It's been quite some time since I even thought of posting on my blog. This was mostly because I had no real purpose for doing it-now I do. For the past 6 years or so I have been spinning my wheels in my attempts to dig us out of the pit of debt we've dug ourselves into. I have read LOTS of books and blogs, created budgets, and made excuses as to why we never seem to stick to the budgets I create. The only piece that seems to be missing is accountability. My husband trusts me implicitly with our finances and allows me to manage all of our accounts. We have no problem making the minimum payments plus a little extra on the debts we carry. We make a good living and live very comfortably. My new priority is to get all the debt clutter cleared out of our lives so that we can begin to do some of the things that JP and I have always dreamed of doing. I want to travel to places like Australia and Japan. I want to take my boys to Disneyland. I want to be able to pay cash for our next car. First the debt must go. In the midst of that I have to plan for home maintainance (this summer's big project is to get the house painted) and special events like birthdays and holidays. This month we have to come up with the money to have Jasmine euthanized. She does indeed have cancer and will not be with us for much longer. She has lived with lymphoma for the past 9 months in relative comfort but is running out of time.
My financial goals by the end of this month:
Stick to budget
Have $2200 in savings
Set aside money for Jasmine's vet bills ($260)
There. It's written in black and white for all to see. Stay tuned to find out if I succeed.
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