February was a bit crazier than I'd expected. I was feeling a bit overwhelmed and sad during the month -- still a lot of sadness with the death of my mom and overwhelmed just trying to do day-to-day stuff on top of the sadness.
I didn't complete my challenges that I'd hoped to do with Carla. Such good intentions and I hope to make them up in the future. I DID clean my craft closet and craft room though and will make a separate post about that in the future. So, all was not totally lost on that!
I didn't focus 100% on finances but did somehow meet our overall goal. YEA!!! My main goal was to keep our expenses (not including mortgage, fill dirt/pine straw and vacation expenses) under $4117. And you know what?!?.....
$4073.60 is what we spent!
I'm super excited, because even though we spent more on food than I would have liked ($300 over), we bought 2 new mattresses for a very good friend in need ($225), and we had to call a plumber to the house -- Mr. Steady put half a pot down of spaghetti down the drain instead of in the trashcan ($205), we spent less in other areas to make up the difference. And that's what it's all about I think!
We had awesome one-on-one trips with our boys! Mr. Steady and my 10 year old went skiing in Colorado and my 13 year old and I went to Washington D.C. Tons of fun and lots of great memories were made. I'll do a post on D.C. in the next week or so!
Now onto March! I'm wanting March to be a quiet month. We leave for Italy in about 6 weeks and I'd like to kind of catch my breath and catch up on some things around the house. I hate to make a list of March To-Do's because part of me thinks that would add stress, but it may be more stressful for me not to have a List since I'm such a list maker! So, I'll work on a list over the next couple of things of not so much what I want to accomplish in March, but what I want to accomplish before we go to Italy.
3 comments:
You just lost your mom unexpectedly. It is going to take some time for you to grieve. At least a year. I am sorry that you have to go through this, but give your self a break form house work and the toil and just be sad. It is okay, it was a great loss. We can all give you platitudes about how you will meet again and your faith will tell you this is true, but in the mean time death is final in this life and it is hard. Big hug for you right now.
Take the time you need to rest and remember your Mom, the world and all the to do's will still be there!!!
You did so well with your finances, I'd have totally tossed it out the window but you carried through!! :) So sorry about your mother.. ((hugs))
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