Pretty much the only thing missing are some stairs. Then I think I’m going to have my dad come in and close up under the deck so I can use it as a storage area for my lawn mower, water hose and anything else I wanna put back there.

I’m not sure when I will be receiving grass, however I have no plans to build a fence. As mean as it is, I will let my neighbours take care of that.

1. The most I’ve spent this last week was on Gas. Not counting my mortgage payment since that it’s automatically taken out of my bank account every other week.

2. Today I am thankful for making money this weekend. I’m saving up all the extra cash I make this summer so that I don’t have to dip into my savings account.

3. Money can’t buy happiness. One free thing I did last week that made me happy was go out on a date. I’m not going to post much about it, but it was a good date. I found myself enjoying it more then I originally thought I would and I honestly can’t wait to see him again. From the sounds of things (a text this morning) he can’t wait as well.

4. I will consider this week a success if I clean my house. I will admit it hasn’t been done since my aunt and uncle came for a visit 3 weeks ago. Good thing it doesn’t get really dirty.

5. My favorite Disney character is Belle. My sister was into Ariel and I was into Belle. Can’t really give a reason as to why thou.

Weekly Money Check-Up is a fill-in-the blank post once a week. The first four questions are always the same each week and the fifth is always different. Care to participate? Fill in the blanks in the comments section or post it on your blog and link back to My Pretty Pennies!

Monday May 7th
$237.34 Income
$6.50 Food

Tuesday May 8th
$488.21 Mortgage Payment
$18.62 Insurance Payment
$42.00 Gas
$37.55 Food

Wednesday May 9th
No Spend Day

Thursday May 10th
No Spend Day

Friday May 11th
No Spend Day

Saturday May 12th
$80.00 Income

Sunday May 6th
$12.43 Photos for Wall Gallery

Income: + $317.34
Expenses: - $651.31
Total: - $333.97

2. The last time I felt sick was several weeks ago. Although with the lack of a voice every just assumes I’m sick.

3. The worst part about being sick is having to still go into work and deal with just life in general. If I’m really sick then I will call out of work, but I can’t really afford to lose days off.

4. When I am sick I like to be taken care of by just sleeping it off. I live alone now, so there isn’t anyone here to take care of me. Granted my mom will stop in to check up on me, but thats about all.

5. Something I do to keep myself healthy is wash my hands after using the washroom, and blowing the kids noses and stuff like that. I use to take some vitamins in the morning, but I haven’t lately.

6. A secret remedy that I use when I’m sick is to drug myself up with cold meds, drink lots of liquids and sleep it off. Seems to work.

7. One thing that always makes me feel better when I’m sick is sleeping.

Ps. I have a date this evening….From our texting conversations over the last few days I would say this boy is totally smitten with me already. It’s cute.

Secondly, get on over and visit her site; Spiffykerms.com because she is having an amazing giveaway in celebration of her birthday.

Prices Include:

1. Burt’s Bees Sensitive Skin products
2. 6 Rubbermaid Glass containers
3/4. June’s Glymm box (2 winners!)
5. Philosophy Birthday Girl gift set
6. Kerastase Cristalline shampoo, conditioner, and hair serum
7. Marcelle $50 gift basket
8. 3 Make-up Forever lip sticks and 1 Smoky Lash mascara
9. Leopard print two tone scarf

The contest is open until Sunday, May 13 and winners will be choses the following Monday. So go visit her now.

1. The most I’ve spent this last week was on my utilities, since I’m not counting my iPad purchase. Yes I bought an iPad. I will be doing a post on it later in the week cuz I actually haven’t used it much. I’m waiting for my brother to put a screen protector onto it cuz I’m paranoid I’ll scratch the screen somehow.

2. Today I am thankful for obtaining a part time babysitting job. It probably won’t be very often, but maybe I’ll make a friend out of the young mother.

3. Money can’t buy happiness. One free thing I did last week that made me happy was spend time with my momma at a fashion show she was a model in. Being a dresser is insanly stressful but fun.

4. I will consider this week a success if I go to the gym at least 3 times this week. I went today, so 1 day down, 2 to go.

5. The most delicious things I ate all week was home made cabbage rolls I had for dinner yesterday. Yummy!

Weekly Money Check-Up is a fill-in-the blank post once a week. The first four questions are always the same each week and the fifth is always different. Care to participate? Fill in the blanks in the comments section or post it on your blog and link back to My Pretty Pennies!

Tuesday May 1st
$10.16 Personal care items

Wednesday May 2nd
$46.00 Gas

Thursday May 3rd
$1,346.53 Income

Friday May 4th
$45 Gym
$56 June Condo Fee
$77 Power Bill from last month (I owed mother)
$82.50 Water Bill (every 4 months)
$43.17 Power Bill
$53.92 Enbridge
$9.37 Lunch

Saturday May 5th
$16.95 Mothers Day Present

Sunday May 6th
No Spend Day

Income: + $1,346.53
Expenses: - $440.07
Total: + $906.46

The Bathroom

The Master Bedroom – there should be shutters on my windows however the photos were taken before the shutters were reinstalled.

The hallway to the other bedrooms, laundry room, linen closet and the empty spare bedroom

Finally, My Office

So there you have it. It’s still a work in progress. I have no idea what I’m going to do with the spare bedroom. For now it’s a holding place for a bunch of stuff, which works for me. I didn’t take any photos of the laundry room because it just looks like a room with a dryer, sink and a washer inside.

• Put $100 aside each month to start an emergency fund. Fail!
• Keep my bank account above $1,500 (as to avoid being charged the service fee). Pass!
• Decorate my new house for under $3,000. Fail!! I don’t even want to add up the amount I’m at right now.

Personal:

• Lose 50 pounds by December 31st 2012. Still only down 20 pounds. It’s been a busy month.
• Take some photography classes // use my Camera more often. I took some photos this past weekend of a family event. I even used my remote to snap some great photos of me.
• Cook at least 5 new meals a month and blog about it. Fail!
• Set up a Household Management Binder and actively use my Day Planner and Calendar.  Pass!
• Visit my grandparents at least twice a month, or invite them over to my place. My grandparents (both mom and dad’s parents) have finally visited my place and I visited my dads parents twice in April!

Hopefully I’ll be working on some more townhouse posts with photos shortly. I’m going to crash into bed super early because I’m that exhausted.