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sabrinamariOur garage sale went well: the weather was great, people showed up over an hour early and we made $300. Our storage space is almost empty now, and we'll be ending our contract at the end of the month. The sale set off a chain of realizations centered on paying close attention to Element Money. These quickly snowballed into a money magnet miracle.
Michael also realized that we could throw our giant change jar of travel funds onto the bathroom project, since all our planned 2009 joint travel is now payed for. That yielded another $141.
I also remembered that several of my KIVA loans were due to be paid back by mid-July, and sure enough, I found $25 in my KIVA account to redeem when I logged in.
Then it occurred to us that the $100/month we had been using to paying for the storage space could be painlessly shifted to the bathroom rebuild fund for June and July without creating any additional financial stress. Yield: $200.
This morning, Michael remembered that he is getting a random $100 refund in the next week or so that he didn't work into his financial plans: more for the bathroom funds!
And it occurred to me that if I shifted my usual monthly credit card charges from my Chase Travel card to my BP Gas card, I could redeem a $25 reward check by mid-July (if not earlier) without any additional spending.
Finally, I noted that a friend owes me $10, and since I forgot about that, it's not part of my usual financial planning.
Beginning of weekend: $1000.00 in rebuild expenses due about mid-July
End of weekend: $801 for rebuild project, pain-free
Priceless: The payoff for paying close attention to Element Money
Michael also realized that we could throw our giant change jar of travel funds onto the bathroom project, since all our planned 2009 joint travel is now payed for. That yielded another $141.
I also remembered that several of my KIVA loans were due to be paid back by mid-July, and sure enough, I found $25 in my KIVA account to redeem when I logged in.
Then it occurred to us that the $100/month we had been using to paying for the storage space could be painlessly shifted to the bathroom rebuild fund for June and July without creating any additional financial stress. Yield: $200.
This morning, Michael remembered that he is getting a random $100 refund in the next week or so that he didn't work into his financial plans: more for the bathroom funds!
And it occurred to me that if I shifted my usual monthly credit card charges from my Chase Travel card to my BP Gas card, I could redeem a $25 reward check by mid-July (if not earlier) without any additional spending.
Finally, I noted that a friend owes me $10, and since I forgot about that, it's not part of my usual financial planning.
Beginning of weekend: $1000.00 in rebuild expenses due about mid-July
End of weekend: $801 for rebuild project, pain-free
Priceless: The payoff for paying close attention to Element Money
