Well its June...

Well, yes it's June. Almost the end of June and I haven't posted in months. I have been thinking about whether I have been meeting my financial goals, and whether saving money on Groceries has anything to do with it.

For the most part, I have been able to stick to my plan for keeping the grocery bill under control. However, I went back to last year's records and realized I spent about he same amount last year. I guess I need to figure out what else I can do. I am actually spending a little more then I planned because I am trying to eat at home more. My husband and I have separate accounts and split the bills. He makes twice what I do so he typically has more left over at the end of the month. Most of what I make goes to bills and food. Not much left for me. In a way, I feel I deserve not to be left with much. I have to pay the price for bad decisions I have made.

Funny, I didn't make the decisions to make many of the purchases that could have waited and severely affected our way of life. I didn't get sick with a catastrophic illness, and still can't seem to understand that medical bills can ruin you. I just have to pay the price. I am married to someone who seems to blame me for everything in life he cannot afford. For goals not met. Our house is a disaster because things remain undone. There are three other adults who live with me and leave a mess behind them everywhere they go. A grown man who thinks his clothes and shoes belong in the hall by the back door, or in the floor by the closet instead of in the closet. A pile of clothes by the bed. He is just too lazy to pick them up.

Well in my quest for simplicity, I am slowly throwing things out the back door. Either by way of my SUV to the local Goodwill, or to the monster trash can in the back yard. One floor of our tri-level is a disaster. It smells and has concrete floors in places waiting for flooring to be replaced.

Well I have totally left my theme behind today. I will work on finding happiness in simplicity and try to remember to report back soon.

Off to Church, where I will try to forgive my messy family.