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12-31-2010, 12:18 PM #1Registered User
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A blinding glimpse of the obvious!
I was just fixing myself a very late breakfast (DH and DS are both still sleeping after DS had a rough night) and glanced at the area of my kitchen counter where I keep all my cookbooks, and I realized..."Holy Moly! I have a LOT of cookbooks!" I could seriously try one new recipe every week from a different book every week, and still not use all my cookbooks! I could cook a different dinner EVERY night for probably 5 years without repeating a recipe!
SO...my newly formed goal for myself is to use recipes from a different cookbook every week this year. Maybe this will help us in not eating out so much!May Goals:
Only $300 for groceries this month - $206/$300
Monthly coupon/valued customer savings = $14.08
No wasted food!
Stick to budget!
Track spending DAILY
Get checkbook balanced
Save $200 toward EF: $85/$200
2012 FV Challenges: Try New Recipes Challenge: 22/52, Menu Planning Challenge: 21/52, Grocery Reduction Budget Challenge, Change Jar Challenge: $27.81 as of 1-14-12, Lose A Pound A Week Challenge: 3/48, No Wasted Food Challenge
2012 Goals
1. To pay off CC (only $917.15 left!) and never again charge more than I can pay off each month.
3.Snowball the CC and Sears card payments into hospital bill (due w/ Baby #2 via C-section in mid-January). Pay that off ASAP.4. Snowball payments into DH's student loan (as of 12/4/11 there's still $4770.84 remaining). Pay off by 12/31/12.
5. Keep our grocery budget to $300 each month.
6. Use Dave Ramsey's budget sheet and get on track with this each pay period.
7. Get and keep checkbook balanced and keep an eye (weekly if not daily) on our e-statements.
8. Get savings account up to $8,000 (incl. emergency fund)
9. Make 2 Christmas gifts per month: 0/24.
10. Get our home organized: use a receipt book, keep my coupon organizer in check, have a touch-once policy for paper (touch once and then file or toss).
11. Achieve "give or get" goal of $1500 for the board I serve on by 9/30/12.
12. Taxes filed by March 17.
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12-31-2010, 12:30 PM #2Registered User
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what a cool idea
I hope your new adventure is tasty"Everyday as your walking down the street, everybody that you met has an original point of view" -Arthur PBS
Imagine - Wife of 18 years to Hubby
Mom to Buddy (son 15) and Little Miss ( daughter 11)
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12-31-2010, 06:00 PM #3Registered User
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Great idea! I have a stack of Food Network magazines - I'm gonna work on them this year.
Mary Carney 
Working the night shift 'cause they never have meetings at 3am!
DD Sarah 32
DD Rosanne 28
DS Benjamin 18
DD Kathleen 17
Married to David since 1975
Starting grad school September 1, 2010 in pursuit of MSN degree.
MSN degree completed on 4 May 2012 with NO DEBT!
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Weight loss on Weight Watchers since June 1= 18.8#
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12-31-2010, 07:58 PM #4Registered User
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I say go for it! You should post in the new recipe challenge thread.
I too have a stack of food network magazines and many cookbooks of recipes I want to try.
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01-01-2011, 12:41 PM #5Registered User
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This is an area that I need to get organized. I have lots of cookbooks and lots and lots of recipes that I have printed off the internet. I need to sort through and try some of these recipes. Also go through the cook books and find recipes we like. Then I would like to print them out on to index/recipe cards so they are nice and neat and easy to choose from.
I purchased some Avery postcards/index cards, but haven't found a good template to use for recipes. I want it to be rather plain and not use up a bunch of unnecessary colored ink.
Some day...............
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01-01-2011, 01:38 PM #6Registered User
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I'm a cookbook addict..rarely use them but an addict none the less..I especially like the ones at the check out aisle..the small taste of home, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker type...LOVE cookbooks..spent couple hours in Books A Million looking thru them..didn't buy ( it was hard ) but still looked
Bank of America is THE godfather of Hell with Wells Fargo running neck and neck. When the world ends the only things that will be left are cockroaches, Walmart, Wells Fargo and Bank of America. Not necessarily in that order. The order remains to be seen.
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01-01-2011, 01:47 PM #7Super Moderator
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I second what Palooka mentioned, come on over & join us for the Try new recipes Challenge here: 2011 Try New Recipes Challenge
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