Update

Yesterday was my parent's wedding aniversary. They've been married 36 years.

1. My progress through Financial Peace University -- Okay I'm proud of myself. I've managed to complete Baby Step 1 and I have a Cash Flow Plan for February, and I'm part way done with March. I need to complete the Debt Snowball before I finish March's Cash Flow Plan. Today's Financial Peace class is on Debt so I'm syked. I'm ready to start Baby Step 2 and today's lesson is on Baby Step 2 I am so ready for this. I felt this time would be better for me. Now if only I could control the amount of income I have coming in, I would be better off.
   
2. My progress with the job hunt -- I'm currently working at H&R Block with the luck I've been having finding a job I'll end up staying till April 15. As for Kings Island I just need to go to Associate Services once they open up and get my paperwork processed. I have it all filled out so I'm actually waiting on them. I'm still looking for something more permanent but I'm excited to go back to Kings Island. I'm still thinking about going back to school but the only problem is how would I pay for it. I'm also kicking around the idea of starting my own business but don't know how well that would go over and I'm not sure where to start with it.
   
3. My progress with finding a place to live goal out by 2013 -- Well I would love to be able to move out but right now I am having problems meeting the bills I have I don't think it would be wise for me to move out and add on more bills to those I already have. I'm waiting till I have a steady income.
   
4. My progress on the book I'm writing -- Well I'm going to start working on this soon I have several things on the back burner that I need to look up but that shouldn't take too long. then I should be able to start writing again. I just need to figure out where a few things land on the time line before I get too far back into it.
   
5. My progress on cleaning my room and area in the basement -- well this has kinda blown up. I now need to also clean the family room, living room and dining room. I need to kick my butt into gear and work on this. I've told myself that once the binding on the quilt I'm working on is done I'm going to get the cleaning done. I should have the quilt finished today so the cleaning will be started tomorrow.
   
6. My progress on Quilts -- I'm down to about a foot left to finish on Fire's binding, I'm going to attempt to post some pictures once its finished. hopefully Candy's binding won't take as long. I ahve half squares to finish on the Flowered quilt, then I can sew the blocks together to form the top. Then I'll have to figure out how to put some money into the budget for the quilting of it. I'm hoping to get mom to do the machine part of the binding on Candy so that when I'm ready to start the hand sewing it's ready to be worked. I still have a lot of work to do on the Blue Green quilt though Mom has done some work on it.
   

Winter/Spring Week 1 Update

1. My progress through Financial Peace University -- I started the new session last Wednesday, I can already tell that this time will be more benificial for me. I haven't done the quickie budget yet for this week but I know that I'm not going to be able to be at tomorrow's class so I'm not too worried about it.
2. My progress with the job hunt -- Well I've started back at Block so I figure I'll probably finish off the season here. I reapplied at Kings Island and have been rehired. Can't wait for that to start. I'm still looking for something more permanent but I know that if I'm careful with the money I'll be able to make it through this year. I found a job that I'll be applying to in Sunday's paper. I'm also thinking about going back to school for accounting but I'm not sure if I should or not.
3. My progress with finding a place to live -- I now have a job but I need to get the bills paid off before I move out. Hopefully I'll be able to make my goal of moving out in 2013, don't know if it will be to an apartment or a house but hopefully I'll be able to be out of my parent's house.
4. My progress on the book I'm writing -- I haven't been able to work on the book that much since I'm trying to work on cleaning and quilting. I wish there were more hours in the day at times.
5. My progress on cleaning my room and area in the basement -- The room is almost clean the rest of the house has a little bit of work left to do on it. The area in the basement still needs some major work.
6. My progress on Quilts -- I have probably around 2 to 3 feet left to do on Fire's binding then I'll be working on Candy's binding. The Flowered quilt I have the stripped squares finished and half of the other squares are done. It shouldn't take too much more time to finish the squares.