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Yes! So excited!
New budget
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frustratedearthmother
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Sounds good to me! I love to try new recipes. Thanks for posting it!
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tortoise
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Time to 'fess up. I maintained variable expenses under $400/month for 3 months until my illness flared up. When that happens I can't stand up long enough to cook, I can only grocery shop sporadically, and the biggest one is I can't prep things in advance, like making snacks for a day trip - it would use all my "spoons" and I wouldn't be able to go.
I've given myself amnesty from my super frugal budget for 2 months, and this is the second month. I had a good day yesterday and hope they keep coming. I hate spending money on things I could make myself... if only I could.
I've given myself amnesty from my super frugal budget for 2 months, and this is the second month. I had a good day yesterday and hope they keep coming. I hate spending money on things I could make myself... if only I could.
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Hahahaha! 73 degrees and sunny. And you think I'm going to rest? Tomorrow's weather forecast is dreary, I'll sleep tomorrow. 
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Ooh perfect day to feel good! It's 47 and rainy here. Good day to do random messy art projects with the kiddo. And husband isn't home to stress about the mess (evil laugh).
Enjoy the sunshine!
Enjoy the sunshine!
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How can I keep having a "new" smaller budget over and over?! 
This time it could be a big change. We will have a decrease in income starting this summer, which is expected to last a few years. It could initially be a decrease of losing up to 60% of our income, with expected gradual recovery beginning after a year. Worst case scenario.
We'll have enough to cover basic expenses, but I need to get back to keeping that variable expenses as low as possible. I'd like to see it around $400/month for food, gasoline, car maintenance, animal feed, pets, clothing, hygiene, hobbies, dining out, etc.
That means keeping myself and DS11 happy and healthy is priority as stress aggravates our symptoms and our medications run $250-$300/month total. We are both off medications currently.
Right now, a frivolous expense adding up is DS11 has a computer coding class after school one day a week. It's 40 minutes after school is out with a 25 minute drive. I've been getting fast food on the way for both boys and myself. Bad habit!!
This time it could be a big change. We will have a decrease in income starting this summer, which is expected to last a few years. It could initially be a decrease of losing up to 60% of our income, with expected gradual recovery beginning after a year. Worst case scenario.
We'll have enough to cover basic expenses, but I need to get back to keeping that variable expenses as low as possible. I'd like to see it around $400/month for food, gasoline, car maintenance, animal feed, pets, clothing, hygiene, hobbies, dining out, etc.
That means keeping myself and DS11 happy and healthy is priority as stress aggravates our symptoms and our medications run $250-$300/month total. We are both off medications currently.
Right now, a frivolous expense adding up is DS11 has a computer coding class after school one day a week. It's 40 minutes after school is out with a 25 minute drive. I've been getting fast food on the way for both boys and myself. Bad habit!!
frustratedearthmother
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Argh! That sounds like a big challenge. With careful planning you will do ok - it's those unexpected 'extras' that tend to bite ya!
Hang in there!
Hang in there!
