Toystoryduo's Journal....Moving Forward From Here

[lovinaz]

Construction is definitely one of those unpredictable professions! Try to imagine how great the new road will be in Sept. Maybe that will help!

Have a great weekend!

 

[Lesli54]

Sorry to hear that the construction problems are already affecting your household. Sending you some luck that the rest of the summer goes a little more smoothly until they are done.

I think your plans to make a few small but lasting changes for your health while focusing on the finances is a good one. You seem like a planner so I think you can do it.

Hope your day goes well.

 

[toystoryduo]

Thanks Lesli and Amy.

It was a long weekend here. Lots of drama involved...I am to the point where I feel like I need a weekend from my weekend, ya know?

Today's Plan:

* Homeschooling

* Walk to the park

* Celebrate DH's 36th birthday at MIL's/ Watch 24

I'm going to try my hardest to keep it a low key kind of day here. Have a great Monday!

 

[Lesli54]

I love your idea of taking a weekend away from your weekend.

At least you made it through the weekend intact. Take a few moments to yourself today and just unwind.

Have fun celebrating the birthday.......with a small piece of cake, of course.

 

[traceycooper]

hope you had fun with dh celebrating his birthday

 

[Amy&Dan]

Tracy, I think trying to accomplish two major goals in life is hard! I like your idea of focusing on the financies but still working on the baby steps towards your health. I think it can be done. Dh and I began a very strenuous financial overhaul in September and it took me a few months to settle in with that. Now I feel like that is more second nature and I can concentrate on losing weight and getting healthy.

Glad dh had a nice birthday, Red Lobster YUMMO!

Wow $250 for homeschool curriculum. Yikes, but well worth it of course. Kids cost money have you noticed? I keep telling dh that someday when we are done with all of this, what the heck will we spend our money on. HIs answer? Grandkids!

 

[pearlieq]

Hi!!!

It's so good to "see" you and see what you've been up to lately.

I also agree it's super hard to focus on more than one big thing at once. I've been told a thousand times that it's very hard (though not impossible) to work on one's weight when you're trying to juggle something else. I remember when things first got really rocky with my mom my counselor told me to just do what I could to treat myself well and take care of myself, but to focus my energy on the bigger issue for the time being.

I think Dave Ramsey's plans make a nice outline for keeping one's financial house in order and he does a nice job of breaking it down step by step. It's hard at first, but you just sleep so much better knowing that you're not constantly in a money crisis and that you're making progress toward a brighter future. I wish you guys good luck!

I hope you and the family get to enjoy this wonderful spring. Living in the frozen North like we do, when the weather finally starts to turn you just can't get enough!

I think DH is kinda sorta in your neck of the woods this week. He's bouncing back and forth between Cleveland, Sandusky, and Elyria for the first couple of days this week. I'll have him wave as he cruises down the highway.

Take good care of yourself, my friend. I'm rooting for you!

 

[toystoryduo]

Thanks ladies for stopping by. Pearlieq..It's great to see you!

The past 24 hours have been a nightmare here. My DH came home yesterday afternoon and asked if I would send some paperwork to a client via the Internet. No problem right? The computer crashed. I spent 12 hours trying to get it up and running again so we could get the paperwork in. I went to bed around 2:00 a.m.

This morning I woke up early and found out that only a percentage of the paperwork went through. Back to the drawing board and two hours later, the paperwork is sent.

Guess what? I have yet another batch of paperwork to send through this evening.

Needless to say, I have been stressed.

Add to that the fact that we can't get in and out of our driveway and the fact that the construction workers broke another water line AGAIN and well, you can see what kind of day it has been so far.

Did I also mention that I feel like I am coming down with something and that TOM will arrive today or tomorrow? Ugh!

I canceled homeschooling today....no energy. I do need to get paperwork done though so I think I will work on that on the porch and get some fresh air.

At some point this week, I need to get back to blogging. I've taken almost 2 weeks off and I don't have too many scheduled posts left.

I will try and get to journals tomorrow. Have a great Tuesday!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Tracy, you poor thing, when it rains it pours! I hope today got better and that you got done what you needed to do as far as paperwork and blogging. Good job cancelling home school, school districts get time off and snow days so its only fair for you to get an occasional day off as well!

I hope things improve and that you get some rest.

 

[lovinaz]

I hope today is going better for you!

 

[toystoryduo]

Thanks Amy and Amy.

Today is going better in terms of technology. The computer is working and the work orders have been sent out.

As far as other things go, well let's see....The house is a mess, my kids are driving me up a wall, and I don't feel well. Did I mention TOM should be arriving soon?

