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    Default What did you get free in July 2010?

    I didn't do very good last month.

    Hope to do better this month.

    What have you gotten free this month?
    Travel light. The baggage of the past can only hold you back.

    January Book List

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    A box of oranges

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    Off to a pretty good start:

    *gym bag/tote bag
    *6 pack of underwear
    *caress body wash sample
    *dog cookies
    *TP sample and personal wipe sample
    *Pure Fitness crystal light sample
    *2 beach mats - super nice since we go to the beach in 2 weeks
    *3 children badmitton sets
    *3 coloring books and box of crayons
    * 2 beach balls
    *1 package glow sticks
    * bag of water balloons
    *bubble kit/wands
    Barb
    May l $$$$$ goals
    Grocery challenge 400.00/203.52
    Menu planning - 5/3
    Carpet fund 40/40 l
    Christmas 2012 50/50 :
    Change Jar @ May 12 = 849.02 Boston Fund!

    Time Goals
    New Recipe 2/2
    Home Project Organizational Challenge - Bathroom windowsill painted
    Utility room - paint door and hang border
    Hook up water barrell
    Clean out bedroom closet
    Exercise 3x week/20 mins
    UFO for April - baby bib #1

    YEARLY GOAL TRACKING 2012
    Carpet fund @ May = 2650
    Christmas 2012 @ May = 390
    Change Jar = Boston = 849.02
    UFOs done 2012 = 0
    Organization projects 12/4

    Working on learning to be calm and content

    Every little tiny bit helps to get rid of that debt

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    From the local "freecycle" type site:

    --a new to me personal sized lunch cooler

    --a still in the box solar powered security light

    --a metal storage box

    --a plastic cassette storage box which we'll use for organizing small things in the garage.
    ~ Michelle



    Wife to DH--
    Mom to DS--
    and DD--

    Avatar picture--Taken at Comanche Lookout Park, San Antonio,Tx. April,2010
    Mortgage -- $53,077.24
    March Emergency Fund Challenge-- $100 /$200
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    "The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got." --Will Rogers

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    1 jar Ragu spaghetti sauce
    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.

    Challenges
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    May/ Grocery
    $/Goal $400 Total

    Eat Out No More May
    Goal 20
    Accomp/18

    No Spend Challenge
    Goal 10/
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    2 chokos from local coffee shop

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    free sample dry dog food
    sample size bottle shampoo-Pantene
    sample size bottle conditioner-Pantene
    sample size pkt men's shampoo

    That's it for now, hopefully more will arrive soon...
    Wife to DH ~ 15 years
    Mom to DD ~ 14 yrs old
    Mom to DS ~ 24 yrs old
    Fur mom to Nikko - Rottweiler, Maxx - German Shepherd-(my avatar pic), and Reno - Husky/Chow mix.
    *Rest peacefully my sweet Maxx*
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    Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven
    Luke 6:37 (KJV)

    Change jar $14.55
    2012 Challenges
    Grocery budget~$/$300
    No spend days~/31 *Goal 15/31 days
    No eat out days~1/31 *Goal 15/31 days
    EF - /$1000.00
    Christmas fund - $110/$350
    Weekly Menu challenge - /52
    YTD Coupon total - $2173

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    housing, food, water, peace, debbie loving

    kindness is unlimited

    fling: 0268/2011


    2011 Goal: get out of debt and visit my gf in arizona
    debt: about 10,000 | owed: about 10,200

    homesteading skill-a-month challenge: january/february/march - hydroponics ; april - solar heater
    reading list: king of the screwups -done!;

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    $50 rebate from GE
    $10 rebate from Kraft
    $5 rebate from the doctors
    $1 from some place that wants us to buy a car
    toaster oven
    2 big bags Doritos (only way they will ever get in my house )
    I can't be out of money... I still have checks left!

    Momma to the Diva
    Old Lady to the Old Man
    My Blog: http://more-than-bonbons.blogspot.com


    BS1: DONE BS2: DONE BS3: working on it BS4 :eventually (at 3% now) BS5: DONE BS6: DONE BS7: someday
    OMG, we're going on our first cruise together??? 2 July 12
    2012 Challenges
    Change Jar
    Vacation Fund - done
    Drink Water
    Get Moving
    100% Homemade Holidays

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    Palmer's Coconut Oil - sample

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    MIL went shopping and dropped off a care package

    A pork loin roast
    2 large cans of tuna
    3 boxes of sweetener
    2 large boxes of jello
    6 ears of corn
    2 bunches of celery
    3 apples
    1 bunch of asparagus
    1 container of margarine
    1 package of ready made brown rice
    1 pound of Jimmy Deans hot sausage
    a 6 pack of dove soap
    a 6 pack of lever soap
    1 package of dishwasher tabs
    1 bottle of dishwashing liquid
    a 6 pack of paper towels
    a bottle of hair conditioner
    a tube of toothpaste
    2 containers of damp rid for the basement
    a stack of coupons
    2 bottles of vinegar. one white and one apple
    a package of marinade
    a container of salt
    some green leaf lettuce
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    "Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about little puppies." -- Gene Hill

    ‎"A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her."
    — Maya Angelou

    ‎"God has the right, and does not require my permission, to rearrange my life to achieve His purposes."– Anonymous

    Live in harmony with each other. Don't be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don't think you know it all!

    ~ Romans 12:16, NLT

    The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.
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    Polly, It sounds as if you have a great MIL also!!!
    Wife to DH ~ 15 years
    Mom to DD ~ 14 yrs old
    Mom to DS ~ 24 yrs old
    Fur mom to Nikko - Rottweiler, Maxx - German Shepherd-(my avatar pic), and Reno - Husky/Chow mix.
    *Rest peacefully my sweet Maxx*
    ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
    Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven
    Luke 6:37 (KJV)

    Change jar $14.55
    2012 Challenges
    Grocery budget~$/$300
    No spend days~/31 *Goal 15/31 days
    No eat out days~1/31 *Goal 15/31 days
    EF - /$1000.00
    Christmas fund - $110/$350
    Weekly Menu challenge - /52
    YTD Coupon total - $2173

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    Paws- Yeah, my in-laws a great!

    I forgot to add 4 tea towels, 2 of them linen. She was yard saling, 50 cents each!!!
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    "Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about little puppies." -- Gene Hill

    ‎"A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her."
    — Maya Angelou

    ‎"God has the right, and does not require my permission, to rearrange my life to achieve His purposes."– Anonymous

    Live in harmony with each other. Don't be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don't think you know it all!

    ~ Romans 12:16, NLT

    The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.
    William James

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    gallon of milk
    6 lg bottles of ivory body wash
    $3.00 worth of produce
    $10 grocery gift card

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    Forgot to add to the list from last week

    2 packages of ground turkey
    1 toothbrush
    5 peaches
    6 boxes of tissues
    1 head of cabbage
    1 head of cauliflower
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    "Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about little puppies." -- Gene Hill

    ‎"A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her."
    — Maya Angelou

    ‎"God has the right, and does not require my permission, to rearrange my life to achieve His purposes."– Anonymous

    Live in harmony with each other. Don't be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don't think you know it all!

    ~ Romans 12:16, NLT

    The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.
    William James

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