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tell me what it's like to be circling
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among the clouds
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without you by my side
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hey guys and welcome back to my channel
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and welcome to today's video so today
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I'm going to be walking you guys through
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my June budget I already went ahead and
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put down all the stickers wrote all the
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amounts in
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um I think this is going to be something
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that I do going forward instead of doing
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like a budget with me it's probably just
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going to be like a walk through
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um
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one reason is it's just a lot easier for
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me to like figure everything out on the
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back end and not try and film it and not
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wait
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to set it up for when I can film it
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because honestly filming is just a
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little crazy as you can probably tell
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I'm in a different place right now I'm
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filming at home
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and I think that's going to be something
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that I continue to do just for timing
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purposes it's a little bit easier to do
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that
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um so hopefully the lighting is okay I
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don't have any special lights up right
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now but
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um anyway I think going forward it's
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going to make a lot more sense to just
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set up my budget when it makes sense for
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me and then just to film a walk through
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and you know we can talk about why I did
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certain things all of that fun stuff the
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other thing is with the new budget
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planner I did create my own budget
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planner for 2024 those should be
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arriving like any day now and as soon as
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we get them we'll start sending them out
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to you guys but with the new budget
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planner a lot of the like upfront work
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with like laying down stickers and stuff
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is going to be eliminated don't get me
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wrong still going to use stickers in my
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planner but
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a lot of like the work that you normally
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would have to do is going to be
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eliminated so it's going to be a lot
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easier to like get that done ahead of
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time and honestly it's not going to be a
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ton of fun to watch anyway so
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with all that being said
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um I think this is going to be the new
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format going forward
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um really quickly before we get into the
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actual budget I want to show you guys my
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monthly view so this is where I track
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all of my variable expenses so you can
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kind of see all the categories here this
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darker green is going to be groceries
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the tan color is eating out household is
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in that lighter green and then the blue
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is gas for our cars we've already had
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some transactions occur so um we're
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already tracking I've been trying to
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like every day or so go through and
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um add all of our expenses
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and then for our budget so
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um here's our budget I don't share our
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income that's something that I've never
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done so we have nothing to share there
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um but here we have all of our expenses
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so like I said I do split our expenses
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up
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um into variable and fixed expenses
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so starting with variable expenses we
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have our electric that is 75 that's what
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I'm estimating gas to heat our home and
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for us to cook is sixty dollars
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groceries we're doing eight hundred
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dollars that is basically 200 per week
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eating out is 300 households we're doing
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150 gas for our cars we're doing 200
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that's kind of like the sweet spot for
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us we honestly don't do a ton of driving
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but even even like the little trips just
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to go visit Jason's parents and things
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it adds up
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um cash divider so that's like mine and
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Jason's allowances it includes Jason's
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hair cutting money Macy's allowance
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money that ends up being 280 dollars
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four sinking funds we're adding 1 520
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dollars
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and then for unbudgeted we do not budget
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anything but we do leave a placeholder
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just in case something random happens so
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that is that
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next moving on to our fixed expenses so
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for fixed expenses we are budgeting or I
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guess I should not say budgeting because
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these things are most of them have
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already occurred and they're set so we
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paid 2500 towards our mortgage I've
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mentioned this in the past but
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we do pay like our normal mortgage
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payment plus additional principal and
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the reason why we're doing that is
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because we want to pay our house off and
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half the time that like our mortgage is
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um destined to be so we've already owned
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our home for a year now it's in June I
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think like June middle of June it'll be
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a whole year which is crazy to think
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about but our goal is to pay off our
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house as early as possible
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and so um we're making that extra
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mortgage payment and honestly adding in
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a small amount every single month is
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going to cut that mortgage term in half
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so I feel like even if we can't do any
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crazy extra payment at least we're doing
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something next is our internet that's 55
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we have Hulu live now um that's 74.99
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Netflix is 19.99. we have a cell phone
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plan with Jason's parents and we pay
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eighty dollars per month life insurance
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for myself this is additional life
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insurance
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um this is like a big policy because if
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I if something happened to me it would
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be a dramatic thing for my family
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um so we got like when I became
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self-employed we got this really large
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life insurance policy so that like if
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anything happened I would be my I guess
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I should say my family would be covered
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so that's 42.55 we will continue doing
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that it's a Term Policy we will continue
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having this policy until we feel
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comfortable that like if something
