Monday, February 28, 2011
Homework Assignment Of The Week
Talk with your spouse about financial or preparedness goals. Agree on at least one financial or preparedness goal with your spouse. It could be saving a few hundred bucks to keep on hand in case of a power outage or disaster, storing more food, paying off those lingering credit card balances or whatever. It isn't so much about the goal itself (though it should be meaningful) but the conversation and decision making with your spouse.
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We talk on Saturday night while watching the Suze Orman show. But our best conversations are during the "Until Debt To Us Part" show.
Sam
Already this AM talked to hubby about paying for all the garden stuff we've bought in the last 2 weeks. Came out of the food budget. Having a yard sale this weekend which will cover the costs.
Bought lots of seeds for Asian greens, 10 cu yds of 'potting soil' (well rotted compost) because we live in SW Florida and our dirt is sand; built 3 small raised beds and 2 large raised beds and expanded existing growing areas. Cost is about $200. Produce is out of sight here and with increase in gas prices will go higher. The closest local farm produce is a 20 mile round trip.
Cancelled our lawn service - saves $65 a month - as husband has completely recovered from his major heart surgery and can mow the lawn. Changed our TV/phone/internet service to save about $70 a month and no, we cannot live without TV. And we are going to check our phantom electric use as we are sure there is something we are overlooking. And the last - hubby is going to try to cut down on his coffee intake - a MAJOR concession but it's costing a fortune.
I have done this years back (when I was married). As you suggested it was a good communications and decision making exersize. her decision was its the mans job to do preparedness. A lot of preparedness effort went into it on my part. at the time I had a lot of space for water. Had hundreds of gallons we decided to store. walked by the space one day to find the 2 kids emptying the water with a water fall coming out of that space. such fun.
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