Jealousy

In today's society, there are many ways to cheat, flirt or act inappropriate towards another person that is not their significant other. People acting suspicious when they should be trustworthy. They may feel its completely harmless, when in actual fact, it's destroying the other person and making things worse.

People are naturally jealous. And it can be about a NUMBER of things.
Skinnier
Better job
Children
Relationships
Significant others

And many more.

But it doesn't help when people blatantly hide things to "protect" someone, because it just makes you seem more suspicious. Being jealous from time to time is normal...
So how do you deal with the jealous feelings you are experiencing daily?
What are the causes of jealousy?

Lets start with the causes.

The most common is your insecurity about yourself.
Another is suspicion.
and Finally, negative thinking.

So how do you deal with these jealous feelings?
First talk about your insecurities, and why you feel the way you do.
        Make sure you remain calm and continue to talk about your feelings and not attacking the person for how they are behaving. This results in fights, and unnecessary arguments that could have been avoided.

Second, try to think about things in a more positive way. Instead of going straight for "I will never lose weight" or "He's cheating on me" Come up with a more positive alternative. "If I exercise 3 times a week, it will take a while to see results, but I will feel better about myself."

Finally, Gain more information. This is hard and can either be a positive thing or a negative thing. The negative would be how you get the information. You could end up causing an even bigger fight, than just talking to a person calmly. So keep in mind, when obtaining more information, how it will effect things long term and if you'd like someone doing that to you.




$20 challenge:  I was working a lot this weekend and studying for a test... so sometimes life gets in the way.
October 6: 1.37 in Inbox Dollars
                  2.34 in App Trailers
                
October 7 (So far) 1.50 in Inbox dollars
                 .38 in Jing it
                 Total so far: 5.59. OUCH! Lowest yet... but I'll get back on the ball tomorrow! Maybe its time to head to ebay! :)

Biggest Challenge...

The biggest challenge anyone really faces is Change.
A friend of mine posted the other night about a lot of changes coming up in her life which started to make me think.
Everyone deals with changes on a regular basis. Some are minor, like a change of hours, some effect your overall life as a whole.
In the coming months I will also be experiencing many changes and with it, the challenges that lye ahead.
We are moving.
Bringing a new baby into our home.
Upgrading my daughter from the crib to a twin bed.
And quite a few others.
It's all about how you handle these situations that can make or break you. Obviously moving and bringing home a baby are stressful. I've moved enough times in my life and it does not get easier. And babies are just tough overall unless you have the best baby on earth. But if you continuously stress on these events, it is unhealthy. If you embrace the change, accept the challenge and hit it straight on, you can accomplish anything.
Over the last few years, I have learned this multiple times and even when you don't see a light at the end of that tunnel... there is one. It may be a tealight candle, but it will eventually turn into a big ball of fire.


$20 Challenge:
October 4th: $1.30 in App Trailer (use bonus name amoggio for 100 points for anyone who downloads it)
                    $30.53 in returned merchandise to target.
                 Total: 31.83
October 5th: SO FAR: $3.24 in App Trailer
                                   $0.03 in Google AdSense  
                                   $10.31 in inbox dollars.
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                                   Total: $13.58

Total Since October 1st: 83.11
Currently down 16.89 from my goal of $20 a day. To catch up I need to make the 16 by tonight or 36.89 by tomorrow night.

Budgeting

I am a extreme couponer. With us moving at the end of the month, EVERY cent counts.
So left in our budget after bills is 50 for groceries for a family of 3... with myself being pregnant (Before I was pregnant it was $40), 20 for eating out and $100 for gas for 2 cars a week. I certainly try to stay under these numbers. So total: 170.

We do budgets Thursday- Wednesdays (we both get paid Thursdays) I usually do my food shopping on Wednesdays because the deals are out for the next week and I can see whos is better.

Today I spent 41.54 on groceries after coupons and sales, and 107 on gas (filled both cars for the week possibly 2 weeks), and we had a groupon to our local restaurant yesterday that we used and had to pay tip for. So that was $8. Total spent this week was: 156.54

Total left: 13.46 :-)

That extra money will be put aside to help with our move at the end of the month.

For those who don't know, we are moving at the end of the month to a place thats almost 3 times the size of our apartment now! We're moving to a duplex about 10 minutes down the road. Just in time for baby! I have to say, I'm a little excited that I can actually do a nursery since this is our last child!

As promised, here's a $20 Challenge update!:
October 1st: $0
October 2nd: $0
October 3rd: $2.40 in returned bottles
                     $29.50 in selling my stockpile
                     $5.80 for an amazon gift card (these count only because it is money I can then use for                necessary products.)
                     Total for October 3rd: 37.70
So far I'm down 22.30, maybe I can try to make up for it tomorrow! 44.30 tomorrow? Lets hope!!

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If anyone is interested in learning how I coupon and can manage a grocery bill of $40-$50 a week, I can tell you how! Please comment with an email address, or email me directly. Or you can even shoot me a message on Facebook.
For those who think its ALL junk food. Today I bought:
4 Packs of Chicken
3 Steamfresh Bag meals
3 Personal Celeste Pizzas
28 oz box of Bisquick
2 Loaves of Bread
Pack of Tortilla Shells
Bottle of Juice
Package of Baby Carrots
3 lb bag of Apples
Bag of Peas
5 Bananas
2 packages of Oreos
Gallon of water
5 bottles of Propel Water
4 Bottles of Gaterade
6 Boxes of Cereal (Honey Nut cheerios, Cinnamon toast Crunch)
5 lb bag of potatoes
Package of Cookie Mix
2 Gallons of Milk
Curry Powder
I believe I'm missing a few things... But as you can see IT'S POSSIBLE TO BUY HEALTHY! (couldn't help the oreos on sale WITH a coupon! Double savings!)

Also, found this really cute shirt which I enclosed a picture of below! Thinking about buying it! haha



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Birthday Party!

Today starts my first day as part of the $20 a day challenge. So far not so good. But I do have a couple people interested in my stockpile, which is nice. So we'll see how that turns out.

We're moving at the end of the month to a place thats almost triple the size of our location here. I had been worried about where I was going to have my almost 4 year olds birthday party. Now I can have it at the new house!

We're doing a Brave and Tangled main theme because she wants to be Rapunzel for Halloween. But will have other princess items and crafts. I truly am excited to see how all of this will come together. The movie comes out on November 13th and her birthday party is the 18th, so it'll work out perfect.

I have a board on pinterest with some ideas of what I'm going to do, there will be a post when the time comes of pictures and ways to put a Princess party together.

I also had Grand Jury today, we go once a week or every other week. If it wasn't a waste of my time, its actually pretty cool! Real life Law & Order!

Well that is all for today.




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