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Some of these expenses will be high, because
May was an expensive month, plus food expenses are going up.
Also, Sasha is driving/riding a slightly further distance,
so the gas prices are a little more Note: F1 means what life energy we are
spending for these amounts (remember, this is a three month
period.) We figured out the life energy based on "Your Money
or Your Life" book, I put it on the side so you can see it.
Although I did not put the other parts of the book here - F2
-whether the cost was worth it to you, F3 - will you be
spending the same amount next time, and F4 - is it part of
your life goal, obviously some things are worth it to us,
and some are not.
|
Categories |
Things Bought |
Amount |
FI 1 |
|
Food |
Food&Household |
$1,066.28 |
56.09 |
|
|
Meals to Go |
$763.02 |
40.14 |
|
Clothing |
All |
$13.93 |
0.73 |
|
|
Sasha |
- |
|
|
|
Laura |
- |
|
|
Utilities |
Wood |
$16 |
0.84 |
|
|
Electricity |
- |
|
|
|
Propane |
- |
|
|
Camper Expenses |
|
- |
|
|
|
Cleaning materials |
$51.61 |
2.71 |
|
|
Services |
$325.97 |
17.15 |
|
|
Maintenance |
- |
|
|
|
Equipment |
- |
|
|
Trailer Expenses |
|
- |
|
|
|
Services |
- |
|
|
|
Maintenance |
- |
|
|
|
Equipment |
- |
|
|
|
Property Taxes |
- |
|
|
|
Insurance |
- |
|
|
Transportation |
|
|
|
|
Car |
Gas |
$497.86 |
29.00 |
|
Truck |
Diesel |
$431.67 |
14.57 |
|
Motorcycle |
Gas |
$360.26 |
5.16 |
|
Car/Truck |
Maintenance |
$377.05 |
1.68 |
|
Motorcycle |
Maintenance |
$ 15.94 |
0.84 |
|
Either |
Property Tax |
- |
|
|
Either |
Insurance |
|
|
|
Either |
Inspection |
- |
|
|
Either |
Registration |
- |
|
|
Either |
Licenses |
- |
|
|
Communication |
Postage |
$21.00 |
1.10 |
|
|
Cell Phone(s) |
$152.24 |
8.01 |
|
|
Internet |
|
|
|
|
Hosting |
$53.69 |
2.82 |
|
|
sprint |
- |
|
|
Health |
Insurance |
$381.00 |
20.04 |
|
|
Doctor |
|
|
|
|
Dentist |
- |
|
|
|
Drugs |
- |
|
|
|
Glasses |
- |
|
|
|
Gym |
|
|
|
|
Other |
$
7.12 |
0.37 |
|
Recreation |
Books/CDs |
$56.89 |
2.99 |
|
|
Fun Stuff |
$169.61 |
8.92 |
|
|
Gardening Stuff |
$229.24 |
12.06 |
|
|
Toys Gear |
$399.24 |
21.00 |
|
|
Camping Fees |
$85.57 |
4.55 |
|
Gifts & Donations |
Charity |
$1.00 |
0.05 |
|
|
Gifts |
$40.11 |
2.11 |
|
Bank Charges and Taxes |
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of Amex |
- |
|
|
|
Costco |
|
|
|
|
Cost of Mastercard |
|
|
|
|
State Income Tax |
- |
|
|
|
Tax Preparer |
$375.00 |
19.73 |
|
|
Federal Income Tax |
- |
|
|
Losses |
Shortfalls |
|
|
|
|
Unknowns |
- |
|
|
|
Money Stolen/Lost |
- |
|
|
Total Spent |
|
$
5,892.29 |
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Obviously, this is not as expensive a quarter
as the first quarter in 2008. In Transportation, we now have
a new category called Motorcycle Maintenance, because of the
new motorcycle. Also, a new category in Recreation was the
creation of Gardening. I finally got my mind around trying
this out, using the Square Foot Gardening techniques. We
shall see if it helps us in the coming months.
The Food and Meals to Go numbers reflect the
increase in prices for food. The gas and diesel prices are
higher as we took a trip in April (for the Truck Camper
Rally) and because we were travelling a bit more. But the
gas prices are now separated - for the car and for the
motorcycle. But still, when you add the both of these
together, it is higher than the previous quarter's amount.
We also did more maintenance on the car, truck and
motorcycle this quarter. Communication costs
were higher as we upped the amount of minutes for both our
phones and hosting was a little high. I have since changed
the hosting amount - still a good amount for people checking
out the website but not too high a price.
Health costs went down as I told the health
insurance company to forget about my dental insurance. I was
paying $25 for them to cover x-rays and dental hygiene, but
they did not cover it until I had paid the high deductible.
So what is the point? We will pay out of pocket for those
services. We also stopped going to a gym, as Sasha is riding
the motorbike back and forth each day and I am standing most
often for work. It is not an ideal situation, but for now,
that is what we are doing.
Recreation was high as we got into the
community. As I stated before, we have a new category,
Gardening, which I decided I wanted to learn how to do. I
got a couple of books to learn how, and applied those
lessons in the gardening. So far, it has worked, and I got
some help from Sasha as well. We also got a membership at a
library which cost money, plus went camping at the Rally,
did a bunch of fun stuff, and had some Toy Gear (mostly
Sasha's bike - I consider it recreation even if he is using
it for work.) There were a couple of
birthdays during this quarter, so gifts were needed. We also
had our taxes done for last year, since we sold the house,
did the volunteering, closed down my business, and started
the full-timing. It seemed a good idea. It
will be interesting to see next quarters results (I'll try
to put them up a little earlier than I did with this one!)
as we will again be going on vacation in September, and
using the camper, but also still living very frugally. See
you next quarter! |
