Another good month with lots of progress made. Some of my
goals won't get crossed off until December, but that's okay, I really
want to work on perfecting those. Here's how March went down...
Household:
- Prepare a Nursery! - Almost done. With only 5 days left until Baby Rogers is due, this is at the top on my to-do list daily. I'm hoping to be done by the end of the week, so I can finally post some pictures! We were able to clean out a LOT of junk, purchase a dresser, and get it completely organized. We also have all the clothes and cloth diapers washed and folded. It feels so good to have this almost finished! :-)
- Do a
Deep-Spring, andDeep-Fall Clean inMarch andNovember. As well as keep up with my weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly cleaning chores. - Joe and I altered the way we normally do our Spring cleaning. I followed the 4 Weeks to a More Organized Home Challenge on Money Saving Mom, and the 40 Bags in 40 Days Challenge at White House Black Shutters. I feel good about all that got cleaned, and all the junk that got removed. I'm continuing the 40 Bags challenge into April, so the result post will be coming next month.
- Give birth to baby Rogers, and be the best mom I can be! - Not there yet.
- Try every day to be a loving wife. Some days this is harder than others. :-) - I continued to try and do something to make Joe happy every day. Some days were easy, others were hard. Overall, I'm making progress, and it is getting easier.
- Take a trip to Maine in June with the hubby, and the baby. - Not there yet.
- Get together with family at least once a month. (probably for dinner) - We got together with our families on the 8th for my baby shower. It was lovely! My sister and niece also came over for dinner one night to visit, and brought me a wonderful used glider another night from my niece's boyfriend's grandmother, and stayed to visit then too. It will be so nice for when the baby arrives!
- Have 2 Freezer/Pantry Challenges (
January andJuly), post updates on the blog, and defrost the chest freezer - One down, one to go! - Post my Menu Plan, Aldi Deals, and Weekly Spending Report every week, along with at least 1 other post per week. This may be an update, a reveal, a recipe, a shopping trip, or a frugal find. - I did really good with this one. I did my regular posts every week, plus I posted a Tempt Your Tummy Tuesday recipe post every week, and posted several shopping trips throughout the month. I joined Crystal's 4 Weeks to a more Organized Home challenge, and posted the monthly update here. I also joined in the 40 bags in 40 days challenge, and blogged about it, the results post will be done in April since the challenge doesn't end until then.
- Plan and execute a 31 days post for October. - Not there yet.
- Lose at least 20 lbs (I did accomplish losing 20 lbs in 2013 as well, so it seems doable) - Not even starting this until after the baby is born in April
- Drink plenty of water, eat healthy, and do exercise of some kind everyday. - I drank plenty of water, ate a LOT of veggies, and fruit, and did my hip physical therapy exercises everyday.
- Do at least 6 Flea Markets throughout the year, and list at least monthly on Amazon. - Joe set up at a tool show with some other guys, and without me on the 15th. He was able to move some inventory and made enough to cover my contacts for the year. I did another large listing of books on Amazon.
- Earn Swagbucks everyday by completing the daily poll, toolbar log-in, and NOSO offers daily. - did this every day, plus I used the SBTV feature and the offers on the homepage to earn additional Swagbucks. I earned 4 - $5 Amazon Gift Cards.
- Set a monthly budget, and coupon and deal shop as needed to stay within our budget. - It was nice to start the month out $49 ahead. I still ended up going over by $1.23, but that might have been in coins, since I don't keep them separated between the different budgets. I'm still pleased with all that I was able to purchase, and I feel stocked-up and prepared for the baby's arrival. I posted the totals for the month here.
- Pay off my credit card by June, and start putting extra onto Joe's credit card every month. We won't have his paid off this year, but we'll be on the right track to have it paid off within the next year or two. :) - Still working on this.
- Catch up my scrapbook. I'm only about 8 years behind, but I think once I get rolling on it, I should be able to push through and get it done by the end of the year. ;) I also want to start one for the baby, and work on it monthly. - Haven't started this one yet, and probably won't until we get the nursery finished, first thing's first.
- Try something new at least twice a month and blog about it. I have a LOT of new recipes and crafts I want to try, and this is the year! - I tried several new recipes this month, and blogged about them here, here, here, and here.
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