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This morning got up a little late and started hitting it on a project that has a quick deadline. Thought to myself must have needed the rest. When it comes to money and marriage, most days there’s always something you can talk about. Today it would be completing applications for this project that I am working on and one requiring quite a sizeable deposit. The good news is that the deposit doesn’t have to be made until close to decision time. Let me tell you, if I had to do it yesterday it would have been a deal breaker for me.

Don’t get me wrong, I firmly believe in investing in my business. I like to do a thorough investigation of everything that I am doing and make sure I weighed all the costs and benefits. It is will serve you better to not be an impulse spender. You can usually weed out the needs from the wants this way. I also like making sure that any project I am working on is very sound and has potential to be huge! As long as I can make the difference for one person when it comes to money and marriage it is all good. It only takes one to change a family, neighborhood and then the world!

After I finished working on a couple of business items, I needed to go out and do some errands. Part of my thought was also focusing on lunch since I knew we had dinner plans. This week was not as good on the meal planning but will pick it back up on Wednesday. How many of you know you fall into the trap of picking up something quick and already made because you didn’t take the time to plan. Hmm, can also prove to be costly. So far this week, Monday was all about the frozen strawberry smoothies and french fries and I can already see that today has the potential for Chick-Fil-A. Needless to say no more fries for this week – Green beans, mashed potatoes, asparagus and other veggies will be on the menu.

When you don’t plan your finances the money tends to get away from you. Within a few days you may not even be able to recall how you spent the money! Tracking your spending is key to get where you want with your goals.

Money and Marriage Lessons for Today:

1) Business owners look at all applications and see what fees are due upfront so you don’t end up in a situation.

2) When you meal plan, be able to keep it up for several weeks. One or two slip ups is all it takes for some of us to get off course. You can JUMP back on it.

3) The lessons you are learning when it comes to money can also be lessons for your children when it comes to money (age appropriate of course).

Money and Marriage Encouragement for today:If you have set a rule and its to stringent, modify it and keep on going. Do not get into the trap of setting yourself up for financial failure – go FOR success. That will make a BIG difference in your life, family and marriage.

If you are continuing to read this, thank you for your diligence. Today I wanted to reflect on what I have even learned to this point from sharing our discussions with you each day. Lessons learned are as follow:

1) Even though the kids and I had planned our meals for each day, there were a couple of days when I found myself still going to the store and buying something that wasn’t on the list. Granted it cut down from prior to meal planning but there were a couple of times when I was in the car driving to the store. I applaud myself though because it was an accomplishment.

2) I am always aware of how supportive my husband is when I seek to handle certain things. I have a proven history of handling things in a proactive way that benefits our overall marriage. It’s never just about me – I’m not that kind of girl anyway. I am all about the family and what works for us. There are some wives who don’t have that support from a husband and it would make all the difference in their marriages, jobs and even businesses if they own a business.

3) We continue to grow in our walk with money and marriage. I am pleased with the way my husband and I handle different things that come our way. We know we are a team and behave that way.

4) As we move forward over the next week, continue to plan our meals and eat healthier. You can’t put a price tag on health!

I encourage you to write in if you have any questions.

I must admit today was pretty quiet on the money and marriage talk with the husband. Those days do happen and it is all good. Working our plan and moving forward. A discussion I did have was with our nine year old twins and we talked about the difference in meal planning and eating out due to a lack of planning what the difference was when it came to money. They were having loads of fun helping me plan the meals for the week – breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner and dessert. It is sooo cool being able to share these lessons with them early and they know the difference. They easily took me to eating healthy versus unhealthy. “Out of the mouth of babes right”!

We believe in providing them with money lessons while they are not already preset in their ways! OOOh, I know someone knows what I am talking about. It is hard to get adults to change to a better way even if the way they have been doing something for years and years is detrimental to their finances.

Today there was not spending of any money by me or my husband. Love it! Can you go a day without spending ANY money? Seriously that means no vending machines, breakfast coffees or smoothies, etc! I personally consider that an accomplishment…. oh wait a minute… I did have to stop and get gas! Seee, blew it. So let’s see if I can pass that challenge tomorrow!

Be sure and join us tomorrow for Day 7 which I am sure will be full of money and marriage talk. Go back and read the previous days and leave your comments.

Money and Marriage Lesson for Today:

1) Appreciate the days when all is quiet.

2) Look at the days when you are having discussions as an opportunity for growth.

3) Don’t look for negative things to happen!

Money and Marriage Encouragement for Today: We are comfortable with who we are and our financial goals for our marriage.

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