Week 11

1. My progress through Financial Peace University -- I'm doing well with the ideas taught it's hard when you don't know what your income is going to be each month though.
   
2. My progress with the job hunt -- I applied at Antham and Merchants Security last week I'm hoping to hear something this week. I have a couple other places that I'll be appling later this week.
   
3. My progress with finding a place to live -- I can't really start on this one till I have a job lined up so this one is kinda on hold for the time being.
   
4. My progress on the book I'm writing -- Timelines are done I just have to finish typing them up then I need to put together the compiled timeline. then back to writing.
   
5. My progress on cleaning my room and area in the basement -- I need to find the motivation to work on this along with other items on this list.
   
6. My progress on Quilts -- I'm down to a little over half of the last side yet to complete on my fire quilt.
   

Haven't updated in a while I'm starting to feel depressed about the job situation Had to buy tires for the car today and had to have my parents pay for them cause I have no money and right now no credit. I have no idea where the money to pay my bills for next month is going to come from. Then January my school loans come out of deferment so I have to start paying on them again and I can barely pay the bills I'm trying to pay now.

Week 7

1. My progress through Financial Peace University -- I'm doing well with the ideas taught it's hard when you don't know what your income is going to be each month though.
   
2. My progress with the job hunt -- wish there was more to report here but right now it's complete drought.
   
3. My progress with finding a place to live -- I can't really start on this one till I have a job lined up so this one is kinda on hold for the time being.
   
4. My progress on the book I'm writing -- The time lines are almost done the combination one is the hardest to put together.
   
5. My progress on cleaning my room and area in the basement -- I need to find the motivation to work on this along with other items on this list.
   
6. My progress on Quilts -- Haven't done anything on this for awhile

guess this isn't much of an update. I'm runnig out of ideas in some areas and motivation in others.

Week 6

1. My progress through Financial Peace University -- I'm doing well with the ideas taught it's hard when you don't know what your income is going to be each month though.
   
2. My progress with the job hunt -- I went to an open job fair for Levi's had an interview while I was there and was told they were hoping to be able to call people by Monday so I'm unsure with the progress of that one I have a few other places I'm going to be applying to so hopefully something will come of all this. I have heard from H&R Block and have been rehired there so I do have something starting in January but there is also a possibility of me starting in December.
   
3. My progress with finding a place to live -- I can't really start on this one till I have a job lined up so this one is kinda on hold for the time being.
   
4. My progress on the book I'm writing -- The time lines are almost done the combination one is the hardest to put together.
   
5. My progress on cleaning my room and area in the basement -- wow I should really work on this. I'm getting together with my mom tonight about my budget and I have an idea I want to talk over with her on this too. hopefully we won't start fighting and pushing each other's buttons the way we normally do when we talk about things like this.
   
6. My progress on Quilts -- Haven't done anything on this for awhile.
   

Week 5

1. My progress through Financial Peace University -- Well I'd be doing better with this i fI had a job lined up for next month.
   
2. My progress with the job hunt -- I've been putting applications and resumes out there but haven't heard anything.
   
3. My progress with finding a place to live -- I can't really start on this one till I have a job lined up so this one is kinda on hold for the time being.
   
4. My progress on the book I'm writing -- I'm almost done with the timelines for the books I'm working on combining all of them into one so that I can tell what's going on when in each book with just a look.
   
5. My progress on cleaning my room and area in the basement -- Haven't done anything with this one in a while maybe I should work on this a little tomorrow, but I've been so motivated on the book that I hate putting it aside right now.
   
6. My progress on Quilts -- Really need to finish fire's binding so I can curl up with it while I'm working on the book.

Update Week 4

1. My progress through Financial Peace University -- Finished my monthly budget before class, saw an ad on tv tonight and want to seriously rework the budget but the money isn't there for what I want to get so it will be a couple of months before I can get Bones Season 4. Maybe I'll get lucky and get it for Christmas.
   
2. My progress with the job hunt -- as of right now I'm headed back to H&R Block don't really know where else to look. I feel like I've already applied everywhere at least once if not twice. I'm starting to loose hope at finding something and right now won't have money for bills in November and possibly December depends on when I start at Block. Don't know how many hours I'll be getting at Block so I don't truly know how long the money will hold out. Any one good with Resumes? I could use some help with mine I have one written but I'm not real happy with it and right now could use all the help I can get.
   
3. My progress with finding a place to live -- I can't really start on this one till I have a job lined up so this one is kinda on hold for the time being.
   
4. My progress on the book I'm writing -- Well I've worked some on the first book but realized that I'm getting to a point that I should really have timelines for the other ones also so that events that happen in one happen at the same time in the others so I've been working on that and it's been coming along.
   
5. My progress on cleaning my room and area in the basement -- Haven't done anything with this one in a while maybe I should work on this a little tomorrow, but I've been so motivated on the book that I hate putting it aside right now.
   
6. My progress on Quilts -- Really need to finish fire's binding so I can curl up with it while I'm working on the book.
   

Week 3 update

1. My progress through Financial Peace University -- Got home a little while ago. didn't get a chance to read chapters 14-18 hopefully I can get caught up on that this week while also preparing a budget.
   
