52 week savings challenge

Ok, so I know this is a little late, as you are supposed to start the first week of January and it's almost the first week of February.  But it's never too late to start saving money! 

I just found this great idea over at pinch this stretch that.  It's a 52 week savings plan...you start with $1 and end with $52.  You could also do it backwards and get the "big" money out of the way first.  By the end you save $1378!!  Sounds easy enough right?  Right!

To start this week we will need to add $10 to catch up.  Or, if you do it backward, you need to add $202.

 

Who's In??

Women in the Infantry?

When I first joined the Army back in 2000 I was young and stupid.  I thought because I had done a couple years of Junior ROTC in high school that I was tough shit and that I could do anything a guy could do.  I even tried to convince my recruiter that I should be allowed to join the Infantry.  I wasn’t allowed to of course, because women are not allowed in the Infantry.  Back then I thought that was stupid, male chauvinist bullshit.  I was wrong.

What the hell is a Household 6 anyway?

House·hold Six 

[hous-hohld, -ohld][siks]                                                 

 noun

Military spouse. One enlisted into military service through marriage. Military home management professional.  Household Commander.

Do you have a Go Book?

If you follow many blogs or are on Pintrest, I’m sure you’ve heard of the “Home Management Notebook”.  This is a great idea and is very useful, I have made one myself and one of my goals this year is to use my notebook regularly (right now it’s just a reference book, not something I use daily).   The categories usually go something like this:

Welcome!

My name is Rae. I have been a soldier's wife for 11 years. During that time my husband and I welcomed our second little Army brat into the world, lived in 5 states,