I got another state farm check in the mail today. I have been reading about some of you getting more than one check if you have more than one car insured.

Well, we have 4 cars insured, but only received one check. I wish I could remember when I received the first check, but it was quite some time ago. I probably will not get checks for the other two cars. I have them insured as "antiques" so the premiums are pretty low.
I will add this check to my challenge money.
Prev. total $11,794.00
today 32.00
new total $11,826.00

It finally rained last night. It only lasted a half hour or less, but it came down hard.
We spent about $500 last month on grass seed and fertilizer (we have 2 acres of grass)
It never came up. No grass because of no rain. I hate that we wasted all that money.
I did walk a mile yesterday, do 20 flights of stairs and the stock market went up, so I will add $3 to my challenge money.
prev. total $11.791.00
today 3.00
new toal $11,794.00

I did my grocery shopping today for the week and I spent under $25. I used my advantage card, plus I had a coupon, so I saved $6, plus I walked a mile for a total of $7 to add to my challenge.
prev. total $11,784.00
today 7.00
new total $11,791.00

Finally, the check from one of our customers came. We get the money in draws to build a custom house. Most customers are sooooooooo slow. I mailed them the paid bills with their balance total on may 28th. By the time, I get the check, I usually need more money!! Oh well, I walked 2 miles and did 20 flights of stairs, so I have $3 to add to my challenge money.
prev. total $11,781.00
today 3.00
new total $11,784.00

I had a no spend, no gas use day yesterday. Also, the braves won a game. I did buy a few things at Bi Lo today, but I used my bi lo card and saved $7. so I am adding $10 to the $20 challenge.
prev. total $11,771.00
today 10.00
new total $11,781.00

It was from Tim Horton's. When they spun the company off from Wendy's , I got shares in tim Horton's. I apparently have never been asked if I want to reinvest in the drip plan, so I get a little check every quarter. It was for $11 plus I had a no spend day today. I will add $12 to my challenge.
prev. total $11,759.00
today 12.00
new total $11,771.00

My husband took a rare day off. Of course, he has cut the grass, washed the car and drawn on house plans all day.
We decide to splurge on lunch out this afternoon at the waffle house.
We were both pretty frugal, just have a plain waffle each and water. So lunch was under $7.
I bought steak on sale at bi Lo and saved $7 using my bi lo card. They seem to have steak on sale every weekend. I will add that to my challenge money.
Prev. total $11,752.00
today 7.00
new total $11,759.00

Gosh, I went to a picnic for lunch, had company I had not seen in 20 years and got some good news in the mail.
My husband has just been licensed as a builder by the state of Georgia. We have been waiting for that for 8 months!! The braves won too today, so i am adding $2 to my challenge money.

prev. total $11,750.00
today 2.00
new total $11,752.00

I have company coming in a few minutes. It is my ex brother in law and his wife. I know I have not seen them in over 20 years. I wonder why he is coming to visit. He divorced my sister almost 30 years ago.
Oh well, the braves won yesterday and I walked 20 flights of stairs. That is $2 more to my challege money.

Prev. total $11,748.00
today 2.00
new total $11,750.00

I need to add some money to my challenge, so here is the weekly ridge money that I pay myself every monday.

Prev. total $11,583.00
today 165.00
new total $11,748.00

My husband had his first car accident yesterday. It was one of those chain reaction things. A vehicle with no lights stopped suddenly and everyone put on their brakes.
He drives a heavy van full of tools and he just could not stop in time. He ran into the car in front of him.
Luckily no one was hurt and there were just a few scratch marks on the other car. He did damage his bumper and grill to the tune of over $1000. So, I guess we will have to pull some money out of savings to pay for the two vehicles. At least he did not get a ticket.
The braves won yesterday and I had a "no gas " day, so I will add $2 to my challenge money.
Prev. total $11,581.00
today 2.00
new total $11,583.00

For two nights in a row, we stayed home for dinner. The first night, we would up eating about 10 pm.
Last night, my dh was cooking ribs. First he boiled them, with the lid ON.
Of course, they boiled over and really made a mess. Then he smoked them on the grill and that took forever.
By the time the food was ready, we didn't even want to eat.
Then we had all the clean up to do.

I bet we spent just about as much as going out to eat. The food (ribs, hamburger, potatoes, lima beans) came to about $10. A half bag of charcoal is about $2.50.
Plus the dishwasher was full so I had to run that after one meal. (I usually only have to run it once every two or three days)
Our normal meal out runs about $16 and sure is a lot more fun than cooking and cleaning up.