2. My progress with the job hunt -- Belterra offered me a part-time position but I have decided to turn it down mainly because of the drive. As long as I complete 24 CE hours I'll be back working at H&R Block. I'm still holding out hope that something closer will come up. Hopefully I'll be able to apply at the right place at the right time and end up with a great opportunity. I'm also kicking around the idea of starting my own business, I have an idea but no clue as to where to start or how to start or anything, if anyone knows anything about starting a business or knows someone that does please help.
   
3. My progress with finding a place to live -- I can't really start on this one till I have a job lined up so this one is kinda on hold for the time being.
   
4. My progress on the book I'm writing -- Would love to be farther along on this one but just haven't had the chance to work on it lately.
   
5. My progress on cleaning my room and area in the basement -- The "Craft" desk is semi-cleaned off. I have enough room to scrapbook and what's piled on it is the items I'm using to scrapbook with. The computer desk is looking better, not great by any means but better.
   
6. My progress on Quilts -- I managed to get about four or five inches done while watching Bones last week maybe I'll get a few more done this week.
   

Here's the update from Week 2 update 2

1. My progress through Financial Peace University -- haven't worked on anything for next week yet. Need to read chapters 14-18
   
2. My progress with the job hunt -- I have an interview with two places set up for next week: 1. Belterra Casino the only downfall to this position is the drive is 1 1/2 hours from where I currently live, but it would be full time and have benifits, 2. H & R Block have to go through the interview process to be able to be rehired. I also put in an application at Office Depot and The Clothing Loft.
   
3. My progress with finding a place to live -- I can't really start on this one till I have a job lined up so this one is kinda on hold for the time being.
   
4. My progress on the book I'm writing -- I am up to being to the year 1988 in my book so it's going well, I haven't really been spending a whole lot of time on it. I'm trying to schedule in more time to work on it but that's hard for me I've never been one to do well scheduling time so it goes by without me noticing.
   
5. My progress on cleaning my room and area in the basement -- I had my computer desk in the basement cleaned off then I cleaned off my craft desk and things got piled up on the computer desk but I can scrapbook again!!!!
   
6. My progress on Quilts -- Going to work on this tonight while watching Bones or something on TV.
   

Week 2 Update

Here's the update from Week 2

1. My progress through Financial Peace University -- I finished the "homework" from last week on Friday so I'm all set for class tonight.
   
2. My progress with the job hunt -- I applied at Belterra Casino and have an interview set up for next week. I also have an interview with H&R Block next week to hopefully be rehired. I would prefer the job with Belterra cause it would be considered full time yeah the drive would be more than I truly want but to start out with I could live with it. I'm also headed to Office Depot to turn in an application so hopefully something will pan out for me.
   
3. My progress with finding a place to live -- I can't really start on this one till I have a job lined up so this one is kinda on hold for the time being.
   
4. My progress on the book I'm writing -- I am up to being to the year 1988 in my book so it's going well, I haven't really been spending a whole lot of time on it. I'm trying to schedule in more time to work on it but that's hard for me I've never been one to do well scheduling time so it goes by without me noticing.
   
5. My progress on cleaning my room and area in the basement -- Haven't really done anything with this, I really need encouragement in some of these areas. I'm having a hard time just sitting down and getting things done.
   
6. My progress on Quilts -- Haven't done anything here either maybe when I get home tonight I'll work on Fire's binding. Get it off of the list of things to do.
   

Update

When I began I said there was three things I was going to keep updating and posting about progress well I've thought of a few others also so I figured I'd give an update on the original three then start on the others.

1. My progress through Financial Peace University -- I go to the first official meeting for Financial Peace tomorrow night so hopefully it will go well.
   
2. My progress with the job hunt -- I've applied at a few places haven't heard anything from anyone yet so I'm still applying. One of my main problems with this one is I'm not sure what I want to do so I'm not sure where to apply. I know of some things I don't want to do but there's so much out there that it's hard to decide.
   
3. My progress with finding a place to live -- I can't really start on this one till I have a job lined up so this one is kinda on hold for the time being.
   
4. My progress on the book I'm writing -- I started writing a book in February and so far have a timeline set up. The book is going over several years kinda like a diary, it starts in 1978 and will end somewhere in 2008. So far I have 1978 through 1986 written.
   
5. My progress on cleaning my room and area in the basement -- I'm horrible when it comes time to clean and organize, I normally just take stuff and set it somewhere so I'm hoping that by forcing myself to update on here (hopefully around once a week or so) I'll be able to get things in order.
   
6. My progress on Quilts -- I currently have four quilts I'm working on in various stages. I've named each one there's Fire, Candy, Blue green, and flower. On fire I just need to finish hand stitching the binding I'm about half way through with it. Candy I need to sew the material for the binding together on the machine then attach it to the quilt and finish with hand stitching. Blue green the material is cut I'm working on piecing each square, when I designed this one I didn't think it would be this difficult to have each square be different. Flower is a paper pieced quilt that has two different squares I currently have the fabric for the first square cut out and am working on piecing it all together.
   

Starting out

So I decided to start a blog to follow my progress with several things:

1. My progress through Financial Peace University
2. My progress with the job hunt
3. My progress with finding a place to live
   

I went to an informational meeting for Financial Peace University tonight and have decided that my finances are out of control, so hopefully this will help, I know I have a long hard road ahead of me but it's better to start now than later. As for the job hunt I applied at Home Depot and Sears today hopefully I hear something from one or both of them. Once I have a steady job I'll be able to look more into a place to live.