I got a trial membership this weekend to Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover. Their budgeting software is fantastic!! Walked me through each step. We are 33 now, and really need to get on track with this. Retirement, college savings, etc.
Along that same vein, I am planning ahead for our vacation this year. What a novel concept! In the past, we have done stuff last minute or not really planned financially for the trip. (We sometimes still have that "two income" mentality...) I believe we are going to spend a long weekend in San Diego and visit the zoo and Sea World. I priced some vacation packages online and we are now saving and planning.
I bought a couple of books at Border's this week. I know, probably not the most frugal thing to do, but hey I'll get there! I got All New Square Foot Gardening and the green book. I planned out our backyard on paper, and now I need to (frugally) get everything set up out there. I am going to ask our yard guy to pull out all the plants in our raised beds, so I can plant vegetables. All we have out there now as far as food is our grapefruit tree. It's dropping grapefruits right now, and holy moly they are delicious! It's very satisfying to just go into our own yard and get food. I'm looking forward to planting some simple veggies and herbs this year. The square foot gardening looks like an easy and productive way to go about this process.
The Green Book is a great little book, with little tips on how to help the environment. There is information in there about composting, which will go along with the veggie garden.
That's what I've done so far this year to become more frugal and green! It's overwhelming when I think about where to begin, but by taking a few baby steps, I feel more sure of myself.
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