Budgeting

I've decided to start budgeting. I'm not doing too bad now, but I want to be able to take out a larger mortage when I get a townhome and be able to afford it. I thought I was doing good, and then I realized I forgot my car payment. So now I'm making -9 dollars a month. But that's not including the money I'm taking out for savings, so I'm really ok. I'm going to have to keep track of the money that I spend on gas, groceries, etc. every month so I know the accurate numbers to put. Right now I'm just estimating. I'm trying to get Stacy on a budget, too, but it's not working too well. She's resisting my attempts. But never fear, soon she will be in my controlling grasp. :-)

It's snowing. That's good, I guess, because we need the moisture and the snow for skiing, but I don't particularly car to drive on it. That goes back to my childhood in Kansas when whenever it snowed we would be stuck at home for days. The snowplow doesn't typically go down gravel roads where only one family lives right away, that's not their priority. And even when they did, it was usually blowing so it filled in again anyway. Here they do a good job plowing, but that's because I live in the city. So it's not so bad.

The Biggest Loser was on tonight. That usually motivates me, and I usually ride my bike for the hour that it's on. Tonight I was talking on the phone too much, so I didn't get to do it. I feel bad, I'm supposed to be recording my workout hours for this thing I'm doing with a group at work, and the last few weeks have sucked - 15 minutes or less. But that's because I haven't been able to ski or hike much lately. It'll all change soon. And it's weird, I weighed myself tonight and I weigh less than I did this morning, without even working out. Hopefully I'll be able to handle picking up this diet again as well as being on a budget at the same time. No sweat! ;-)