tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post2190707791653332403..comments2023-08-15T07:49:45.055-04:00Comments on bloomabilities: Happy New Year! Mission Accomplished.alvinalinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04503984086482905226noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post-58110412564325675502009-01-13T11:48:00.000-05:002009-01-13T11:48:00.000-05:00Congratulations for being debt free. He is quite a...Congratulations for being debt free. He is quite a monster to tackle!!<BR/><BR/>And here's to your sleep and exercise! <BR/><BR/>My goal this year is to write everyday. I also want to make friends with a treadmill, and learn to love oatmeal.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12518878163429768512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post-50707427620301566132009-01-12T10:19:00.000-05:002009-01-12T10:19:00.000-05:00Congrats on being debt free. That is definitely th...Congrats on being debt free. That is definitely the way to go! :) Is that a Tarkay in the background? I love his prints.<BR/><BR/>LindseyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post-52565099509860184462009-01-12T10:07:00.000-05:002009-01-12T10:07:00.000-05:00CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING OUT OF DEBT. Now, never...CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING OUT OF DEBT. Now, never get into it again -- ever!<BR/><BR/>I made that resolution when I got out of debt the first time -- in the first year that I worked at Fidelity, I paid off all my debt (student loans from graduate school, irresponsible spending, having a horse I really couldn't afford but couldn't bear to part with) -- I paid them all off. I vowed never to get into debt again.<BR/><BR/>THEN, after many trips around the world - some paid for with my salary, some with credit cards, high rent, not working for a year and living off credit cards, later, I was in debt again, even MORE! <BR/><BR/>Now, I am not (perhaps I shouldn't admit this, but I will: because I filed for and got bankruptcy), I really did learn my lesson: I have no credit cards (by choice, I've proven that I can't handle them) and pay for everything with cash or do without. Doing without is a lot easier than I ever would have thought, I think maybe the whole country is going to become more frugal and get over the glut of spending of the last decades....go back to a more Benjamin Franklin approach to money.<BR/><BR/>Someone on NPR said recently that Ben Franklin would be "rolling in his grave" at how we have all been spending since the eighties!<BR/><BR/>ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS. It's a wonderful feeling to pay with cash and save.Libby Koponenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508041827996196293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post-45552431712311565472009-01-03T18:09:00.000-05:002009-01-03T18:09:00.000-05:00Oh, yes, I've contributed to the 401K since I star...Oh, yes, I've contributed to the 401K since I started working, so I'm in good shape there, at least!<BR/><BR/>Kerry, I think your babies should resolve to eat less poop in 2009.alvinalinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503984086482905226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post-53805389166048911032009-01-02T21:48:00.000-05:002009-01-02T21:48:00.000-05:00Congratulations! Now start contributing to your 40...Congratulations! Now start contributing to your 401K. Free money, seriously!!!<BR/><BR/>I never really make resolutions, but I am trying to eat more healthily. More fruits and veggies, more organic foods, items with fewer ingredients on the label and less processing, that kind of thing.yamsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12137479180057978586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post-63427811853188690322009-01-01T22:09:00.000-05:002009-01-01T22:09:00.000-05:00One of my resolutions was to not get a(nother) par...One of my resolutions was to not get a(nother) parasite this year. <BR/><BR/>sounds like it should be easy, since I live in America and all, right?<BR/><BR/>heh.<BR/><BR/>I have babies who think it's hiLARious to eat their own poop, so you'd be surprised... <BR/><BR/>happy new year!SWILUAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14676123927004595983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post-23987803403374586242009-01-01T15:35:00.000-05:002009-01-01T15:35:00.000-05:00Are you sure you didn't post *my* resolutions here...Are you sure you didn't post *my* resolutions here? :) They sound pretty familiar. I'm still working on the debt thing, because of grad school, but I'm almost done, and I think this year is the year to get it all paid off (minus the student loans, which will take a while longer). My other major goal is to save up to buy a condo or something, if I end up not moving to NYC, or to move to NYC if I find a job there. Here's hoping that the freelancing works out, actually, because I kind of like the freedom to live where I choose!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com