I am trying to look at the bright side as well.... I made some money on SR today, we have FPU this evening, and my DH doesn't have to work 16 hours tomorrow. See, there is a silver lining!

We still haven't had our Disney meeting yet and the girls are "amping" for one so we'll try and have it tonight after FPU. They want to make their goal sheets and find out how many more Mickeys we need for vacation. (100 Mickeys=100% of the cost of the vacation. If we have 32% paid off (or 32 Mickeys) then we only need 68 Mickeys (or 68%) to save for vacation. Does that make sense? I'm trying to teach them percentages and how to save up their money without making it seem like a chore, but rather something fun. I hope I'm not totally confusing them!

That's about all from here. Hope everyone has a great day and a nice evening ahead!

 

[Amy&Dan]

I think your Mickey technique is a great way to teach percentages! I am glad things are better on the computer front. And good luck tonight at FPU!

May TOM be a nice houseguest this month.

 

[Lesli54]

Sounds like you need a break from technology.

Glad to hear that things are working again. I hope you have fun at your class tonight and can't wait to hear what you are learning about now.

Have a good evening.

 

[goldcupmom]

I LOVE your Mickey's!! That is so creative & so good for them!

Glad technology is treating you better....we have a love/hate relationship here, too!
Have a GREAT weekend!

 

[toystoryduo]

Thanks ladies.

The class was great last night! Dave talked about the debt snowball and the financial myths that we have grown up believing. It was a really good class!

Today has been a pretty good day so far. I've gotten some work done for my DH, I've been earning money during Crazy Credits on SR, and my DH met with a local contractor and may have some extra work coming his way. Now if my house could magically clean and organize itself, we'd be all set.

Not sure what we will be doing this evening. We may go out to eat with my MIL or we may just head out to the mall to walk around a bit. We may also look into buying Financial Peace Jr. so we can teach those principles to our girls too.

Weigh-in is either tomorrow or Saturday. Not looking forward to that at all.

Hope everyone has a great evening!

P.S. The construction workers hit the main water line at the end of our street. We may not have water for several hours or even a couple of days. And to think that this work will be going on until September.....

 

[toystoryduo]

Good afternoon friends,

Yesterday was a good day. I went to the gym and took a kickboxing class. It was fun, but I am sore today!

Weigh-in was okay.....235.2. That means I am down .8 from last week. Since TOM is approaching, I'll take it!

With all the busyness this week, I haven't had a chance to sit down and go over details of our daily schedules and stuff. I need to work on that this afternoon because the next few weeks are going to be busy.

Today's Plan:

* Homeschooling (almost done)

* SR (Made my $50 goal for the month!)

* Schedule

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

 

[traceycooper]

Hi Tracy - how did WI go?
dont mention construction workers to me - we have the most useless, idol workers ever - they started our road (new build - havnt had a proper road since we moved in 15 mths ago!) in january & its still not finished!
A new build site near by did the same thing on an area twice the size in a week!!!!!
have a great weekend & i hope you get the water back on soon

 

[lovinaz]

Geez, you'd think someone would have done their research on where all these water lines were buried before digging! How frustrating to deal with that, this is what - the third time? Yikes...

Glad you hear your class is going well. I think it's excellent to teach kids at a young age about the dangers to living beyond your means. Sets them up to be successful as adults!

 

[toystoryduo]

Tracey~ Thanks! Sounds like we both have construction problems at the moment. Here's hoping both sets of workers get on the ball and get these jobs done sooner than later!

Amy~ You know what's funny? Last week, the water company came out and went over the blueprints with them on Thursday. On Friday, they hit a water line. On Tuesday, they hit a water line. On Thursday, they hit the main water line. You'd think that they would be more careful. This is starting to cost them a lot of money.

Weigh in was okay ...235.2. I was down .8 from last week. TOM is approaching so I'll take it for now. I need to find a way to lose this weight. I was very uncomfortable with what I saw in the mirror at the gym yesterday. We don't have a full length mirror at home so I don't get the "full picture" as far as my weight is concerned. Yesterday, I saw my weight for what it is and it was embarrassing and made me very uncomfortable and sad.

 

[Amy&Dan]

Tracy, don't feel embarrassed or sad. Just think of how your hard work will pay off and soon that mirror will be the woman you know you really can be! Kick boxing looks like a heck of a workout, good for you for trying!

Glad FPU is going so well. I have read his book and I was amazed at how so many things we think are right when it comes to money are so terribly wrong. Did you buy the jr. program for your girls?

Have a great weekned!