$1,400 Credit Cards Debt Gone!

I’m still paying off credit card debt.  I made all my credit card payments for the month of June.  I went a little crazy and paid over $1,400 on my credit card balances!   Last month ended with my credit card balance at $35,973 and this month I’m down to $34,522!  Thank you Google and [...]

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Paying Off Debt – Some Cool Updates

Since getting on the debt free bandwagon, I’ve had my share of ups and downs.  At times I’ve felt like getting out of credit card debt was going to be an impossible uphill battle and considered giving up.  Paying off credit card debt felt too overwhelming, I was hopeless and thought things would never get [...]

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Credit Card Payoff – I’m Down to TWO!

I’m taking a huge leap in paying off credit card debt. I got so excited about my credit card consolidation and the low balance this consolidation left on my  Chase credit card that I decided to do a credit card payoff and now I’m down to two credit cards!  This is a HUGE balance [...]

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I’m still hanging in there! | Debt Update

I’m still paying off credit card debt.  I didn’t fall off the wagon and go on a credit card spending spree.
Here’s the progress made in the last few months getting rid of credit card debt:
Credit Card Snapshot From Mint.com.  My credit card balance is at $35,973.62!  I’m not nearly where I wanted to be when [...]

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January Online Income – Best Month Ever!

Woooooo Hoooooo!  I feel like I’m finally getting somewhere with my online income.  January was my best month ever!
January Online Earnings Breakdown
$153.59…………..EPN
$  50.00…………..2 EPN signups – I’m not sure when I’ll get credited for these.
$236.55…………..Commission Junction – Diet Related Stuff sold through links
$  51.48…………..PPC
$    6.76…………..Amazon Associates – I sold some weird stuff here
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$498.38 Online Earnings [...]

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Credit Card Debt Under $38,000

This morning I logged onto all my stinking credit card accounts online to make sure all recently scheduled payments had been posted to my accounts.  Why?  Because I’m paranoid I’ll somehow miss a payment and lose my good interest rates.  I don’t ever want to go back to 30% + interest rates.
As I went through [...]

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Getting Out of Debt

Getting out of debt is hard, too bad there’s not an easy button or a restart button that we could all push and instantly be debt free. I’m choosing to get out of debt the old fashioned way, paying off the debt. I have consolidated some of my credit cards and taken advantage [...]

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2009 Financial and Personal Goals

I can’t believe it’s 2009!  The years are flying by but my debt seems to hang in there.
I’m feeling really hopeful about 2009.  We made a ton of progress in 2008, and paid down a bunch of debt, we paid off back taxes owed to the state of California and paid off a vehicle.  [...]

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Thankfully Christmas is OVER!

I can’t tell you how happy I am now that Christmas is OVER!  My living room is still a mess, there’s still piles of wrapping paper and piles of gifts laying around.  I told my kids I want all their gifts put up by tonight, I just don’t want to look at any of [...]

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We’ve been paid!

I’m breathing a HUGE sigh of relief!  Let me tell you not getting paid for over a month is a challenge.  
My husband’s check didn’t show up until 1:30 pm, so I was sweating it out a little, imagining all sorts of things going wrong.  I immediately ran into town to deposit it at my [...]

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