Hey Readers!
Mary Berry's Cherry Cake - The Great British Baking Project
The first technical challenge of the Great British Baking Project (GBBP?) was Mary Berry's Cherry Cake, which introduced me to many new ingredients:
Our Horcruxes, Ourselves
For all two of you who read this blog (hi Mom and Dad,) I'd first like to explain what the heck is happening here!
I'm trying to go "back to basics." I'm starting with all my internet personas, which have been divvied up and spread out across the web. I keep making all these projects with different blogs/Instagrams/personas, with a whole bunch of different names that are NOT TTF. I then feel the need to maintain them all, which let's face it, feels like work. Then of course, they die out halfway through, because I hate anything that feels like work.
I'm sure at the time, I was making all these things to stop being "all over the place" and attract like-minded people to read one aspect of my thoughts and relate. In reality, I felt tied to only discuss one thing at a time. Then I ended up with a bunch of half-maintained pieces of myself all over. My horcruxes, if you will!
But what I've discovered is, my brain is all over the place, always twirling towards freedom x3, and that is how I function best. So over the next unspecified period of time, I will be bringing all my mares back to pasture. I've already started by moving all the posts from my debt relief blog of 2017. I must say, if I really wanted to spiral into a deep depression, I'd re-boot that thing to current affairs!
One thing I'm looking forward to with this reboot of my projects is that now my food instagram and my movie instagram aren't beholden to a character limit. Now I can finally post an actual recipe with instructions AND the review. Or a movie review that doesn't end because I ran out of space!
Until I quit halfway through again,
M
4.19.18 - How To Dectuple Your Debt In One Day!
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Hey readers!
Apparently, my "short hiatus" was like 5 months long! If I'm being honest, I stayed off the blog because I managed to go even further in debt over the past five months and was ashamed. How can I be a pillar of good example if I am
Now, I can rationalize this absence by revealing I managed to quickly go from $15K in debt to $186K in debt because I BOUGHT A HOUSE!!!!
I couldn't be more excited to be a homeowner and out of the renting game. My company is going "all in" with Rhode Island, and rent here is just getting ridiculous, so it was a good time to buy. I found a hidden gem in a quiet neighborhood with a mortgage that is only $4 more per month than the rent I was paying to live in an extremely loud and stressful area of the city! And I was not able to put down 20%, so that includes PMI, which means eventually the mortgage will go down from there! In short, it was a no-brainer to buy.
I plan to post a follow-up to this entry about things I learned about home-buying that no one tells you, but for now I just wanted to put it out there that I am alive and well!
M
11.17.17 - Happy Thanksgiving!
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I'm on a short hiatus - Happy Thanksgiving!
10.27.17 - Happy Halloween!
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I actually have a pretty big update, but I still need to wait until next week to formally announce it - so hang tight, readers!
Swap.com finally processed my submissions! It took about three months, but it is cool to see my stuff on the internet. Suddenly, my clothes look so much cooler on a mannequin on a website. They did reject some of my items for various reasons, PET HAIR being one of them. So I guess I'll be thoroughly washing and immediately quarantining the next batch of clothes for them. I still have no idea if this is going to be profitable, but it is fun. Now that they have finally processed my first batch, I can send the rest of my stuff out to them. I will let you all know if I manage to make any money.
Okay, so, full disclosure, my credit card debt total is actually higher than it has ever been, thanks to the Blue Cash Preferred card. I had to spend $1000 in a very short amount of time. None of it was bullshit, though! It was all term bills, groceries, and gas, so I will have to just make it back up to myself later. I've hit a wall financially where I couldn't pay all of my biweekly charges due to that, but I am back on the plan. Within the next few weeks, my situation will be changing rather dramatically, and I should be back in black in no time!
Happy Halloween!
M
10.18.17 - Internet Success
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A lot of stuff going on personally (mostly good), but not too many budget updates going on here. I am just trying to stay the course of my Action Plan through the end of the year! Fourth quarter is the toughest time, especially with the amount of traveling I have coming up!
I did finally make the switch to Verizon FIOS internet, after my previous provider (Cox) just wasn't cutting it. I have considered it for a long time since Cox kept raising the price little by little after my introductory rate, but between the installation and equipment fees, it still never made sense over time to switch. The stars and discounts aligned, however, and I managed to get a $50/month rate and no installation fee!
The technician informed me that since I owned my own router, and it was a very good one, that I actually didn't need to rent anything from them either, so that bumped the monthly fee down to a cool $39.99/month. AND I have more space in my entertainment center since I don't need a modem. AND it is superior internet. Win freakin' win, baby!
Stay Spooky!
M
10.10.17 - No Excuses!
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I love how as soon as I make a post mandating weekly updates, I totally lapse the first week.
Life is good, but honestly, not much is going on that I can share at this time. The only thing of note is that my Amex BCP credited my $200 back into my account almost the second I capped over $1000 of spending, so that is awesome! I read that they take two statements before they start giving you the cashback rewards on the other spending, so I will have to be patient I guess.
I meant to update last Friday, so here are my totals from then:
See ya!
M
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