Saturday, January 30, 2010

Pay off time!

All tax returns received and by April Nicole just needs to send off her $45 to State!
We're right on track with everything I mentioned in the last post and it feels great. Paying a year of HOA was a little painful (2400 almost), but worth it when we don't have to send that stupid 200 check every month I suppose. We also paid off credit cards the Dave Ramsey way! Start with the smallest and we've done 2 already. 1 more is scheduled and the other is Nicole's ring which will be paid off before our cruise around it's due date. What a relief! We should (key word lol) be able to pay off our bigger ones with ease after not having to make payments on all that crap listed above!

Tonight is the Full Circle Gala and we're really looking forward to it! Nicole has worked her tail off on it and it will be so nice to see it all come together. I really think the Silent Auction will be a success! We're going to look so cute tonight; Nicole will look STUNNING I just know it! We've never really been to a formal event together I don't think... :)

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Cruisin' soon!

Where to start, where to start?!

Welp, first things first, Nicole and I are TOTALLY looking forward to our cruise. I've come a long way with the excitement, but I'm truly excited and cannot wait for it! I'm in need of some serious chill and relaxation time and I'm determined to get it while to go on our Mexican Riviera Voyage!! Looking forward to Feb 13th, that's departure date!

Secondly, we had a nice 3 day weekend @ the Marina household! Their house is beautiful and everyone should see it!! Christie's little belly is so cute! We really enjoyed our time especially "Put your hands in the air!" or "Can I move the car a little closer?" LOL ;) Ruth's Chris has amazing food, but they will definitely need to redeem themselves in the service department! Can't wait to see them again (Thanks again you guys)

Things in the Kimpel-Sheldon household are just humming along. Our taxes are done and now it's time to PSO (Pay shit off!!) I got both my Federal and State return deposited today and Nicole's should be coming any time now. We are excited to pay off 3 credit cards, plus Nicole's engagement ring along with a full year of HOA! This will be a huge monthly savings and we'll be able to tackle our last 2 and biggest credit cards within the next 6 months to be all done before our wedding! The fun part will be redoing our bedroom. We're going to do it on about a 500 budget and we just need bedding and paint! Yay for blue\gray and white! :) We're very grateful for our large return and we feel very fortunate to be able to take care of business with it. Hope everyone was as lucky as us with their return and if not, hope the hit wasn't too big!

After our cruise we have my sister and Chad's wedding, the timing couldn't have worked out any better! It's literally the day we get off the ship in LA! We can't wait! It's going to be gorgeous! ;)

No big updates on the wedding plans really. Stay tuned! I'm sure this will all change soon and especially after our cruise! (from what I'm being told any way LOL)

There's a potential puppy in the works for after our cruise too... we love Janae too much to give her a 7th dog\2nd puppy to care for while we cruise!! ;)

Here's to big things in February!!