About Me

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| BABY STEPS |

B1 = Baby EF $1,000 EF
B2 = Debt Snowball started
B3 = BIG EF (3-6 mos)
B3.5 = Save 20% for our 1st house
B4 = Invest 15% to Roth
B5 = College Fund for Kids
B6 = Payoff Mortgage
B7 = Build Wealth

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Credit Card Balances

CC01--$406--BofA
----Paid 9/18/09
CC02--$455--1st Prem
----Paid & Closed 2/20/09
CC03--$425--Cap 1
----Paid & Closed 2/27/09
CC04--$489--Orch 4
----Paid & Closed 2/27/09
CC05--$538--Orch 1
----Paid & Closed 3/27/09
CC06--$697--Orch 3
----Paid & Closed 3/27/09
CC07--$585--Credt 1
----Paid & Closed 4/27/09
CC08--$305--Best Buy
----Paid & Closed 7/29/09
CC09--$475--Orch 2
----Paid & Closed 9/18/09
CC10--$490--Cap 1
----Paid & Closed 9/18/09
CC11--$1,169--Kay
----Paid & Closed 5/29/09
CC12--$2,400--Dell
Loan--$2432 --American Gen
----Paid & Closed 5/29/09

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Medical Collection Accounts
these babies are old - but on the credit report. have to pay in order to get a home loan in the next year! Plus they ARE mine. :)

Paid today (10.5.09)
COL0 $118.00
COL0 $61.00
COL0 $7
COL0 $51

Left to pay by January
COL1 $55.00 - PAID 11/17
COL2 $59.00 - PAID 11/13
COL3 $69.00 - PAID 10/16
COL4 $92.00 - PAID 11/17
COL5 $118.00 - PAID 11/6
COL6 $200.00
COL7 $214.00 - PAID 11/17
COL8 $218.00
COL9 $220.00 - PAID 11/17
COL10 $232.00
COL11 $247.00
COL12 $449.00
COL13 $698.00
COL14 $753.00
COL15 $1,159.00
Total $4765.00
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Savings Goals
SOME SAVINGS ON HOLD TO PAY OFF REMAINDER OF BILLS. ONLY SHORT TERM and MID TERM ARE BEING ADDED TO.

Short Term (MMDA)
$300 / month for medical, clothes, tags, etc)

Mid Term (ING Savings)
$200 / month for replacement car, downpayment for house, vacation)
Goal = $1000 by 12/31/09

Long Term (ING Savings)
$100 / month for IRA and college accounts (3 kids)
Goal = $500 by 12/31/09

EmerFund (Credit Union Savings)
$100 / month for emergencies
Goal = $500 by 12/31/09

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A FICO Make-Over Story
There was once a girl who was married to a boy. They mis-judged and mis-used their credit for ten long years. One day, after everything was just about hopeless, they decided to turn their life around. This is a story of how a fun-loving couple in their 30s decided to become debt free, in order to purchase their first home for their three lovely children.

JJ's Scores

JR's Scores

The scores are lowwww and dirty! But if anyone can change it - these two can!

Follow their progress. The Scores will be updated every 90 days. Watch for the next update on 8.29.09. -UPDATE- Slight change, mostly upward!

**Thoughts on Mays Scores**
They are going UP! I cannot believe it! We are finally getting somewhere! How exciting!

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Fell. Off. Hard.

January 26th, 2009 at 01:03 pm

Grooooaaaan!

I cannot believe I did it again. Fell off the bandwagon, that is.

And only one month in this time. There is so much going on, I don't even know where to begin.

I need to go through and update everything; goals and balances.

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5 Responses to “Fell. Off. Hard.”

whitestripe Says:
January 26th, 2009 at 01:22 pm

don't worry. as long as you have jumped back on now (???) you can reverse everything. it will just take a little longer, but you have lots of support here.
Little L Says:
January 26th, 2009 at 01:32 pm

Been there, done that. All you can do is pick yourself up and start over. Blogging really helps, and if you have nothing to say, read other people blogs. I read about 8 or so blogs, in addition the the ones here at Saving Advice. It keeps finances at the forefront of my mind and helps to keep me motivated. Good luck!
creditcardfree Says:
January 26th, 2009 at 02:17 pm

Welcome back! You can get back on track.
baselle Says:
January 26th, 2009 at 10:05 pm

Dust yourself off and c'mon back.

Might I suggest that you concentrate on one goal? Just laser beam it and get a success under your belt that you can build on. Then go for your other goals. I see your left panel and all of the wonderful projects and I think, "wow, that's like running several marathons when you are concentrating on walking."
PRICEPLUS Says:
January 27th, 2009 at 08:45 am

The idea is to dust yourself off and get right back upon the wagon! In the end persistence pays off! You can and will be successful!

No Pain | No Gain

No one ever said this was going to be easy.

Fell. Off. Hard.

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