I know. Its been a while. I have been plugging along, living life and every now and then I will think to myself that I need to blog. I still journal, but this seems to use another part of my brain...the part that knows that someone, someday may read this and it may be helpful or hurtful. Words need to be used a bit more carefully and wisely in this space. Thoughts need to be processed a bit more thoroughly.
I have been reading a number of very wonderful blogs lately. The women who write them mostly use their blogs as spaces for accountability. They list their to-do list for the week and then check in to report on their progress. I think it is a great idea...one that I am going to try to implement here. Although I won't feel this obligation to blog daily, there should be a bit more blogging happening as I check in. Another great feature of many of these blogs is that they list their frugal wins as many of them are getting out of debt or trying to maintain a household on little money while they increase savings, pay down a mortgage and/or give tremendously. I would love to do that as well.
Before I get to my weekly list, a bit of an update. Of course it is summer where we live and our income is a bit lower in the summer months. So, while we are working on our debt snowball, it is on hold until the fall months when the income steadies again. I do have a good feeling though, that, based on our savings this summer, we may be able to pay off our last car payment in the fall if we don't use our savings!! This is excellent news and I am so excited! We have been very mindful about keeping our expenses low and really thinking through every coin we spend. We've had a few car issues this summer that, because of the time we took to think through, really were not major and cost us little money. Praise God for His favor!
Okay, so my list of to -do's for the week (in no particular order):
1. Dust the stairwell shelf (hasn't been done since we moved in - terrible, I know!)
2. Use magic eraser on the wall near the kitchen trash can
3. Make all meals from scratch
4. One load of laundry a day - washed, hung and put away
5. Empty one box from the basement (trying to minimize clutter)
6. Clean master bathroom
7. Mow grass
8. Use free car wash coupon to wash car
9. Send graduation gift to cousin
10. Read Bible and pray daily
11. Make a prayer blanket for bridal shower
I am a wife and mother and I will definitely have other responsibilities, but these are the ones that I really need accountability for. I am also teaching myself to really crochet, so when I have free moments I really need to take time to have that shawl worked on.
Just writing this list is helping me to breathe! I may check in on my progress on Wednesday and Saturday and then post my frugal wins in a Friday or Saturday post as well. As I get back into the swing of blogging, I will also check in regarding the status of our debt. But since we are in this summer holding pattern, I will probably wait until Fall to do that.
What are your to-do's for the week? Let me know so that we can hold each other accountable!