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happened to me that we would be covered
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plus honestly for the amount that like
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my loved ones would get it probably
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doesn't make sense to like not pay it
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anymore so anyway that's that we do
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contribute 200 per girl because I have
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two little girls
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um into 529 plans so it's not a ton but
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it is something and honestly since we've
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started doing it it has grown to be a
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decent amount in no way will it cover
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all of college but at least they'll have
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something
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um my Ortho I have my very last payment
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that's 155 so I'm gonna be so happy to
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no longer have that Ortho payment
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um so I just made a note that it's our
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last payment
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we have a ring doorbell that's 3.99 per
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month Mila's preschool is
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1234 dollars and five cents every single
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month we are still doing swim and that
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payment has already come out that's 115
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but I think like whenever we can we're
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gonna cancel it um because during the
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summer it doesn't make a ton of sense to
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like swim outside we bought Pool passes
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in May so Jason will take Mila on
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Thursdays to go swimming at the pool
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I am doing laser hair removal so that is
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3 12 70.
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um Macy's summer camp the first one is
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195 per month and then I don't think
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we're gonna have to sign her up just yet
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for the other summer camp that's like
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kind of the second half of the month or
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second half of the summer so I put zero
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there but I wanted to put a placeholder
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just so that like in the future I'll
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remember that something that will have
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to pay for
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Milo will also be going to the summer
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camp as well I don't know if it'll be at
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the same exact time that Macy goes but
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Jason's dad is going out of town for
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like a month and a half and so we won't
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have anyone to watch Mila on Tuesday so
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we're gonna start putting her in summer
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camp and honestly I think she's going to
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love it Jason's dad does such a great
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job
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um you know doing fun things with her
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but the summer camp is also going to be
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really fun so I'm excited for her
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and then for sinking funds so we do do
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Sinking funds we have quite a bit of
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sinking funds as you can tell
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um so I'm just gonna go through what
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we're starting with what we're adding so
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for activities we had a hundred dollars
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and we're adding a hundred this is for
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like the kids so for cheerleading for
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softball soccer all the fun things
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um
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so that is for that beauty I started
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with zero I added fifty dollars this is
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for like face wash and Foundation things
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like that car insurance we started with
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7 11 87 and we added in 150 that is for
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both of our cars and also Jason's
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motorcycle
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car maintenance we had zero dollars we
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added in a hundred car tags we had 80.60
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we're adding in 40. Christmas and gifts
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we had 4 11 14 and we're adding in four
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hundred dollars so this is a category
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that encompasses a lot of different
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things this is Christmas as it says it
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also is every single birthday present
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whether it be for like my immediate
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family like me Jason the girls it's also
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for like all of Macy and Mila's friends
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birthday parties that we get invited to
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because we're kind of in that season
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right now where we get invited to a lot
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of parties I think the last couple of
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months we've been invited to at least
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four or five different parties
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so definitely have to save a little bit
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for that so that when those parties come
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up we can attend
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um it also includes both of the girls
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birthday parties so we do like to do
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like a birthday party for the girls they
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do have separate parties Mila's is not
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too crazy right now but Macy does get to
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have like you know a 10 15 kid party
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every year
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um and that's something that like we
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feel as important everybody gets to
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prioritize their money how they want as
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a kid I didn't get to do a lot of
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parties so every single year I want Macy
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to be able to have a party so we do set
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money aside for that
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clothes for Jason
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um he had fifty dollars we added in zero
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he has so many clothes guys I think
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we're gonna have to get a new dresser
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for our room just because of the amount
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of clothes like we don't have a ton of
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storage in our house we don't have a
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huge house
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um in our closet is much smaller in the
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new house than it was in the old house
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but I think because of all the T-shirts
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and sweaters and stuff I think we're
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gonna have to get a new dresser so with
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all that being said neither me or Jason
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need to have more clothes the girls had
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69.63 we're adding in a hundred dollars
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I know Macy's gonna need some like new
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summer clothes
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um mostly like shirts and maybe some
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like new Crocs or something for me I
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have 86.76 left over
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for my clothes we're not adding anything
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in for that as well
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um but 86 dollars I still have plenty
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I've been really big into like thrifting
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I haven't gone recently but I've been
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really into that and I feel like that
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really helps like get your money's worth
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when it comes to clothes because stuff
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is so expensive nowadays Costco we had
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20 we added in five dollars that's just
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for our membership diapers
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um we have 41.84 and we're adding in ten
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dollars these are just like nighttime
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diapers for Milam
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entertainment and vacation we have zero
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dollars and we're adding in 250.
