To-Dos
- Learn to sew. Learn to make nice hems for altering pants. Learn to alter shirts and dresses to fit better. Try to construct shirts and skirts.
- Lose weight gained during the year through exercise and better eating habits. Get back to using FitDay to track intake, exercise, and weight.
- Organize and rebalance our retirement funds. Continute to make use of Yodlee. Continue to read up on personal finance blogs. Find index funds to invest in.
I like having attainable and focused goals. 🙂
I’ve been quite happy with my Vanguard 500 Index Fund (VFINX). Very low expense ratio. I pay no fees at all because I have enough invested (over $10,000).
You see, this just isn’t fair.
Seppo goes home, and you both are all gung ho about the weight loss thing.
I go home, and Nana says, “Hey, try these cassis chocolates! They’re great!”
🙁
h: Thanks for the recommendation! I’ve heard of it from Uyen and also from a couple of personal finance blogs, so it’s definitely one of the top ones I’m considering. 🙂 It’s good to get one more vote of confidence for it.
hapacheese: Nana is on my payroll.
hapacheese: Have you seen what seppo has been eating? “…deep fried breaded chicken pieces coated in a sweet, spicy, and garlicky sauce…” You have this thing in the bag. 🙂
LOL! 😀 You have a point. But we both made sure to put enough aside for leftovers. Seppo only had 3 pieces of about 8 and I left half my dish for lunch today, when ordinarily, I would have scarfed the whole thing down.
Baby steps! 🙂
Let me gratuitously add, I am so happy about successfully hemming my pants that I can’t shut up about it.
I’ve told *everyone*. Hee hee.
Well, we have been on a cooking streak, and I’ve cut my food intake by about 30% (or more). No more sodas, juices, etc. No more bad snacks.
In other news: I’M SO FRIGGIN’ HUNGRY!!!1!
Ehem.
But, let me know when you’ve got some skills on the machine. I’ve got plenty of stuff for you to work on 😛
I’ve got plenty of stuff for you to work on.
I’m going to double Nana’s pay to make you gain weight.
And I won’t fix your clothes either!
Per my recent discovery that I can eat 31 lbs of celery a day for 2000 calories, I eat nothing but celery.
And bourbon. A guy’s gotta live!
So the “lose weight” item became more specifically “lose the 4 or so pounds gained over the Christmas break and another 4-5 lbs I gained between March and December and beat Nana to the goal” which goes hand in hand with Seppo & Klay’s 20-pound weight loss challenge.
Heh.
This is good because it is much easier to get to the gym and eat better when both Seppo and I are focused on cooking more at home and eating better when we eat out.
Horray for synchronized goals.