I made a register of all our expenses since January of this year for the landscape work.
The total to date is $5112. The expenses broke down into the following categories:
- Tools...............................$ 382 (7.5%)
- Garden supplies...............$ 195 (3.8%)
- Furnishings/ fixtures.......$ 300 (5.8%)
- Major services.................$ 4235 (82.8%)
I had not thought to include finances in this study. The financial report tells a true story. I'm sure I am the last person on earth to figure this out, but I realized that I can find out when I did what by checking the dates of certain transactions. I wanted to know when I fertilized the lawn. All I had to do was check this ledger and discover that I purchased fertilizer the first week of June.
To compile this report I had to go through all my receipts from January, 2009 forward to date. I also had to go through two check registers line by line to glean any transactions for which I did not receive a receipt. In addition to that I went through each monthly folder where I keep the monthly paper collections for any other paperwork or receipts. From now on I will enter transactions on this register as I go.
I also started sub-registers for each of the four categories above. If you want to get a better look at this register, left click on it.
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