so i got a ping yesterday from my mortgage broker at my local bank — several months ago i approached my bank and, because i was curious what my financial situation would look like if i wanted to buy a condo, i went through the mortgage financing process without having (much, if any) intent to […]
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we now continue our previously scheduled splah. of course, i wound up quitting that job. entailed with the job switch was a switch from driving to using cta rapid transit to get to work, a $75/month pass (bought eventually, after i got over my hangup about the CIA being able to track my daily movements; […]
so, recently i managed to finally get myself out of credit card debt. about 7 years ago, i took on two major expenses — i bought a new 2001.5 Volkswagen Passat GLS sedan, and i bought my mother a house in rural texas. then about a year later, my personal circumstances dramatically changed and, suddenly, […]
so yesterday i submitted two online payments to my citibank mastercard for the last $2202.10 of my credit card debt. it’s, like, paid off now, and shit. and then i did my 2008 budget and flung some at Médecins Sans Frontières, because i am a wild woman and you cannot stop the crazy when i […]
figuratively, and about to be literally (again: 5-7 inches predicted for today. hoo-frickin’-ray). sorry the blog has been radio silent lately. i’m buried under with email, my house was a train wreck (happily, i have made improvements), i had a bunch of financial crap i had to deal with, my car was in the shop, […]