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um we did wipe that entertainment fund
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out because we went to
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um
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we had my sister come in to visit so we
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were doing lots of fun things like that
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in May and then I did go to a Taylor
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Swift concert with my sister so we used
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quite a bit there
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family pictures we had 243.96 we're
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adding in 25 this family pictures
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category is for like obviously family
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pictures but we also use it for like the
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girl school pictures Macy had like a
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soccer
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um photo that she got so we got we paid
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for like her individual photo as well as
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a team photo
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Home Maintenance we had 26202 we're
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adding in 200 medical we have 40.39
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we're adding in zero we kind of changed
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things around with our medical insurance
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and so now we have a health savings
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account
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and so
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um we're gonna be adding money into that
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instead of having this medical sinking
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bun so this medical thinking fund will
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probably just be for like
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whatever like leftover things that we
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have like we'll use this forty dollars
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for
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um and then going forward we'll just use
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the HSA
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subscriptions we have 80 we're adding in
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20 tolls we had 21.65 we're adding and
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nothing because that should cover tolls
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for the month trash we had 22.52 and
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we're adding in 20 and then water we
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have 6201 and we're adding in 50 so
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trash and water are paid every two
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months and every three months so we do
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set aside money for those every single
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month so that we can kind of smooth out
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our budget as much as possible we have
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had
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um some transactions already occur for
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sinking funds we had to pick Macy up
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some new cleats I think that's what you
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call them for soccer um that was 16.49
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we always go to Play It Again Sports for
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stuff like that because the kids grow
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through the stuff so fast and then um
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Jason and Macy
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went to Colorado and we just got a bill
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from the tolls from like March so that
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was 1765 I have to pay that online
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so yeah that is our budget for June I'm
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happy that in June we're able to add
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some more money to our sinking funds
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the last couple of months I've been
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really
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cutting back what we've been able to put
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to sinking funds
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um and so I'm just really grateful that
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we are in a position now where we can
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add more money to sinking funds and
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start getting those back on track
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we do hope to do some type of vacation
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in August because it is going to be mine
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and Jason's 10-year anniversary so I'm
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hoping we can beef this yeah that's it
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for me so I hope you guys enjoyed
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getting to see a little walk through of
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our budget
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um definitely make sure that you check
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out all of the budget kits if you are
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wanting to start your budget Journey now
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and then also make sure to check out the
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new budget planner like I said those
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should be shipping very very soon I
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think the estimated arrival date was
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like around the 6th or 7th and then of
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course like once we receive them we'll
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be shipping them out in the order that
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the orders were placed
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um
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so I'm super excited to get those
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in our office get those
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you know moving towards you guys but
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definitely make sure you check them out
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we do have a decent amount of them left
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but at this point the sales for them
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have slowed down quite a bit so I don't
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think we will be re placing like we
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won't be placing another order for them
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um so if you're wanting to pick one up I
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would say pick one up sooner rather than
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later I definitely anticipate like you
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know when they actually arrive and as
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we're showing them and stuff that more
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orders will be coming through so just
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kind of keep that in mind but that is it
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for me today I hope you guys enjoyed
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getting to see a little walk through and
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I will see you guys next time bye guys
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thank you
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tell me what it's like to be circling
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among the clowns
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without you by my side
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I would be stuck here on the ground
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you're lighting up the way I can see the
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road