October Goals Updated

Financial

- Put 15% into retirement. Thank you 401K plans

- Pay for the second part of the driveway It is finally done!

- Grocery Budget of $400 average for the year I spent $487.51

- List 25 new items on eBay and Craigslist. I sold a purse, 4 magazines, 3 CD's, 2 video games, a pair of boots, 10 books, and a men's soap.

- Work extra shifts when available. I worked so much this month. I have never worked this much in October. 

- Go over our budget with Hubby Did it!

- Go over the kids budgets with each of them. Done
- Finish filling out FAFSA Hubby is a saint for doing them.
- YD apply for scholarships She has been working on them 
- Help YD fill out college applications She has applied. Now we wait to hear. 

Garden   

- Dry seeds from all plants to use next year. I am set for next years garden. 
- Dehydrate/dry more herbs. Looking good. I also pulled in several pots that I will keep in the kitchen for the winter so that I have fresh herbs too. 

- Clean up small garden Done

- Start to clean up large garden I did some and my son did some. We still have more to do. 

Family

- Go on a date with Hubby We went to the EAGLES concert. We also went out East for the day. We got lunch while we were out. 

- Go apple picking  Did it!
- Go pumpkin picking YD went with my sister. I did go to several farms but my sister had bought so many that I didn't feel we needed more .
- Celebrate Halloween YD had a friend over and they carved pumpkins and watched scary movies while handing out candy. 

Personal

- Facetime with OD every week. I love talking to my girl. I'm glad she feels the same way.

- Read 2 books NOPE

- Make someone a meal that needs it. I brought lunch to a coworker. I sent hubby with muffins and I brought muffins to work too. 

- Write 2 cards or letters. I sent my nephew at college a card, I sent my other nephew a Halloween card, I sent out a card to a family friend that had a baby and cards to the grandparents.
- Go to eye doctor My eye is all better. 
- Go to bridal shower. It was a very nice afternoon.

Cleaning

- Clean out file cabinet in office. Did not happen.

Food

- Do one meatless meal a day. I think this didn't happen 3 days. I will count that as a win.

- Do one day a week with no meat at all. It only happened 3 times.

- Try 2 new recipes.  Hubby made a new to us hot sauce. Only 1

- Get another pantry item to 6 months. I got pasta and potatoes to 6 months. We made enough hot sauce for even longer.  

- No food waste. I know half a lemon and half a lime got moldy. They went into the compost. I know a piece of cake got moldy because it was left in a lunch box overnight in a car. There was also a half of cucumber. It was liquefied. Some bread got moldy. It has been a bad month. 

- Purchase 100 pounds of potatoes from farm Got them. 50 pounds white and 50 pounds harvest gold. 

- Make applesauce and apple juice with apples from the orchard I have made apple juice several times but we didn't find apples cheap enough to make applesauce. I used the cores to make ACV

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- Get YD AAA card. Did it

How did you do with your October goals?