An extra $600 a year? Yes, Please!

What a wonderful and exhausting week....but I had such a great time modeling with La Trashionistas again and encouraging everyone to reduce, reuse and recycle.  It's so nice to be able to promote something that I'm so passionate about....recycling, reusing as many of our waste products as possible, and living a simplier more intentional life. 

My mom and I
 

I am ashamed to admit that eating healthy during the show proved to be harder than I expected.  Mistake #1....I didn't plan ahead.  Hair and make up proved to take longer than expected and we justified eating fast food by sharing a meal =)  The second day we pre-planned and ate before so we didn't have the temptation to run through the drive-thru again.  This journey is to help me stay accountable and hopefully encourage others.  I think it's important to share my struggles and short falls as well....I am only human.  We live in a society that glamorizes perfection....perfect bodies, perfect marriages, perfect life......but the reality is that we all struggle, and we all fail.  Temptation is hard especially when life gets busy.  I learned that it's important to plan ahead and be prepared for anything. 


AN EXTRA $600 A YEAR?  YES, PLEASE!
We received a notice in the mail notifying us that our property taxes have went up once again.  Not sure how our taxes could continue increasing when our property values continue to decline I called the Assessor's Office and had them re-assess our property value.  We just received a notice that they have decreased the value of home by $65,000 which equals a savings of $600 a year!