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#YesAllWomen
Wow, this discussion has really been hitting home for me. I'm kind of a closet feminist. I sometimes listen to "Stuff Mom Never Told You" podcasts and secretly root for Hillary Clinton. I don'...
Thanks, sweetheart.
Am I the only one who literally cringes when I hear someone call me toots, sweetheart, babe, hon, gorgeous, ect. Unless your outie and my innie meet regularly, or you have express permission fro...
First Day Off
Since April 25. Last night we were supposed to go look at a house. But I forgot I had this "business bowling" thing I had to go to. I actually had fun, it wasn't terribly awkward and isolating ...
Funk
I feel like N and I have been in a funk lately. He's been taking on more and more responsibility at work and as spring picks up hrs been working 50 hrs a week/OT hours again. Keep in mind OT is...
Holy Cow.
Kids are expensive. I was reviewing my benefits at work for FY2015. They changed some crap and, of course, raised the rates and decreased the coverage, so you have to go re-enroll and watch a te...
Just get it out of here, please.
Free, just get it out of here pls. Ahhh I love my life. I was reading an article on yahoo (yes I know, the most reputable news source on the interweb) about "How to pay off 30K of debt in 3 y...
All for the Money!
The caption on that house with the tarp from my last entry on the MLS is "Well-kept home!" Did I mention that a murder happened there a few years ago? Apparently a drug deal gone bad, guy at a ...
Real Estate Tour
OK, I know I have mentioned before that Huron is a shithole. I've also jokingly mentioned that my neighborhood looks like a scene from "The Walking Dead" So I did what I've been threatening to ...
Birthdaygate 2014
N and I went to Watertown this weekend to visit my fam and celebrate Easter/April birthdays. It was fun. Nobody cried this year, so that is a step in the right direction. It's obvious that I d...
Coincidences
"No Coincidence, No Story!" "A coincidence (often stated as a mere coincidence) is a collection of two or more events or conditions, closely related by time, space, form, or other association...
Like a Boss.
I bought pants a size smaller than I normally wear today. Rawk. Oh, and I paid off my first student loan yesterday. I now have an extra $125 a month to put towards our snowball. WIN WIN WIN WIN...
How is it possible
That this has never come to my attention before? Zumba is actually fun. I kind of always thought it was a ruse, like the people who are really into P90X say "it's really fun!" or the people on ...
Thundersnow!!
Last week we had a blizzard. And tornado. Then the temperature dropped about 50 degrees. All in the same day. Oooh, you funky chicken, South Dakota spring time. I've been a lazy shit pile lat...
Well that's something new.
Have you guys ever heard of mud runs? Like the Tough Mudder or the Warrior Dash? Apparently I am doing a 6 mile mud run / military style obstacle course in Watertown with some friends this sum...
Gazelle Intense.
$241 for two new transmission output shaft seals and labor for my car, transmission flush, and new fluid. $100 for two pairs of needed shoes. $228 for medical bills. $850 towards our debt snowbal...
This is the one. Stops Time. Freeze Ray. Tell your friends.
I've had this killer roving sinus headache for the last week and it's fucking getting ooold. This happens to me a few times a year. Pisses me off every time it happens. Taking Aleve and Zyrtec...
The day the credit card debt died!
Today we paid off all of N's credit card debt. All of it. Gone. The cards are also gone, destroyed, hidden. The only debt we have left is student loans. We are ready to kick Sallie Mae out. ...
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I don't have much to update about. It's cold. I'm busy with work, work, and work. Last weekend was my weekend at the airport. I washed my car. Excitement ensued. On Tuesday I had to work ...
I actually have the window open!
I'm sitting in front of my open window enjoying what is a cool and refreshing breeze. (it's 45 degrees outside!!!) Tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer. I'm stoked. I work at the bank all da...
Interview.
The interview was OK. I say this because I didn’t feel like I aced it, but I do feel confident I performed well. I also passed the test. The second part of the test was working with Karl (who...
Just. Freaking. Out.
I'm absolutely freaking out about that Interview Friday. Unbelievably overwhelmed. I know I'm underqualified - but if they had a halfway decent training program - or even if they sent me to a 6...
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Yesterday I called Student Loan Finance Corp to ask a simple question - what is payment amount going to be? I have a payment due on the 16th! My loan was transferred in NOVEMBER and they stil...
Student Fucking Loan Finance Corporation
OMGMGMGMGMGMGMGJGJDSLIHLKHGFKHLF So you know how I've been having trouble with this company? My first payment is due on the 16th and I still can't seem to get a fucking customer service repre...
Interview
The worst part is over now. I'm on the backside of my 22 days of OT - next Wednesday is my first day off in about a month. I quit my PT job on Friday. Didn't get a good chance to tell my bos...
Total Money Makeover - February Edition
After some lengthy discussion and lots and lots of budgets, Nate and I finally decided to combine our debt snowball. He was getting hopeless with his first debt snowball - making $1000 payments ...
