Off Grid Budget with Kay

Welcome back friends!  Happy Freebie Friday!!  This Friday, we're featuring the beneficial honeybee. California has a lot of honeybees, but not so many bumblebees. It has been a huge surprise moving north to find so many bumblebees on our homestead. I hope to capture a photo of one enjoying my little garden soon.  This customizable mini savings challenge is size A7 envelope and is available as a FREE PDF DOWNLOAD at my Ko-fi shop:  https://ko-fi.com/offgridbudgetwithkay Let's Roll It's mid-April and I've already reached $40!  My FREE  30 Deposits Survey App Challenge  is definitely keeping me motivated to reach my online survey side income goal. As you may remember, I don't have dice at home, so I use this free dice simulator for my rolls:  https://www.calculator.net/dice-roller.html   Starting with the  $40  dollars, I'm going to start at challenge 1 and move down the list, rolling a D5 for amount saved.  Here is my tally for ...

Welcome back friends!  March was a crazy month filled with random snowstorms and an unplanned trip to Montana. With so many unexpected events, I was certain we would overspend our budget AGAIN! Like last month, unforeseen expenses were our weakness. But with the trailer payment DONE, we actually didn't do as bad as I had expected!  Variable expenses projected for March: Laundromat: $50 Fuel (gasoline, kerosene, diesel): $450 Groceries: $800 Home Improvements: $2800 Propane: $100 Dining out/entertainment: $250 Pets: $100 Online orders: $200 Total: $4750 Following is what we  actually  spent for March: Laundry: $20 Fuel (gasoline, kerosene, diesel): $583 Groceries: $1056 Home Improvements: $1500 Propane: $55 Dining out/entertainment: $1200 Pet: $0 Online purchases: $115 Misc: $92 Total: $4621 Here's the comparison: Laundry: +30$ Fuel (gasoline, kerosene, diesel): -133$ Groceries: -256$ Home Improvements: +1300$ Propane: +45$ Dining out/entertainment: -950$ Pet: +100$ O...