GTBDFs Personal Journal

Bought Town and Country with CASH!!!

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:02:12 PST

It's been a while since I've been on but am happy to say that financial goals are still being met. I've been crazy busy getting the house ready to go on the market, which happens Monday. Monday is also when DH and I fly out to CO for a househunting trip. It looks like out move date...

HSBC is a big problem

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:00:55 PST

I can't log in to my new HSBC account -- AND they sent the customer ID and Password to my OLD address in Georgia, but sent the ATM card and PIN to my NEW (as of last december) address in Maryland! What is up with that!

I confirmed the amounts weeks ago and got all the info in...

Ode to Ugly Footwear

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:28:35 PST

(To an unaccepting, conformist society)

I can't wear my yellow slippers
Warm as they may be
because my yellow slippers
are not for THEM to see.
They're bright, they're old
they're worn clear through
Just like me, just like you,
My friends of old, to bar the cold;
My Knitted...

Came across this from December 1998

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:04:16 PST

I was trying to write my annual Christmas letter. I was 25 and really in debt!

Here it is:
[center][b]
Why I Just Can't Die Today
(Not that I'd Planned to Anyway)[b]

My debts aren't paid,
my bed's unmade,
My desk's a mess--
I do confess!

I've dirty shirts
and rumpled...

Called for help

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:18:34 PST

Well, I called the Employee Assistance number for DHs work (I remember seeing those flyers on the employee bulletin boards everywhere I worked, but never knew anyone who called them). Nice lady asked me a lot of questions and then gave me the name of a local psychotherapist. So,...

Diagnosis Depression -- Result: Flowers!

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:09:27 PST

Yep. It has struck me now, too. I've been trying hard to fight it, to ignore it, and to ovecome it, but it isn't working.

With DH working out of town full time now, and all the anxiety of an upcoming move with but no certainty of dates except that it will either be before Christmas...

It says "Look sexy naked"

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 22:01:00 PST

Sorry, I couldn't help it -- that's what the link under my last entry said! Whatever gave them that idea???

Anyway, DH is out of town, so I will go to the gym and work out to try to get to that aforementioned place. Sheesh! But I got YOu looking, now didn't I? LOL

Now I...

'spensive weekend

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 20:55:46 PST

How did it happen? We knew we were having people come in for the weekend, so how did it happen that I had no real food on hand for them? How is it that I ended up spending more than $100 for 3 days? I know part of it was 2 12 packs of beer and 2 bottles of wine, but even that was...

Can I call this a blessing?

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:39:53 PST

I just found out my mom and dad in law may not get here until Saturday instead of tomorrow. I love them and I'm looking forward to their visit, but last night I got WAY sidetracked with housecleaning and organizing and didn't know how I was going to have everything done before they...

Fighting mad!

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:10:32 PST

Okay, I'm going to rant, so if you don't wanna hear that kind of thing, just move on to my Inspiration report.

In July, DH and I stayed at a hotel in Stamford, CT on our way to NH (we stayed free due to accumulated points for business trips). We mistaskenly left the battery charger...

Flex Spending account...

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:56:14 PST

So, I have just filled out all the forms to get reimbursement for my and DH's over the counter meds and chiropractic adjustments. I hate paperwork - yuck! yuck! yuck!

And I just know they're going to pull something with the Chiropractic. If we went to the chiro. and filed through...

I can hear her now...

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:27:56 PST

The one who once revelled in eating the first ripe berry from the branch and having it explode with all its succulent flavor is scratching her way out -- she's rekindling the romance within me, and I am so thankful she is not lost. I can't wait to really get to know her again. I'm...

We are all Connected

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:26:31 PST

Beautifully connected. I admit, I'm on a high -- not a hyper type high, but a peaceful high. I have just come from a one hour massage. I had received a check for my birthday from my mother and father in law, and I chose to spend it on a 1 hr massage (for which, of course, I had...

Where is the One I used to be?

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:33:04 PST

I get so frustrated sometimes. You know? I've gotten over the part where I beat myself up over wasted money, but now I'm really frustrated by all the TIME that I've wasted. Time wasted watching TV. Time wasted procrastinating. Time wasted doing heaven knows what.

And they aren't...

Making progress

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:06:12 PST

Okay, just checking in. I've definitely spent too much time today on the boards already, BUT I did finish 2 units in my current class.

Academic goal: Finish course by Christmas.
On track. I have 3 more units to go and I'm done with this class and then only have 5 classes left...

Time to put the Goals in writing

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:32:35 PST

I think I have avoided doing this just because of the great number of unknowns in my life right now, but really, the future is always unknown, so I shouldn't let that stop me.

Academic goal: I am so doggone frustrated by my online project management certificate course (this will...

Microwave and toaster for $4.20

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:07:44 PST

Dh will need a microwave and toaster for his apt next month. Today I was at Goodwill dropping off some things and I went in to see if they had electronics like I'm looking for. They did! There were several microwaves to choose from and the one I got is big and old, but clean and...

Thank heavesn for good insurance

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:57:46 PST

My friend has good insurance and they are really doing a good job by her. She was so distraught this morning, I was really worried. But she changed insurance a few years ago after she couldn't get her agent to call her back. She went with Travelers this time and she said they have...

My friend's car just got totalled

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:24:58 PST

She called me this morning and told me she'd just been in an accident. Fortunately she's okay (although I hazard to guess she'll be sore from it). We'd just been talking last night about how she loves her car (It's a good, reliable, 2000 Ford something or other). She went ahead...

Categories?

tonyamfry@comcast.net (Great to Be Debt Free) — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:10:11 PST

Anyone want to tell me what I'm supposed to do about categories? And why?

Right now I'm going to sort photos to get them into albums. I'm about 5 years behind on this and wanna do it before we get packed up and move again!