Goals Update

I have been thinking that since I have so many goals it would be a good idea to do a goals update once a month to help keep me on track to accomplishing them. Anything written in blue will reflect a status update on that specific goal.

*** I have been trying to get this post ot since Sunday! So sorry its so late, days have just flown by.

Financial
1) Pay back money owed to Retirement fund $353.58
2) Pay off ALL OSAP by May 2012
3) Get cat fund up to $1,500 and keep it there for as long as possible cat fund at 700ish
4) Save $700 in Christmas fund
5) Pay off $15,000 of Student debt (not including minimum payments)
6) Sort out cell phone iphone fund at 400ish put GST and a little snowflake into fund
-buy cell phone out right
-change cell providers
-get cheaper plan
7) Start stock portfolio

Personal
8) Get braces in January and pay for them in full in cash top set on Jan 25, and first payment of 500$ paid in cash
9) Reduce ownership of Crap by 50% 
10) Write will and living will
11) Sort out American citizenship before April 2012 went to embassy have a lot of paper work to read
12) Read 12 books from Canada or Ontario History section of my Library
13) Decide if Accounting is for me
14) Change jobs for better pay within Company
15) Expand and dedicate more time to blog
- Finish blog conversion and change sites (No later then August)
-Network more with other bloggers (friends)
-Attend Canadian Personal Finance Conference 2012
16) No Macdonald's Fast food for 2012 (drinks excluded) [This is a joint venture with my BF] 1 month down 11 more to go
17) Finish 2007 trip scrapbook
18) Renew sponsorship

Travel
19) Go to Salem Massachusetts with sister
20) Go to Fort York with BF
21) Go to Fort Erie with BF
22) Go to Niagara with BF
23) Go to Denver for Financial Blogging Conv. (I think)
24) Take an unplanned trip

My New Tittle

Do you remember this show? I never really got into it. But its a good name for me. I got my first row of braces on my top teeth today. In a few weeks after the Dentist figures out how to fit the bottom row on my  teeth I will get the second set.  The first bill was $500 which I expected to put on my credit card and than when the insurance kicked in, in a few weeks pay it off with what was returned to me and the difference coming out of my dental fund. This didn't happen. If you look to the right you will notice that I have a note under my Other Funds section. This note says:  Dentist fund owes the Vet bill fund $15.00. Between the time that I went for my first appointment and my appointment today the dentist stopped excepting credit cards unless the client excepts the 2% charge that the credit card company charges the merchant for the use of service. So since I didn't have exactly $500 floating around in my chequing account I asked the receptionist to use her computer to move money around. I took the full amount from the Vet bills account for simplicity and when I got home I moved the money from the dentist account to pay the vet bills account back. Without the insurance money I am am a bit short and now owe my Vet bills account 15$. Ah the joy of juggling accounts and money. 


I will say though that its a good thing I can type because I am still learning how talk with these things on. 


PS: today my sister got her braces off, ironic eh!

24 in 2012, a Year's worth of Goals

I have decided that since I don't have all my numbers yet to go over my 2011 Goals I would just post my 2012 goals. When I was doing my 2011 goals I remember thinking that maybe 13 goals was to many. But in stead of stream lining it I assigned myself 24. Travel is a new subsection for me. I would like now that I have a car to start doing small weekend or day trips. Also it's the bicentennial anniversary of the War of 1812 between Canada and the USA. So I want to go see lots of re-enactment's.


Financial
1) Pay back money owed to Retirement fund $353.58
2) Pay off ALL OSAP by May 2012
3) Get cat fund up to $1,500 and keep it there for as long as possible
4) Save $700 in Christmas fund
5) Pay off $15,000 of Student debt (not including minimum payments)
6) Sort out cell phone
-buy cell phone out right
-change cell providers
-get cheeper plan
7) Start stock portfolio

Personal
8) Get braces in January and pay for them in full in cash
9) Reduce ownership of Crap by 50%
10) Write will and living will
11) Sort out American citizenship before April 2012
12) Read 12 books from Canada or Ontario History section of my Library
13) Decide if Accounting is for me
14) Change jobs for better pay within Company
15) Expand and dedicate more time to blog
- Finish blog converstion and change sites (No later then August)
-Network more with other bloggers (friends)
-Attend Canadian Personal Fiance Conferance 2012
16) No Macdonald's Fast food for 2012 (drinks excluded) [This is a joint venture with my BF]
17) Finish 2007 trip scrapbook
18) Renew sponsorship

Travel
19) Go to Salem Massachusetts with sister
20) Go to Fort York with BF
21) Go to Fort Erie with BF
22) Go to Niagara with BF
23) Go to Denver for Financial Blogging Conv. (I think)
24) Take an unplanned trip