Monthly Check-Up

$1,000 emergency savings fund
-Fully funded as of 01/21/2009-



3 months emergency savings fund




Pay Off the Van!


-Paid Off as of 02/08/2009-




Serve at least 2 vegetables with dinner every night

I am still working on this one. We are now eating salad with almost ever dinner and at least another veggie.



Walk to the dog for 15 minutes at least 4 times a week-


Ummm...its cold here so this really has only been done a couple times. Praise God we found our dog. She was across the street in their backyard the whole time.



Recycle more and throw away less-


Done as of 01/06/2009 I will try and post pictures of our new system next month....







-Replace all plastic utensils with wood or stainless steel-


Done as of 01/12/2009





-Remove all plastic glassware from cabinets minus sippy cups


Done as of 02/11/2009

Some of the plastic cups that were removed.























One of our cabinets now. The plastics that I will keep are our Bento boxes, baby bowels, produce savers, and small storage containers.




As you can see all the plastic stuff left is the baby cups, food processor, and a veggie bento (bottom shelf, right).

The Zoo

Last weekend we took a 4 hour trip to the zoo. We left around 6am and got there a little after 11am. We had a blast! Annabelle really liked looking at all the animals and Levi really liked the wagon and taking a ride on momma (almost the whole time). We spent 5 hours there and didn't even get to look at the whole zoo. We were a little sad. We didn't know that the park closed at 4pm or else we would have left the house earlier to get there when they opened at 9am.

Pictures

Its been a while since I've posted here. We've been busy helping friends move and just life in general. He's some pictures of the kids playing.
I hope you all have a wonderful week.

Monthly Check-Up

Its that time...well really its past that time, to check in. This post is a little late, but we've had a lot going on here in the past week.
So here we go:

$1,000 emergency savings fund

-Fully funded as of 01/21/2009-

3 months emergency savings fund

Pay Off the Van!

Serve at least 2 vegetables with dinner every night
-This is a working progress. We eat lots of veggies here but there are nights when we just eat pizza, or the like and veggies aren't served. I have noticed that no matter how many veggies I serve they are always gone at the end of the meal. ;)

Walk to the dog for 15 minutes at least 4 times a week
-Our dog got out of the backyard and is missing right now. Keep her in your prayers. We are hoping she returns soon.

Recycle more and throw away less
-This goal has really blown me away. I have completely changed the way we throw away trash and am glad to say we are throwing away less, a lot less! More to come on this next month-

Replace all plastic utensils with wood or stainless steel
-Still working on this goal, it isn't complete yet-

Replace all cookware with cast iron or stainless steel
-Goal accomplished as of 01/12/2009-

Remove all plastic glassware from cabinets minus sippy cups
-Still working on this one too-