My DH has a second job under the table managing some apartment buildings for my father. We live closer in proximity and there are a total of sixteen units (two buildings) the DH does general cleaning, painting and showings. The pay for cleaning the one is $75 (usually a total of four hours a month) plus we get the perk of the profits from the coin operated washer and dryer. My father is in no need of this extraneous income and lives quite well and grand in a huge house by himself. Any how, the change from the washer/dryer came to $47 and my dad paid my DH $100 ($75 for Dec cleaning plus $25 to serve a 5-Day notice). With the new budget in place and everything allocated or prepaid, I was able to put that money into a Ball Canning jar on the fridge. This is "VACATION" money for our big trip to Disney coming up in the summer. My children love the fact that the money is there and at the end of the month we'll be able to add it to the savings account with the big vacation money. I'm so glad I was able to plan things out and show DH that he is truly working for something special - a great vacation for his family.

I've decided to earmark my $20 Challenge Money for a small vacation in Nov/Dec for an overnight to an indoor water park hotel.

Anyhow, I'm somewhat please by the positive direction we're moving in as far as planning/budgeting. Thanks!