Carolina Reverie

It will get better

nobody@vox.com(HER) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:48:50 -0400

So I have once again picked up the pen ...er, keyboard and will try blogging once again.

I have recently purchased a Blackberry and have become quite addicted to it. So perhaps with the ability to submit blog post via my blackberry I will be better about keeping people up to date on the goings on of this family.

I also recently joined Facebook and MySpace and have connected with some old friends. But I don't really enjoy those apps so hopefully I will be able to convince my friends to follow me on my blog instead.

And perhaps that will be the motivation I need to keep it up to date.

HER

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testing Facebook Blog it App

nobody@vox.com(HER) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:09:39 -0400

Testing this posting from facebook thing. Please ignore.

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Budget Update

nobody@vox.com(HER) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:50:10 -0400

So, for anyone keeping track ... my debt reduction shows so much progress because I decided to stop counting Alimony. It was too depressing.

So, while it looks like we are doing great ... we actually had a few setbacks.

Also - It seems that I am not so good at keeping a blog up to date. Maybe I will get better. But don't hold your breath.

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Making Progress

nobody@vox.com(HER) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:36:58 -0500

Ok so it has been awhile ... life has gotten in the way of posting. That and that my work finally managed to block Vox so I can't reach this site during work hours.

Anyway ... not much has happened worth reporting ... except that we have paid off a whole 1% of our debt!!!

I know it's a small amount but I am excited to see it going.

So now - As long as I managed to keep us within our Christmas budget we should be doing good.

Wish me luck!

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Baby Steps

nobody@vox.com(HER) — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:00:12 -0500

Ok - So, I found a financial network over at www.ncnnetwork.com & its host No Credit Needed has a nifty Pie Chart that you see on the right to track my debt reduction progress. So, if anyone out there is reading this blog ... feel free to leave me some comments to keep me motivated in the process.

For the most part, I am following Dave Ramsey's advice. Although I am working Baby Step One & Two together because I had already begun "snowballing".

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Working towards Financial Freedom

nobody@vox.com(HER) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:19:19 -0400

Recently I took the time to create a spreadsheet with all of our debt listed out. While I sort of knew the balances we owed to everyone, it is rather scary to see it in writing.

Counting our Mortgage payment and what we will dish out in Alimony payments, (I know most people wouldn't consider that a debt but I do) as of October 2007 we owe a whopping $372,053.00. Our payments each month to debt total approximately 64% of our bring home pay!

So - hubby and I have agreed to work more diligently at paying off our debt. We paid off our high interested credit cards with the low interest HELOC so that we may attack that faster.

I signed us up to see Dave Ramsey live in ATL next week. Hopefully that will give us some tactics to speed up this process along with the motivation to make it happen.

I will try and find a simple way to track our progress here for those of you who are interested.

AND - Happy Anniversary to Hubby and Me!

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Powerful skit

nobody@vox.com(HER) — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:51:44 -0400

Ok ... I really hope that this works. I was sent this awesome skit and I wanted to be able to share it with everyone. Really makes you think about your relationship with Christ.

Lifehouse - Everything

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Breast Cancer Awareness

nobody@vox.com(HER) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:54:19 -0400

Ok ... so anyone who knows me will tell you that Pink is definitely not one of my favorite colors. But I figured it is for a good cause, so for the entire month of October this blog will be pink.

So take a moment and see what you can do to help support the fight against Breast Cancer.

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Road Trip AGAIN

nobody@vox.com(HER) — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:37:41 -0400

We are gearing up for another trip to PA. Pittsburgh this time. At least we are giving ourselves some extra days so that we won't be quite so exhausted at the conclusion of our trip.

I think this will be our last trip this year. I am so tired. I would love do be able to spend 2 weeks locked in my house with no phones, no commitments. Of course then I would need to spend the entire time cleaning. My house is beyond filthy because we are on the go so much.

Well, maybe soon things will slow down

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Time Really Does Fly!

nobody@vox.com(HER) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:16:38 -0400

When did time speed up so much?? While my days sometimes feel like the drag on ... the weeks, months, & years are speeding past at such an alarming rate.

I really have no accurate sense of time anymore. Does that just mean I am getting old?

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