I finally found a missing restaurant gift certificate we received, in a pile of books and mail. I finally remembered where a missing $30 went--our holiday drinks supplies. But I still can't locate the Petsmart gift card with $29 still left on it, or the Target card with about $6. And the house is a mess. I don't like being this out of control!
I've been thinking about how setting up automatic things has really helped me get on top of our finances (direct deposit, automatic transfers and bill payment). Things go better if I don't have to re-decide or remember to do things over and over again. It's turned out to be mainly an organizational battle, rather than some big psychological hangup that made me overspend in the past.
So I've been looking for free or cheap "automatic" ways to solve my housekeeping and weight problems. I finally remembered about Flylady--completely free, she does the remembering and the emails just come. I don't have to think, just DO.
Now if I could just find a free way to mimic Jenny Craig or Nutrisystem!
Christmas is beyond my organizational skills
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Right now, my husband and I are about to have our first grandbaby. The parents to be house is upside down because my husband is helping to remodel one side of it (about 600 squae feet). The baby wasn't to be born until Jan. 17, 2007, but the Mom to be is having complications. I have been back and forth up their to help my daughter-in-law. They are 55 miles away. So, she is in the hospital today and will be induced if certain procedures didn't take place from last night until today. So, we have moved our holiday dinners from their house to there and I know what you mean about not knowing where everything is.
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I am so unorganized with household projects that we are needing to start from the hurricane. I keep a organization book for Christmas and when I talked to my mom, I finally realized that she does that for household projects. I am going to try a project book for the future.
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