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The Carter Family
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 * Day One**

Day One Exercise.
 * __**Name**__ || __**Role**__ || __**Age**__ || __**Occupation**__ ||
 * Abby || Single Mum || 45 || ICU Nurse ||
 * Cassidy || Sister/Daughter || 19 ||  ||
 * Shahnaz || Sister/Daughter || 19 ||  ||
 * Ashley || Sister/Daughter || 17 ||  ||
 * Micaela || Youngest Sister/Daughter || 16 ||  ||

My name is Micaela Carter. I'm 16 years old. I have three older sisters. Cassidy, Shanhaz, and Ashley. Cassidy and Shanaz are twins and are both 19. Ashley is 17. I think they're all pretty annoying. We'd fight a lot when we were younger, but I guess that's what all sisters do. My mom is pretty much amazing. I get along with her really well. She went to school hen she was 18 and graduated a 23. She went to school for nursing. She now works as a nurse in the ICU. My dad had a job, but it wasn't much. I don't really know what he went to school for or did for a living. My mom had the twins when she was 26. My dad died when I was 5 years old. He died from mad cow disease. The twins were 8, and Ashley was 6.

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 * Day Two**

My mom finally got a job. It's pretty awesome. She works as an ICU nurse. She works 8 hours a day, four days a week, and makes 50 $ an hour. She works from 8:30 to 4:30. She has weekends off, which is good. She's trying to buy a house for all of us right now. I'm glad.


 * Day Three**

We bought a house ! I think it's awesome that we're all going to have our own bedrooms now. Details and a picture are below :

5 Bed, 2 Bath 1,931 Sq. Ft. Estimated Payment: $1,047 Per Month*
 * $219,900**

MLS ID# 1030795

 * Day Four**

Today the family started looking for cars. We're planning on buying two cars so Cassidy and Shahnaz have a car to share because they are in college and mom is buying a car for Me, her and Ashley to use.


 * Day Five**

Today we bought two cars. It's really awesome because the five of us don't have to all share a car. I really like my mom's new car. It's a really pretty red color. My mom bought two cars because since Cassidy and Shahnaz are in college, she figured that they should have their own care because they are the oldest out of the kids, and my mom only uses the car really to do some errands and go to work and back. Me and Ashley also use the car to go to friends houses and go to work and school.

Pictures + Details are below ;



**2008 Saturn Astra 3dr HB XR**
(This is my mom's car that me, her and Ashley all share)


 * Year :** 2008

**Price:** $19,820

 * Make :** Saturn
 * Model :** Astra
 * Series :** 3dr HB XR
 * Exterior Color :** Sandstone
 * Interior Color :** Charcoal
 * Engine :** 1.8L I4
 * Transmission :** Automatic
 * Stock Number :** 18244
 * VIN :** W08AT271685057185

** 1999 Acura TL ** (This is Cassidy and Shahnaz's Car.)


 * Price:** $8,950
 * Body:** Sedan
 * Color:** Silver
 * Mileage:** 83,027
 * Cylinders:** 6
 * Trans:** Automatic
 * VIN:** 19UUA564XXA001328
 * Stock #:** 11289
 * Model #:** UA564XJTW

Day Six
Today my mom went looking around for a family plan for cell phones for us and an internet, phone, and tv bundle. We looked at AT&T, Tmobile, verizon, and other plans. I wanted to go on verizon because I wanted the LG Voyager, but my mom decided not to, which sucks. We went on tmobile because my mom said it was the one we could afford. My mom put us on a family plan through Tmobile. My mom has a Samsung t219. Me and Ashley share a Red Blackberry Curve, and Shahnaz and Cassidy share a Tmobile sidekick. The plan is 80 $ a month. We share 700 minutes and get unlimited nights and weekends.

These are the phones :


 * This is my moms Samsung t219 :**


 * This is Me and Ashley's red blackberry curve :**
 * This is Cassidy and Shahnaz's**



My mom also got an internet, home phone, and cable (tv) bundle through AT&T. It's really awesome. We were gonna go through Time Warner Cable, but Time Warner is more expensive then AT&T. We pay 100 $ a month for the tv, phone, and internet.

The pictures below are picture of our tv, house phone, and computer, which are all provided by AT&T.





