Monday, January 3, 2022

Monday, Let's get started failing...


 Well, you know how Kim plans and God laughs?  Mostly because Kim plans poorly, or gets overly excited about her wonderfulness and doesn't think?

You know that $300.00 I so smugly had set away for the tax sinking fund? Well it was already spent.  How many times can you spend the same three hundred dollars?  Well I apparently can do it multiple times.

Now I am afraid of  Rhitter as she and I are going to keep each other on track this year.  So This is what I did.

I paid all my monthly bills. I paid off the two Christmas credit cards so no interest. This leaves me with little or no money in the checking account for food and gas and whatever for the rest of the month.  I will have to earn it to spend it.

I wanted to fulfill my goals, so I needed to fill two envelopes, and I needed to add the 5's I had saved for the week.  I also needed $36.00 for my $1,$5,$10,$20 envelope.  I needed to put $4.96 in my penny can.  Where was I going to get this money?  Well from the $300.00 I had stashed away.  Dang never thought about that did I?  Now I still have a $150.00 check of mom's for Christmas, and I will have an addsense check coming in on the 20th.  SO I am okay right?  Wrong, the sewing machine store called today and my machine is fixed.  That will be $138.00, please.  SO mom's check went into the bank to pay for machine.  I just took the remainder of the money and put it in the emergency fund.  

It is the 3rd and I am already off budget.  That is okay I kept to my goals.  I will have more money come in and I will stick with my no spend and grocery challenge this month and I will be able to resurface and get that $300.00 saved before the end of the month.  All I can do is  kick myself for counting chickens, which by the way we have 13.

Cheryl, (Cheryl's frugal corner)  said all my savings plans confuse her.  Well guess what Cheryl?  They obviously confuse me also....

Kelsa and Will were with us Saturday night, and as we now have church at noon on Sunday's Will was excited to be able to sleep in, and go to Sunday School.  Kelsa fell a sleep in church and when we got her home it was obvious she was not herself. Daughter had to work today and Nate got called out because of bad roads so we kept Kelsa again last night. We had to give her tylenol every 4 hours to keep her fever down. At one point. about 11:30 last night it was up to 103.5 and I was about to strip her down for a cool water soak, but more tylenol had her down to 99.7 in about 20 minutes.  She has 8 teeth coming in and when she laughs and tips her head back her upper gums are bloody.  Poor darling looks like a baby vampire.   Her mommy has tomorrow off and will come and get her around 5.  She has been extra clingy, but I don't mind. I just sew with her on my lap, she wraps her legs and arms around me and just snuggles in, little toad wart.

Dinner last night was very good, and I had leftovers for lunch and will also tor dinner.  I am going to make a pot of Prime rib soup tonight.  I also have that free boneless ham in the fridge I need to cook up this week.

Things I need to do today:

1. get two dresses altered

2. hem two pairs of pants

3. swap the laundry

4. put away all Christmas linens

5. straighten the house  repeatedly.....

6. make soup for dinner

7. go pick up machine

8. go to bank

9. go to post office

10. possibly take down Christmas Tree

I will probably spend most of my time rocking a fussy baby.

Hey, has anyone else already messed up their new year's resolution's?  Anybody? ANYBODY?

Kelsa is playing with my bifocals and I cannot see the key board.

"The holidays are over,and now begins true winter, a cold grey,bucket of suck"  "along with COVID" this is a quote from my eldest daughter.  She is such a bundle of cheer, after morning court. 

Hey, have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.


Kim


22 comments:

  1. A cold gray bucket of suck.. LOL!! I love it!... As for resolutions, I don't make them because thats just inevitably setting myself up for failure.. I do however have things I want to change and I did begin those on the first.. They are going okay but I'm also not pressuring myself to be perfect because I know myself. I"ll get overwhelmed and that will be that.. So I ask the Lord to help, give me what I need to make these changes and take it one day at a time :)

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    1. Good for you Robyn, plus help from on high is always a good thing. So what are you trying to change?

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  2. I never fail at my NY resolutions - because I don't make any!! I don't need that kind of negativity ;)

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    1. You are probably right, it is just that I have this ability to laugh at myself, that I have developed from failing so magnificently it becomes funny.

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  3. Ok I laughed out loud at that comment about Cheryl and your savings accounts confusing you too. 😂

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  4. The quote for 2022, " cold, grey, bucket of snot" could not be more true. I actually ran away Thursday from a work problem, but dang-it didn't resolve itself in it's own. So I started 22 with a 21 problem. You'll shift, and, crunch numbers, and relook at your plan and be back in track. I know it.

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    1. Some times running away to cool down is a good thing, I know it is for me.

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  5. I didn't get any work done my last week in the office, due to drama, travel plan changes, sorting out M for food and supplies, packing, etc. Unsurprisingly, it's all still waiting for me here...

    Luckily, spring comes reasonably early around these parts, and M is taking the kids to Tahoe over the weekend to ski, which will free me up to get some stuff done. I need a weekend in the house to check items off of the list.

    You've got this. Focus on a few things a day you can accomplish off your list, and start marking them off!

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    1. Oh a weekend to yourself, how nice. Even though you will work, you still get to be alone. I would love that!

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  6. I laughed at your daughter's comment. How freaking true. Everyone I know has freaking COVID. What is this???

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  7. Go have a donut and diet Coke and chill....well, don't literally chill. ;-)

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  8. I am going to use the phrase "a cold gray bucket of suck". Excellent description!
    Give yourself some grace and just start over. And if you are like me you will get to begin again__and again__and again__and. . .

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  9. You have 361 more days to make your goals. You've got this!!

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    1. I never thought of it like that. 361 more days to fail or succeed.

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  10. No failures - just delays and adjustments. It is called life. You got this. I guess you do, as you are probably the only that can figure it all out!!! LOL

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    1. Hey, we are making many people laugh here Cheryl.

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  11. I don't make specific resolutions. I do try to start each day with a renewed attitude, and fairly flexible idea of what I'd like to accomplish...none of which I could do if I had toddlers running around. Seriously, how do you do it? At this point of my life, I want less responsibility, not more. I get stabby just thinking about it. I tell my kids that the upside of me being adamant I won't ever watch grandchildren is they can be rest assured I'll never be asking them, once they are married, when they are going to have kids.

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  12. I love it, you get stabby , I am going to use that one.

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