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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Monday Accountability Post
1. How MM was your weekend?
2. Any progress towards goals?
3. What is your favorite ice cream Brand and flavor?
Re: Monday Accountability Post
1. $47 Petsmart dog grooming, $30 Dinner, $66 Lowes (grill cover, doorway mats)= $143
2. Yes, we finally put some money into our house DP and E-fund!
3.Talenti Gelato- Vanilla bean flavor
1. How MM was your weekend? It was pretty good. I worked at my part time job, so we probably made more money than we spent. We did spend about $110 on groceries & $100 at Costco. It was time to do a big toiletry run.
2. Any progress towards goals? Yes! My husband has been working night shifts recently - double time (first paycheck to see it), so we put in quite a bit into savings. We are about 10k-13k away from where we want to be.
3. What is your favorite ice cream Brand and flavor? I don't know about brand, but I definitely think chocolate gelato is my favorite thing even though it's not technically ice cream.
1. How MM was your weekend? Could have been worse, but also could have been better. Ate out twice over the weekend, should have limited it once. Started pricing things out for outdoor projects since weather is getting better. Went grocery shopping & stayed within budget for that
2. Any progress towards goals? Next payment for one of our debts comes out tomorrow, leaving 2 payments left and the last one is 1/4 of the regular amount.
3. What is your favorite ice cream Brand and flavor? No particular brand, but chocolate
1. How MM was your weekend? Not bad. $25 at a local diner for random midnight snacks after DH got off work. $70 for groceries, and $8 yesterday for a little snack from my favorite cafe.
2. Any progress towards goals? We have a little money leftover from this last pay-period that we're putting towards our CC debt.
3. What is your favorite ice cream Brand and flavor? All of it! I actually got an ice cream maker for Christmas, and I've been experimenting with it lately (so far mango has turned out to be surprisingly yummy!). As far as store bought though, my current fave is Salted Caramel from Turkey Hill. My go-to is Chocolate Therapy by Ben and Jerry's....and now I'm considering having ice cream for lunch. Is that bad?
1. How MM was your weekend?
Not very good.
I had a friend visiting from out of town and we went out to breakfast and dinner one of the days, bought a movie, and went to a winery and inevitably bought wine. All in all it was almost $200.
2. Any progress towards goals?
Just plugging along towards owning our first condo. Hopefully closing the end of June.
3. What is your favorite ice cream Brand and flavor?
I usually gravitate towards breyer's because their ingredient list isn't ridiculous. My fave flavors are black raspberry or maple walnut. Yummm...I can't choose.
1. How MM was your weekend? Spent $5 on parts for H's show car, and $12 for yard materials. Both budgeted.
2. Any progress towards goals? Put another $300 into our account to put toward debt at the end of the months. Still waiting on my March commission check so I can get that nice chunk added too.
3. What is your favorite ice cream Brand and flavor? Love the Cotton Candy blizzar from Dairy Queen, but they haven't carried it in years.
From the store would be Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia.
TTC since 1/13 DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)
Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system.
Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340 Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
Riley Elaine born 2/16/15
TTC 2.0 6/15
Chemical Pregnancy 9/15
Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
BFP 9/16 EDD 6/3/17
Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
www.5yearstonever.blogspot.com
1. How MM was your weekend?
Not that great. We charged a lot this weekend - bought shoes for DD, fabric for our Comic Con costumes, bought stuff to start scrap booking, DH bought movies, and I also bought our plane tickets for our trip in December. We purchased the tickets early since it will be a total of 9 going and we all wanted to be on the same flight plan together. Most will be paid off next month, with the exception of the plane tickets which we budgeted paying within 3 months.We did stay within budget on groceries, gas, and eating out on Friday (at least).
2. Any progress towards goals?
Unfortunately nothing really MM, unless you count buying those tickets at a cheaper price that they have been.
3. What is your favorite ice cream Brand and flavor?
I love vanilla, anything caramel, cookies n cream, brownie bites, cookie dough, and sherbet. I don't care the brands as long as its my favorite flavor ATM.