On day seven, the whole family and I made a meal plan. The meal plan is basically a plan of assorted meals of what we are going to eat for one week. We made this meal plan to figure out what we were going to eat for breakfasts, lunches, and dinners for the seven days of the week, and to go grocery shopping so we have more food in the house. Our meal plan for the week is as follows :
 * Day Seven**

__Sunday__ Breakfast - Eggs, sausage, pancakes, syrup, milk. Lunch - Burritos, nachos & cheese w/ milk. Dinner - Mac + cheese w/ potato chips & milk.

__Monday__ Breakfast - Cinnamon toast crunch w/ apple juice. Lunch - Pb&j sandwich w/ apple, nutri-grain bar, and kool-aid. Dinner - Spaghetti & meatballs w/ garlic bread and milk.

__Tuesday__ Breakfast - Froot Loops W/ orange juice. Lunch - Grilled cheese w/ apple & kool aid. Dinner - Leftover spaghetti and meatballs w/ garlic bread and milk.

__Wednesday__ Breakfast - Cocoa Puffs w/ orange juice. Lunch - Lunchables. Dinner - Hamburgers w/ biscuits, green beans, and milk.

__Thursday__ Breakfast - Apple Jacks w/ apple juice. Lunch - Baked potatoes w/ butter, baked beans, and milk. Dinner - Leftover hamburgers, biscuits, and green beans w/ milk.

__Friday__ Breakfast - Cheerios w/ apple juice. Lunch - Fruit salad w/ apple + kool-aid. Dinner - Taco's w/ baked beans and milk.

__Saturday__ Breakfast - Cheerios w/ orange juice. Lunch - Pb&j sandwich w/ milk. Dinner - Pizza w/ garlic bread + milk.

Yesterday we made our meal plan. Since we made our meal plan yesterday, today we made a grocery list of the things we had to buy from the store for our meals. Our grocery list is as follows:
 * Day Eight**


 * 1 carton of 12 eggs
 * 1 package of sausage
 * 1 box of pancake mix
 * 1 syrup bottle
 * 2 or 3 gallons of milk
 * 1 bag of nacho chips
 * 1 jar of melted cheese
 * 1 bag of potato chips
 * 4 boxes of Mac and cheese
 * 1 bag of burritos
 * 1 or 2 grilled meat for burritos
 * 1 box cinnamon toast crunch
 * 1 box of fruit loops
 * 1 box of cocoa puffs
 * 1 box of apple jacks
 * 2 boxes of cheerios
 * 2 loafs of white bread
 * 15 apples
 * 1 jar of jelly
 * 1 jar of peanut butter
 * 1 box of kool aid pouches
 * 2 boxes of nutrigrain bars
 * 2 boxes of spaghettis noodles
 * 1 jar of sauce
 * 2 bags of meatballs
 * 3 boxes of garlic bread
 * 4 orange juice cans
 * 1 package of sliced cheese
 * 5 lunchables
 * 1 or 2 packs of hamburger buns
 * hamburger meat
 * 2 rolls/cans of biscuits
 * 2 cans of green beans
 * 4 cans of baked beans
 * 1 butter container
 * 10 potatoes
 * lettuce and fruit for fruit salad
 * 1 jar of salad dressing
 * 1 pack of soft taco shells
 * 2 pizzas
 * 1 graded cheese package
 * 1 lettuce
 * 3 tomatoes
 * 2 pounds ground beef

Today we went grocery shopping with our list that was planned on day seven. We found just about everything we needed. Luckily we found some foods and such on sale, so we can save some money for extra things. SURPRISINGLY, my sisters, mom, and I all got along and worked together as a team to figure everything out. The total price came out to $638.87. We also found a lot of deals and savings and such.
 * Day Eight**

Today we started figuring out what we need for our Toilet Tries. I came up with a pretty big list, and eventually my sisters, mom and I decided that we had to cut some of the stuff out because it just wasn't needed (which I totally disagree with because makeup and things like that are obviously needed if your a girl) A lot of the things on the list were items such as paper towel, kleenex, clean and clear for acne, hair spray, deodorant..etc. We figured out the prices of everything, totaled it up - and the final price came out to be $300 a month, which isn't too bad for our budget.
 * Day Nine**

Today was our last day for figuring out all of our finances. We figured out the rest of our Miscellaneous costs. We figured out the costs for clothing, dental, special occasions, mom's credit card, entertainment (Movies, going places,etc), house repairs, and Shahnaz and Cassidy's college fund. I'm glad we were able to work as a family and figure this all out instead of having mom do it all. So, we finally figured out the finances for everything. This is our spreadsheet - [|Family Spreadsheet.xls]
 * Day Ten**