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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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Thank you.
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Monday Accountability
Hope everyone had a nice weekend!
1. How MM was your weekend?
2. Any progress towards goals?
3. What's your favorite activity to get you in the holiday spirit?
Me: 28 H: 30
Married 07/14/2012
TTC #1 January 2015
BFP! 3/27/15 Baby Girl!! EDD:12/7/2015
Re: Monday Accountability
1. How MM was your weekend?
Ours wasn't bad for once! We spent about $66 on groceries and $55 filling up both cars with gas. We also spent $10 at Home Depot for a large picture hanging kit (we have a bunch that need to be hung still). Our Christmas shopping is 100% done, and I'm happy to have a low-key rest of the month.
2. Any progress towards goals?
Not yet... I'm supposed to find out this week if I will advance to the next level, which would involve a small raise next year. All we've been told is we will find out sometime this week. Still waiting to hear, though...
3. What's your favorite activity to get you in the holiday spirit?
Probably Christmas music! My mom is a piano player, and she and I usually play duets around the holidays. My H has also written some trios for us so he can join in now as well (he's a clarinet player & composer, I'm a flute player). Oh and I looooove spritz cookies. My H has a Christmas gig in Atlanta this weekend, so I'm going to make a bunch of cookies while he's gone...
1. How MM was your weekend?
not bad, everything fit in the budget (we're using some of the money from being underbudget last month to cover the wedding/bridal shower stuff)
Friday-$42-crate and barrel-wedding gift for January
Saturday-$44-haircut, $13 post show drinks after The Nutcracker
Sunday-$48 groceries, $29 finishing off a bridal shower and adding to wedding gift (we bought them their french press off their registry...found some cute mugs...plan to buy some locally roasted coffee just before the wedding), $35 wings and beer at local trivia night
2. Any progress towards goals?
working with boss to redefine my position (...promotion and raise should be in the works for the beginning of the year!!)
3. What's your favorite activity to get you in the holiday spirit?
Baking and decorating cookies...I go all out most years (i still have lots of sugary decorations and cinnamon chips left from last year, so I'm hoping I don't have to spend a lot this year). I usually spend a weekend after the house is decorated playing Christmas music and decorating cookies.
Not bad. Dinner out with friends $50 (food and babysitter), groceries $80, Target $50.
2. Any progress towards goals?
H got a bonus so we're just trying to figure out where it will go.
3. What's your favorite activity to get you in the holiday spirit?
Christmas music! I listen to it all the time.
1. How MM was your weekend? Pretty good- groceries ($127), Target ($52), dinner ($30)
2. Any progress towards goals? Our sewer job is complete- no more clay tile with roots to cause all sorts of problems! Final bill $8,200 put on a credit card with 0% for 15 months. Goal is to have it paid off by December 2015 (we'll shoot for sooner, but I don't want to stretch us too thin when we're not paying any interest). Our yard is a mess, but once it's spring, we'll get the sidewalks redone (one got pretty busted up and the others are a little wonky from tree roots), front yard reseeded and landscaped. Just happy to have it done!
3. What's your favorite activity to get you in the holiday spirit? Decorating our house- I don't like a lot of decorations (not a fan of clutter), but the pieces we do have all mean a lot to us. I made the girls an advent calendar this year and they (especially our oldest) like to take the felt ornament out of the numbered pocket each morning and hang it on a button on the felt tree. This time of year is so fun with little ones.
1. How MM was your weekend?
Not bad considering I was in Disney last week. We got back Saturday so I had to do a stock up on groceries for the month/week. We both had to put gas in our cars, and I withdrew our allowances for the month. So far, everything is within budget.
2. Any progress towards goals?
Not right now since I just started back to work, but I'm hoping that with the upcoming paychecks, I will be able to take care of this month's expenses without dipping into our savings account. If we don't touch it, I will take what I saved for payoff and pay off some debt that we have. I'm also starting the new budget for the upcoming year and for January. I'm hoping that we can buckle down and really try to confine what we spend now that we have two kids in daycare.
3. What's your favorite activity to get you in the holiday spirit?
The Christmas music! I love listening to it. I also love decorating my house and watching Christmas movies with my family.
My cats love when I play my flute!
2. Any progress towards goals? Did make an $80 payment to my credit card this includes our YMCA membership dues.
3. What's your favorite activity to get you in the holiday spirit? I like the classic cartoons and shows. Most of the modern ones are not as good.
1. How MM was your weekend? We spent $0. It was nice.
2. Any progress towards goals? None this week sadly. But we are on track to put $1000 into our e-fund on the 15th.
3. What's your favorite activity to get you in the holiday spirit? Snow. I put some Christmas music on and just get the warm and fuzzies. Haha.
Love: March 2010 Marriage: July 2013 Debt Free: October 2014 TTC: May 2015
2. No real progress on paying off the mortgage, but we are starting to feel like we know what to expect for the household bills so we maybe able to start paying $100-200 more every month.
3. Christmas music is the best thing for gettig in the holiday spirit. I love to decorate too, but I haven't done much this year because C wants to touch it all and it gets old having to redecorate every day.
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
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