only hold you back.




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    ~I am very very in! Our to-do list is very overwhelming and we really need the motivation to get caught up!
    I don't know whether to start out at the shed or in our bathroom.~
    ~Constance ~DH ~DS 10~DD 8 ~DD 2
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    Yep, I'm in again.

    Have to give some thought as to where I will start.......on which one, of many!
    Travel light. The baggage of the past can only hold you back.

    January Book List

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    good to have you around this thread FF!! Now I know I'll need to post pictures!!
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    Here I go again .. on all the challenge lists LOL

    Jan: Sort through bill file and consolidate 2009 papers, envelope them and get files set up for 2010.
    Living Single and Loving it!
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    EF: $300.00/$1000.00
    House repair fund: $0.00
    Car repair fund: $50.00
    Tags Fund: $0.00.00/$100.00 (Aug)
    Change jar challenge 3/28/2013 $0.00
    Dentist bill: $120.00/$523.00

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    This may certainly help me focus on one area at a time instead of being overwhelmed just thinking about them.

    This month will be cleaning out my bedroom closet. I shudder to think what I may find!

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    I am in again for another year. I don't think I would have accomplished anything last year if it wasn't for this challenge!

    Thanks madhen!

    This month will be organizing, shredding and filing all 2009 paperwork to be ready for taxes. I like tackling it in Jan so I don't have to fret about it at tax time. Plus as bills/paperwork start arriving in the mail, there is no chance of things getting mixed up.
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    Jan project:
    We have some things we would like to sell so I plan to get them listed and sold.

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