Yeah, dinner out tonight.
However, I will add the $20 saved to my challenge, plus the braves won for another $1.
Prev. total $11,560.00
today 21.00
new total $11,581.00

Ok, I walked 2 miles yesterday and I had a $2 off coupon for toilet paper at the store. I will add that $4 to my challenge money.
Prev. total $11,556.00
today 4.00
new total $11,560.00

My little adopted kitten went to her new home. She will have a 7 year old boy to play with, plus another cat and dog.
When my friend came to pick up the kitten, she brought me $10 worth of beer and would not let me pay her back.
I did my grocery shopping early this morning. The store was just about dead. I saved $4 using my advantage card, so I am adding that to the $10 I would have spent on beer for dh, to my challenge money.
Prev. total $11,542.00
today 14.00
new total $11,556.00

Well, my favorite restaurant is going to close Monday for memorial day, so we will have to cook.
Ribs were on sale and we haven't had them in ages. I don't like them but dh sure does. I can just eat a hamburger.
I saved over $3 with my advantage card and the braves won last night, so i will add $4 to my challenge money.
Prev. total $11,538.00
today 4.00
new total $11,542.00

I am getting together all my challenge money so that I can make a deposit tomorrow. I need to get that money busy earning some interest. I forgot to add the ridge money for the week.
Prev. total $11,373.00
today 165.00
new total $11,538.00

Just got another check in the mail from nfo my survey today. That is $10 more to add to my challenge money.
Prev. total $11,363.00
today 10.00
new total $11,373.00

I am on a local forum in the area I live. However, we have a lot of people on the forum who are from Florida. Most of them plan to move here someday and some have second homes.
We are meeting with 2 new couples tonight for dinner. They are both up here on vacation and want to get together.
As for my challenge money, I manged to walk over a mile, do 20 flights of stairs and the braves won, so $3 to add to the challenge.
Prev. total $11,360.00
today 3.00
new total $11,363.00

My electric bill came yesterday. It was slightly under $90. ($88) Since I budget $160 a month, I have $70 to add to my challenge money today.
I am sure the next one will be much higher and it is continuing to warm up, but so far, I have only run the air condiditoning one time. It gets cool at night, which I really like.
Prev. total $11,290.00
today 70.00
new total $11,360.00

My husband has built about 70-80 homes in this area. He stays friends with everyone he builds for. That is bad sometimes, because every time they need something done for their home they call him. They all must know that he works 7 days a week.
Anyway, he was called to come over to a house he built, to cut out the counter top so that a new oven could be installed.
Yesterday, he came home with an envelope. Inside was a check for $50 for his labor.
That was nice and goes into our challenge money.
Prev. total $11,240.00
today 50.00
new total $11,290.00

I got a check for $538 in the mail today. I will add that to my challenge money.
Prev. total $10,702.00
today 538.00
new total $11,240.00

It was a productive day. I had a dollar off coupon when I picked up pictures at CVS. Then I bought diet sprite on sale and saved over $3. I usually drive to Murphy on tuesday to buy liquor, but I am not going this week. That saves at least $6 in gas money. I will add that $10 to my challenge money.
Prev. total $10,692.00
today 10.00
new total $10,702.00

We don't use our american express card a lot, but we used it enough to get back $56 this years. I am going to add it to my challenge money.
Prev. total $10,636.00
today 56.00
new total $10,692.00

We had dinner out for free last night. We got called a month ago, to look at some damage in a home.When this guy came up to spend a week in his retirement home, he walked into find the house flooded.
He go the water turned off and called my husband to look at the damage. What my husband found was that the house was structurely unsound and it had nothing to do with the leak.
The builder had neglected to put in, two bearing walls and the whole house was sagging.
Well, he is going to sue the builder and I hope he gets some money to fix the house.
Because we made a couple of trips over there, he wanted to take dh and I out to dinner. He brought along an architect friend, so he and dh talked "shop" all night. (about the house and what to do)
Anyway, he bought our dinner, so I am going to add $20 to my challenge money.
Prev. total $10,616.00
today 20.00
new total $10,636.00

Well, the braves won one of the two games they played and I walked two miles on my treadmill. I also stayed home and used no gas yesterday, so i can add $4 to my challenge money.
Prev. total $10,612.00
today 4.00
new total $10,616.00

I have dropped my husband's term insurance so I am now adding the premiums to my challenge money each month.
Prev. total $10,572.00
today 40.00
new total $10,612.00

I have another seven dollars to add to my challenge money. I bought a steak on sale for dinner tomorrow and it was $4 off. Then, my favorite sugar free candy was on sale, so I stocked up and saved another $3.
Prev. total $10,565.00
today 7.00
new total $10,572.00

Wow, it was 36 when my husband left for work this morning. I love it. It is still 65 in the house , so no heat no air. But 36 on May 19th??
I have the ridge money to add to my challenge money today.
Prev. total $10,400.00
today 165.00
new total $10,565.00

Well, I am back from grocery shopping. I only spent $30 for the week's worth of groceries. Of course, we eat out every night, almost. We also got invited out for dinner one night next week.
I managed to save $5 using a coupon and my advantage card. I will add that to my challenge money.
prev. total $10,395.00
today 5.00
new total $10,400.00

Well, the braves didn't win their last two games, soI can't add any money to the challenge. I did walk a mile and did my 20 flights of stairs, so I do have $2 to add to the challenge money.
Prev. total $10,393.00
today 2.00
new total $10,395.00