Re-Post about Christmas Gift Giving…
Posted by Sandra in Community, Expenses, Frugality on 09. Oct, 2011 | 0 Comments
Christmas has been on my mind a lot again…so has our lack of blogging. So I was browsing old posts and came up with this one…it was interesting, because I don’t think I ever did blog about how we did in 2009…but I know I did for 2010. I know that we found last year’s … Read More →
Updated Expenses to August 5, 2011
Posted by Sandra in Earthship, Expenses on 06. Aug, 2011 | 6 Comments
It’s been a long time since I’ve updated expenses. While we’ve been taking a break from the earthship to save our sanity, we did not spend much. Now, we’ve purchased and installed five skylights, roof flashing and started the preliminary electrical and plumbing. I expect that within the next week our expenditures will jump substantially. Following … Read More →
The expenses of working at paid employment
Posted by Sandra in Expenses, Family on 05. Apr, 2011 | 0 Comments
As followers of Your Money or Your Life, Chris and I have always done a good job of evaluating the cost of our paid employment. We factor in clothes, fuel, travel time and snacks and eating out.
Since I’ve been working as a contract bookeeper, I’ve also been keeping my eye on these expenses, especially as … Read More →
Updated Expenses as of December 30, 2010
Posted by Sandra in Earthship, Expenses on 31. Dec, 2010 | 6 Comments
It’s been a while since I updated expenses. Note that the rocket mass heater expenses included approximately $1,500.00 for CSA approved chimney materials. There’s a bit of debate about whether insulated pipe is required for the exit flue, since temperatures are ususally no more than 200 degrees F. However, as previously mentioned by Chris, we … Read More →
Updated expenses
Posted by Sandra in Earthship, Expenses on 02. Nov, 2010 | 1 Comment
It’s been a while since I updated expenses. I’ve been waiting for the window invoice and it came today. We are about $4,000 over the budget we anticipated when we started 16 months ago. This represents the aluminum glazing that we hadn’t planned for, but felt added a tremendous amount to the overall goal of … Read More →
Up-to-date Expenses
Posted by Sandra in Construction, Earthship, Expenses on 19. Aug, 2010 | 3 Comments
It’s been busy lately so I’ve not had time to put together the latest expenses for our Earthship. I’m still missing a few items from the last few days. These receipts have not made the journey from my wallet to my “in box”. The following includes the materials for the roof (as well as fuel … Read More →
