Well, we're doing well on Dh's plan. We've done some more phone book delivering, I put in extra hours at work again this week, and we've recycled some pop cans and beer bottles. We have earned $425.18 in 8 days. Our goal is to reach $1000 in 30 days. I think we can make it. Dh is doing a lot of the work. He is extremely dedicated to this project!

Our plan is to put 1/2 down on the mortgage and the other 1/2 will be added to our holiday fund. We will be going to West Edmonton Mall and Drumheller (dinosaur area in Alberta) for about 10 days in August. I already have the holiday money saved, but it wouldn't hurt to have a little extra cushion. We are staying in a hotel in Edmonton and then will camp for the rest of the vacation. We've always just bitten the bullet and stayed in hotels on holidays, but we are committed to saving money and camping will certainly make a big difference.

The kids are going to do a budget with us for our holiday. This is being done to encourage money awareness and because I think it will really help them focus on the activities that they really want to do ie. Do you want to eat dinner in a restaurant or cook something ourselves and go to the waterslides? They need to learn that there is not an endless supply of money to do everything they want. They've already started discussing how much of their own money to take on vacation to spend. Dh and I have agreed to leave that up to them because they have been saving for this trip for awhile, and we haven't heard any outrageous sums being mentioned...yet!