Resources - Anything that can help you accomplish your goals
Human Resources - SHown by members of the family such as abilities, talents, skills, knowledges, energies, attitudes, and health
Material Resources- Refers to objects, things, or possession that you use daily to satisfy your needs and wants
Priorities of the family - Goals and objectives in life
Tangible - Resources that can you can see
Intangibles - Resources that can't be touched or physically seen
Money Income - Gets paid for working. Can be in the form of salary, pensions, wages, dividends, interests, royalties, vacations, profits, benefits, and rents.
Cash - Coins and bills made by the government and given a certain value.
Check - Piece of paper that serves as your payment when you purchase something
Gift check - Certificate with a printed amount on it
Credit card - Identifies the holder to have his or her purchase billed on a charge account
Real or Nonmoney Income - Flow of goods and services user or available for any given period of time
Direct Real Income - Material goods and services available to the family without the use of money
Indirect Real Income - Material goods and services made available after an exchange is made.
Expenses - Things that you buy or pay for
Fixed Expenses - Expenses that you are obliged to pay regularly
Variable or Flexible Expenses - Expenses that will vary in cost, depending on the family's current needs.
Expenses paid by Employer - Special expenses not listed in our budget and vary from one person to the other
Emergency Expenses - Expenses for unexpected events
Household Accounts - Short-term records showing the income and expenditures of the family.
Record Sheet System - Loose sheets with columns
The Cash Payment System - Place money in several envelopes. Each item of expenditure has its own envelope. Write the amount and the item name on the top of the envelope.
The Pure Sheet Accounting System - A large envelope either single or double is used. All bills are placed inside the envelope and recording is done at a convenient time.
Notebook - A loose-leaf or bound notebook can be used for keeping household accounts
Card-File System - Cards are arranged according to the different items of expenditures
Time - is a Gift
Effort - The strenuous mental or physical exertion of performing a task.
Energy - In managing your own energy resource, your plan must be a very personal.
Planning – Thinking in advance and putting your thoughts in order.
Tape measure - used to take body measurements
Ruler - used to measure small details
Tailor's square - used to measure and to help establish the crosswise grain and the bias grain on the fabric.
Skirt marker - used to measure and mark hemline
French curve-used to draw curve lines such as armholes and necklines
Dressmaker's gauge - used to take detailed measurements such as the distance between buttons, buttonholes, pleats, and hems
Dressmaker's shears - used to cut the fabric
Pinking shears - used to finish seam edges to prevent from raveling
Seam ripper - used to remove stitches from the seam