Increasing Income - How is it possible

Now that we have our first step -to save one months salary - we need a plan to make this work. The reality is, without increasing our income this would take at least a year of drastic expense cuts.

Ideas to increase income at the moment are as follows.

1) Mow lawn in the area (hubby not me lol).... $20 try and get 5 a week
2) Sell his paintings on ebay (he has to paint and I have to sell)
3) Scour the house for other items to sell quickly
4) Take in a border in the short term

FORGET THAT PLAN!!!

Gee, my very first plan is the wrong one!!!! Well at least partially.

I have scoured the net all day trying to find some software that I can understand, is not expensive and will actually help me in my budgeting attempts.

I found "You need a budget" and downloaded their software. I haven't even used the software yet, but the instructions that come with it are priceless.

So my amended plan is this! Forget compiling my debt list - at least for the moment- and work really hard at these 2 things.

1) Saving one months salary so that I no longer need to live paycheck to paycheck.
2) Start recording all spending in YNAB Pro.