Alright I've got some challenges up and ready for this month. Here's the list so far:
→Clean desk and reduce to one desk
→Reduce debt by 25%
→Switch to recyclable razors
→Take unused dresser and bed frame back to parents
→Use up pre-packaged items in apartment
And as this post goes one I'm sure I'll be adding to this least as I've already made some changes this month.
First up, I've gone from three desk, one with a hutch to two desk with no hutch. Now in the next 21 days I want to go from two desk to one desk. This will require me to get some desk stuff I have stored in the closet out and continue to evaluate what I have and what I really need.
Next up is to reduce my debt by 25%. Selling my car as me almost to this goal. I have one more payment this month and then I can officially say I've reduce my debt (ignoring my student loans for the moment) by 25%.
I've really wanted to switch to recyclable razors for a while and I've finally made it down to my last razor. So now this is just a matter of me making it to Wegman's to pick up the razor or checking in the Natural Grocer again for them. Hopefully in the next week or so this can be checked off.
I talked to my dad over Christmas and he said to continue to harass him and he'll borrow someone's truck from his hunting club and get the dresser and bed frame. I might even have a desk ready for him if he waits til the end of the month. He claims he didn't know I was waiting for him to get the furniture. Oops daddy had a senior moment.
As always I'll continue to use up the prepackaged items in the apartment. Slowly but surly this is getting done.
I found two wonderful new (to me) uses for castle soap. A drop or two of peppermint castle soap makes wonderful toothpaste. I like this much better than my toothpowder which still taste pretty bad. I also found that a 1/4 a cup of lavender castle soap works just as well as laundry detergent and doesn't leave any perfumery smell on my clothes after they're dry.
Jan 10, 2010
I'm Alive
Wow, it's already ten days into 2010. Needless to say I've been busy, you know with the whole trip to Pensacola and then to Nawlins, but Honey I'm back.
First up, my trip back to P'cola was great. I love getting to see my grandparents down there, and as a bonus my aunt and cousins got to see my mother can't stand up drunk. Luckily my stay only overlapped with my mother's stay for two days and one of those days I took the car and left for two hours and then went over to my aunts for dinner to minimize the overlap.
Then I rented a car and drove to Nawlins. It was a wonderfully pleasant drive, oh how I miss the south and can't wait to get back down there in May. I stayed the same place I stayed last New Year's and as always it was wonderful to be a block from Canal St. I rented a moped and drove over to Metairie to do some apartment hunting.
Seeing the studios in person really helped me to see where I can make more reductions in my life and even though I thought I was done decluttering, I'm happy to have a renewed spirit for my move which does include more reductions (hey, less stuff means an easier move, right?). Sadly it was raining while I was apartment hunting and had a minor wipe out. Thankfully it was just my pride that took the biggest injury. I was more worried about whether or not my jeans where ripped than the fact that my knee was skid. Since I only have one pair of jeans I need them for waitressing it was a very good thing that they weren't ripped.
I had to cut my Nawlins trip short since I'm waiting tables and couldn't get away with missing Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day, so I flew back on New Year's Eve, which really isn't a big deal for me since I'm not a big partier nor do I live for fireworks (though they are fun if I'm not too close that they booms hurt). I made it back to my apartment about 30 minutes before the ball dropped for the east cost.
While I was away I got two calls for interviews which I wrapped up on Friday. The first interview was for CBP as government position. It was actually with a bunch of people that I know so I feel really good about it. I should hear back from that one in two weeks with a tentative selection offer. The other interview was for Catherine's (same parent company as Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug, Petite Sophisticate). I got the call yesterday and I got the job. It's only part time, but they don't have a full staff at the moment. I start training next week up in Springfield while the new store is being renovated from a Petite Sophisticate to a Catherine's.
Also one of the guys I'm waiting tables with is going to move into the master bedroom as soon as he gets his second job. He's coming over today to look at it, but basically said he need to get out from his mother's and it's just a matter of getting the second job.
So while things are still going to be tough for the next month or so there is light at the end of the tunnel.
First up, my trip back to P'cola was great. I love getting to see my grandparents down there, and as a bonus my aunt and cousins got to see my mother can't stand up drunk. Luckily my stay only overlapped with my mother's stay for two days and one of those days I took the car and left for two hours and then went over to my aunts for dinner to minimize the overlap.
Then I rented a car and drove to Nawlins. It was a wonderfully pleasant drive, oh how I miss the south and can't wait to get back down there in May. I stayed the same place I stayed last New Year's and as always it was wonderful to be a block from Canal St. I rented a moped and drove over to Metairie to do some apartment hunting.
Seeing the studios in person really helped me to see where I can make more reductions in my life and even though I thought I was done decluttering, I'm happy to have a renewed spirit for my move which does include more reductions (hey, less stuff means an easier move, right?). Sadly it was raining while I was apartment hunting and had a minor wipe out. Thankfully it was just my pride that took the biggest injury. I was more worried about whether or not my jeans where ripped than the fact that my knee was skid. Since I only have one pair of jeans I need them for waitressing it was a very good thing that they weren't ripped.
I had to cut my Nawlins trip short since I'm waiting tables and couldn't get away with missing Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day, so I flew back on New Year's Eve, which really isn't a big deal for me since I'm not a big partier nor do I live for fireworks (though they are fun if I'm not too close that they booms hurt). I made it back to my apartment about 30 minutes before the ball dropped for the east cost.
While I was away I got two calls for interviews which I wrapped up on Friday. The first interview was for CBP as government position. It was actually with a bunch of people that I know so I feel really good about it. I should hear back from that one in two weeks with a tentative selection offer. The other interview was for Catherine's (same parent company as Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug, Petite Sophisticate). I got the call yesterday and I got the job. It's only part time, but they don't have a full staff at the moment. I start training next week up in Springfield while the new store is being renovated from a Petite Sophisticate to a Catherine's.
Also one of the guys I'm waiting tables with is going to move into the master bedroom as soon as he gets his second job. He's coming over today to look at it, but basically said he need to get out from his mother's and it's just a matter of getting the second job.
So while things are still going to be tough for the next month or so there is light at the end of the tunnel.
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