I have added my stair money, my rebate $ ($2.47) my BofA bonus $50! and now have a grand total of $330.29 in my challenge account!!!

My original goal, set in March, was to save $500 by the end of the year...I am very pleased with how fast this little account is growing...and am hoping to have reached the $500 by the end of July now.

That means if the account keeps growing at this speed, I will make DOUBLE my original goal or $1000 by the end of the year!!!!! Oh-yeah-- happy dance in Oregon!

For the first time in a couple of weeks I am haning my laundry tonight.

Because of all our rain as of late, line drying has not really been an option.

However, the skies have cleared (the weatherman says 'temporarily') and it stays light here until past 9pm....so there is a good hour left for hanging tonight...so I am taking advatage of the opportunity and getting our vacation laundry and linens all done.

Oh, the lovely smell of line dried clothes....and the joy of not paying for the electricity to dry them! A double hitter if ever there was one!

I have received a "God of Wealth" coin from Jeffrey. (It has come all the way from Japan to Oregon!!)

This is a purely fun project and one that we hope to keep circulating until the end of this year.

I am ready to forward it on to the next participant...and our goal is to have it circulate until December, when it will go back to Jeffrey..and end up at the God of Wealth shrine in 2007 along with all of the wishes!!!

If you are interested in being the next person on the coin's journey, please let me know...this is first come first served!!!

Again, this is purely for fun. I do not need to receive any information on redemption!! lol.

Let me know if you would like to get this coin next!

Ok.

Call it the last day of vacation...

Call it extremely tired after having GS over last night (how can sideways-sleeping 2 yo take up enough room on a KING SIZE BED to keep two adults awake more than asleep at night and WHY is he so rested today??)

Call it LAZINESS...

But it was definately TOTALLY UNFRUGAL...

DH: "Hey Ray, what's for dinner"
Ray: "Sonic Burger"
DH: "Sounds good to me"....

So DH went to town (26 miles RT) and bought Sonic Burger for dinner....

I had chicken defrosted...
I had veggies and potatoes....
I even had bread....

But we had yummy, juicy Sonic Burgers instead...

No cooking...
no cleaning...
and I am happy as a lark...

Tomorrow, back to the routine...but tonight...

Hello Everyone!
Greetings from the wet state of Oregon!

We are back a DAY EARLY from vacation. We spent the last two days cooped up in the trailer due to rain, RAIN and MORE RAIN...today was so bad, we couldn't even see the ocean it was so foggy/rainy... so we decided to head home and enjoy the comforts of our home and our own bed.

Dont misunderstand...We had a a GREAT time...lots of talking and just unwinding and relaxing...I got to do all the knitting and movie watching I wanted. DH slept alot. (He needed it)

We stayed fairly close to budget...but we also splurged a couple of times...and enjoyed doing so! DH took me to Outback for dinner tonight...(tomorrow is my 45th...and the kids have planned a 'surprise' bbq here at my house.) ...so tonight was 'our time'.

I am eager to catch up on all of your blogs to see what you've been up to!

Oh, while I was gone, I got an apology email from Wells Fargo-- remember that $25 GC I had all but given up on??? Well, they finally discovered they had emailed the WRONG certificate number...and I did receive a good number and have redeemed it already...so my internet savings account bonuses have all come through!! (yeah!)

Now I am going to open DH a couple and see if we can be as lucky a second time!

I also received the last of my expected rebate checks..$2.47 colgate...which will go into my $20 challenge...I am anxious to deposit all of my bonus money and update that total!

Good to be home!
Will enjoy your posts over coffee in the am!