A couple of months ago I popped an unfrosted cake into the freezer to use for later and forgot about it. I came across it while I was looking for something else in the freezer and thought I would bring it out to have it as dessert last night. Cream cheese frosting sounded better thanContinue reading “Eight Steps to a Beautiful White, Blueberry Filled, Cream Cheese Frosted, Drip Cake”
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Not Impressed With Our Debt – Weeks 24-27 – Up to Date Results
Hi all! I looked back to see the last time I posted a monthly result and I haven’t posted results since October! Yikes! Sorry about that. Between Christmas shopping bills and property tax bills that came due in January I am a little behind in paying off debt but I do have some progress toContinue reading “Not Impressed With Our Debt – Weeks 24-27 – Up to Date Results”
SAL #2 Crown of Thorns
It’s been three weeks since our last update and we have had multiple snow storms even blizzards in that time so boy did I get a lot done on my current project! Here is where I left off last time which was my first post on this WIP: And here is Jesus’s haunting face whichContinue reading “SAL #2 Crown of Thorns”
SAL -#1 – Crown of Thorns
I’m back! I am so excited to be back with my favorite stitchers. I was gone for quite a while because I wanted to concentrate on getting my debt paid down. Now that I am well into my 80 week challenge I decided it was time to get back to stitching. I received a kitContinue reading “SAL -#1 – Crown of Thorns”
Not Impressed With Our Debt – Weeks 22 -23 -Rearranging
It’s been an interesting two weeks. I didn’t think I would get much extra debt paid off this month because I have Town/County taxes to pay, our planes tickets for our trip to Ireland to save for and now these medical bills which just got bigger today. But get this… we had an unexpected surgeContinue reading “Not Impressed With Our Debt – Weeks 22 -23 -Rearranging”
Not Impressed With Our Debt – Week 16 & 17 – Take Care of Yourself
The last two weeks have been eye opening for me. If you have not suffered from anxiety, panic attacks and/or had large amounts of stress in your life consider yourself lucky. While working to pay down our debt (which is stressful enough) Life has thrown us multiple curve balls since September. When people are underContinue reading “Not Impressed With Our Debt – Week 16 & 17 – Take Care of Yourself”
Week 15 of 80 – Not Impressed With Our Debt – Buying on Autopilot
As we get older we tend to get more forgetful they say. I say we are just getting more and more distracted by stuff around us. We women especially have so many things going through our brains that we tend to do things on autopilot. Am I right ladies? A great example of this autopilotContinue reading “Week 15 of 80 – Not Impressed With Our Debt – Buying on Autopilot”
Week 14 of 80 – Not Impressed With Our Debt – October 2018 Results
October has been a much more productive month in terms of paying down our debt. In September we had to pay our school taxes and when you are living paycheck to paycheck saving for them is tough. With those taxes behind us for another year I was able to make bigger payments on that darnContinue reading “Week 14 of 80 – Not Impressed With Our Debt – October 2018 Results”
Week 12 of 80 – Not Impressed With Our Debt – Wardrobe Problems
Ladies, has your husband or significant other ever packed your things for a trip? We were participating in a friend’s wedding this weekend and like usual I got hung up at the bakery and didn’t have time to pack anything for myself the night before. Scott had to pack for me (he is such aContinue reading “Week 12 of 80 – Not Impressed With Our Debt – Wardrobe Problems”
Week 11 of 80 – Not Impressed with our Debt – Monthly Payment Schedule
You may wonder if we use a written budget to stay on track with our debt. I have tried many things over the years and while a written budget with fancy spreadsheets or instant calculation apps are exciting at first, they lose their excitement for me after a few weeks. The only thing that hasContinue reading “Week 11 of 80 – Not Impressed with our Debt – Monthly Payment Schedule”
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