Some Fall Spring Cleaning

I really wanted to participate in Adriana and Company's "feel like I’m 21" link up, but I unfortunately have no photos from that day here.  Sadly, when I turned 21,  no one had cell phones, digital cameras, or even Facebook (sigh). All my pics are in a box at my parent’s house. And we all know a blog just isn’t a blog unless there are pics. Lots of pics.
I decided I need to get those pictures from my parent’s house along with my other boxes of college and high school memorabilia.  For the blogs sake. In order to do this, some other things need to happen (btw, I love to clean and organize, so this is a fun project for me)

Oh, color coded planning charts. Tina Fey, you so get me!

Resolutions

I'm a little behind since today is January 4th, but here we go:

1.  Save money/ become more fiscally responsible. This is the big one because goals 2 and 3 are dependent on this. As I mentioned previously, I have several mini-goals to achieve this:
• Get rid of extra monthly expenses we don’t need, like HBO. 
• Set and stick to a budget, which includes tracking the spreadsheet monthly.   
• Try to tighten variables like groceries and clothing. (Oh, Starbucks you will be missed)
2. Be a (town) home owner. Goal 3 is also dependent on this. 
3. Have a baby (or get preggers). Child care is expensive and we unfortunately don’t live near any family, so we are going to try to spend $1000 less per month to see how it would be if we had a kid. See how goal #1 is important now :)

 

This is all a bit serious for me, so here's my favorite meme (Ikea Monkey) from 2012 that always brings a smile to my face: 

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