An extra day! Make your list

A month from today is February 29. That means we have an extra day this year. I challenge you to be purposeful on that extra day. Go the extra mile for someone or lots of someones. We have been so blessed. Make that day count. Be a blessing!!!

How ? You ask. 

Cook a meal for someone or add an extra bean to your pot and share your supper. 

Take your pastor's wife to lunch or set a date to do that.

Have a group over to your house for lunch or supper or just coffee. I was at Sue's house recently and noticed how she added lemon to her water pitcher. Genius!!! I now do this!!!

You could use that day to plan your Easter celebration. Ours always involves dyeing eggs and our folks get really excited!!!

You could make a point to spend extra time with those you love doing what they love to do.

You could read to someone.

Other things you can do- drive through Chickfila or Starbucks and pay for the car behind you, go to the library to pay your fine and donate your change to the library- I've done this once and I felt like a rock star, they were so excited and it was $ .50, leave early enough so that you can let every car out into your lane- ok maybe not every car????, Get the idea?

Or if you are my friend Paige, you can celebrate your daughter's birthday.  She was born 4 years ago on the 29th so is she celebrating her 1st birthday or her 4th????

How about you??  What do you plan to do?

My goal for this month was for it to be frugal February.  I failed, nope, I failed.  It was more like stimulate the economy month here.  It is always good to have goals, is what I keep telling myself and I was somewhat aware as that credit card kept flying out of my wallet for my purchases.

So I am getting ready for March.  I might name it - Make it stretch March, In addition too- Move more in March, I mean really the name wants us to move or at least march!

Frugal February + an extra day

I am a little behind on posting.  Kaitlin and I were able to go on a business trip with Carl last week to Texas.  We had a blast and I am working on those blog posts.

My theme for February is to be frugal. My niece, Barbara, does this every year and I got the idea from her.  It is a gift she gives her husband every year, his birthday is this month.

 My goal is to clean out my pantry and freezer.  I am pretending that we are on the TV show Chopped, and I must use the ingredients that I have in the house.

I also plan to give away 10 bags of stuff that we don't use or need.  I think being frugal is more than just not spending money but being responsible with what we have.

Since we have an extra day this month, we plan to do some extra things on that day or maybe do 29 extra things this month.  Not sure yet.

Simplify, Forgive and Move!  That's my 2012 motto