sigh of relief

GREAT NEWS!! At 2:45pm today, I made a "specific payment of balance" on my final credit card (hsbc) of $617.77. I do believe this was my first credit card (either that or citibank)..in college. it has been following me around ever since..and although the account has been closed for quite awhile now, the balance hung around...until now! FINALLY the last payment has been made! and so, i will continue the journey to becoming debt free! i still have car payments (just over 2 yrs' worth @ 0.9%) and the debt due to the bank of mom and dad...but for now, i will CELEBRATE just a tiny bit more of financial FREEDOM!! :D

intentions for august...

pay my remaining credit card balance IN FULL!! bye bye debt! :D

church @ summit

baby painting for the wofford family (my 1st commission!)

painting for hannah's birthday

necklace board (it's leaning now, but i need support on the backside & to add trim)

large art storage unit (disassembled & resized, but i've decided to paint while in its current state)

art supply storage unit (using leftovers from resized lg. unit)

new photo for linkedin account

bathroom touchups

read chelsea handler's book

trip to goodwill

interview, 8/10 :D

something i'm involved with at my internship...more to do next week! :)

(site plan review for apartments with UGLY architectural elevations. l.s. asked me to do some drawings to illustrate what changes could be made to the exteriors to make them compliant with UDO and PUD requirements as well as what would just plan make them more attractive! it's hard to see b/c it's on tracing paper...)

july

serveRDU july 13-16 (diaper drive)

31$ tithe

progressive payment (considering full payment?)

bcbs (321.08$ vs. 622$ cobra premium...duh!)

necklace board (prime/paint trim, attach trim, hang, new hooks..)

redo art "cube" (paint, reassemble); supply storage

sort/organize/purge/pack/etc.

bathroom touchups

job hunt continues...

cancel membership

goodwill

sketch-up

paintings for two anniversaries

paintings for hg and as

ironing marathon

new photo for linkedin profile

june 16th...

twenty-eight years ago at 8:52am colorado time, so 10:52am here, my wonderful mother and father welcomed me into the world. it seems odd that i'm about to be twenty-eight but i will still be celebrating with my family. i made a dinner reservation at paparazzi (an italian restaurant in lafayette village, north raleigh). dinner will be followed by cupcakes and gifts at the house. (a couple weeks ago, a co-worker brought in cupcakes for her birthday from a bakery just beyond the apex town limits in cary called simply cakes. i only had one but it was AMAZING. just the right size, not mini but not oversized. vanilla cake with strawberry mousse filling (surprise!) and "white" icing. fyi: thursdays are $1 cupcake days.) :)

my life is not what i expected it to be at this point in my life, but in most ways, it's way better. i have a lot to be thankful for and i am very appreciative for the life i have and the people who are on this journey with me. thank you to all of my family and sweet friends / acquaintances for making the past 27 years mostly wonderful. ;) 28 will be great, but hopefully even better.

anyways...happy birthday to me. :)

lyin' here with you so close to me

it's hard to fight these feelings when it feels so hard to breathe

caught up in this moment

caught up in your smile

i've never opened up to anyone

so hard to hold back when i'm holding you in my arms

we don't need to rush this

let's just take it slow

just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight

just a touch of the fire burning so bright

no i don't want to mess this thing up

i don't want to push too far

just a shot in the dark that you just might

be the one i've been waiting for my whole life

so baby, i'm alright, with just a kiss goodnight

i know that if we give this a little time

it will only bring us closer to the love we wanna find

it's never felt so real, no it's never felt so right

just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight

just a touch of the fire burning so bright

no i don't want to mess this thing up

i don't want to push too far

just a shot in the dark that you just might

be the one i've been waiting for my whole life

so baby, i'm alright, with just a kiss goodnight

no i don't want to say goodnight

i know it's time to leave, but you'll be in my dreams

tonight

tonight

tonight

just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight

just a touch of the fire burning so bright

no i don't want to mess this thing up

i don't want to push too far

just a shot in the dark that you just might

be the one i've been waiting for my whole life

so baby, i'm alright, oh let's do this right, with just a kiss goodnight

with a kiss goodnight

kiss goodnight

lady antebellum ~ just a kiss

lyrics

how is it already june?!

move 151 into savings account (jan-may 1/day savings)

30 into money jar for the month

summit..i have not missed a saturday in 3 months. :)

order teeth whitening trays from dentist

necklace board (finish painting, add hooks/hardware, hang)

floral installation (sand, add lining/stripe fabric, hardware, flowers, hang)

bathroom touchups (fill holes, sand, paint)

lynda.com / sketchup

read 2 books: water for elephants, coaching third

goodwill donations

pack away cool weather duds ~ summer starts on the 21st!

ikea

put together ikea cabinet (new), add doors, glass shelves

prime/paint parentals' closet while they are in md/pa

thoroughly CLEAN the garage while the parentals are gone

clean my bathroom

reorganize underbed storage/dressers/closet/etc.

**eligible for "new every two" on 6/7 -- i'm leaning towards a blackberry**

side story: my grandma sent me what i consider a significant amount of money to go towards my credit card debt. (i say that b/c to some, the amount may not be all that significant.) i used all but 200 of the money towards my balance...leaving the remaining balance to be just about two weeks' worth of unemployment benefits. remember my plan to be debt-free by my 30th birthday? i'll be 28 on the 16th. so in honor of my vow and about a year early...

***birthday present to myself: paying off the remaining balance / say goodbye to hsbc FOREVER!***