1. How MM was your weekend? Not terrible. We spent almost $110 total to redecorate the bathroom finally so it was worth it. We also spent $65 on dinner and drinks with friends.
2. Any progress towards goals? Tomorrow is pay day and we will be able to put $1,500 into savings! We are almost done with the e-fund. Only $371 to go next pay day.
3. What is your favorite ice cream Brand and flavor? Bryers cookie dough!
Love: March 2010 Marriage: July 2013 Debt Free: October 2014 TTC: May 2015
Love: March 2010 Marriage: July 2013 Debt Free: October 2014 TTC: May 2015
1. How MM was your weekend? Good! Gas $35, Pizza because I was too lazy to cook last night $20, and $85 at Kohls for new pillows for the basement and living room and new flip flops. I did have a 30% off coupon and free shipping which was good.
2. Any progress towards goals? Not MM related we finally got our garden done which was great. On the MM side, not this past week, but it wasn't pay week for me so that's expected.
3. What is your favorite ice cream Brand and flavor? I'm undecided between Bryers Cookies and Cream and Bryers Birthday Blast... They're both so yummy!!
TTC since 1/13 DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)
Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system.
Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340 Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
Riley Elaine born 2/16/15
TTC 2.0 6/15
Chemical Pregnancy 9/15
Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
BFP 9/16 EDD 6/3/17
Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
www.5yearstonever.blogspot.com
Love: March 2010 Marriage: July 2013 Debt Free: October 2014 TTC: May 2015
1. How MM was your weekend? Not good, spent an extra $80 on groceries than expected. Also got some fast food, $20.
2. Any progress towards goals? Both my wife and I got raises, she got $1 an hour raise and I got a 3.5% raise. I was also told that my paperwork is routing for my promotion.
3. What is your favorite ice cream Brand and flavor? I like the mixed ones such as Moose Tracks, Bear Tracks, and a lot of the Ben and Jerry's flavors with chocolate and caramel. I have to start sharing now since my son loves ice cream also. MW is lactose intolerant so she stays away from it.
I assume you're talking about the research center in Huntsville? Nice place - smack in between Birmingham and Nashville. They've got a space shuttle at their interstate exit
1. How MM was your weekend?
This was a spending weekend for us
we installed raised garden beds, lumber was purchased last weekend, but that didn't stop us from spending another $230 at Home Depot (some plants, mulch, a couple more pine 2x6's 'cause I did math wrong, another shovel, potting soil, a hanging pot...i got a little carried away because of the nice weather). $75 at the grocery store for beer and pizza to feed our friends who helped dig-up 500+ sqft of sod. and then another $80 for food for us for the week. I also dropped $462 on 14 yards of garden soil on monday. the only thing I have left to buy for that project are some tomato plants and pepper plants, but I shouldn't buy those for another 6 weeks or so. hopefully we get lots of yummy veggies from the garden over the next few years to make up the ~$1000 we put into it this year.
2. Any progress towards goals?
YES! H accepted a job offer as a teller at one of the local banks! *sigh of releif* I had figured out how to "get by" and meet our goals of finishing this garden project and putting a roof on the house this summer, but the fact that H now has full-time work makes that easier and is going to let us focus more on those SLs.
3. What is your favorite ice cream Brand and flavor?
Ben and Jerry's-Phish Phood
also, it snowed here last night...so sick of it
1. How MM was your weekend?
It was pretty good- groceries ($145), clothes for the girls ($30). Yesterday was not great- DH's care needed $1,060 worth of work. But it's done and hopefully that'll be it for a little while. I also booked a Father's Day brunch for my parents, DH's parents, and the 4 of us ($272). It's at the same place we got married (at a fruit orchard, reception was in a big barn) so it'll be fun to go back and enjoy the (hopefully) nice weather.
2. Any progress towards goals?
We have a list of small home improvements to get done this summer. Everything else is done!
3. What is your favorite ice cream Brand and flavor? Brand really doesn't matter too much- Perry's, Ben and Jerry's, or even our grocery store brand is good. I love coffee ice cream or anything with lots of chocolate.