remember your audience

During a lesson on idioms:

Student: Ms. L, is 'better small than not at all' an idiom?

Ms. L: I've never heard that, but it sounds like one. Sound to me like it means you should be thankful for something even if it's smaller than you hoped. Better to have something small than to not have anything.

(Table full of boys start giggling. The reality of what I just said hits me.)

Ms L.: Ok. Who's heard the idiom, 'I just put my foot in my mouth'?

: ) WG

still missing

My Piggy is gone.

I searched high and low. I ransacked my house. I had someone else ransack my house. I looked in every crack and crevice.

I showed him to my sister last Friday night. Where did he go? Did he grow legs and walk away? Did he run away because of the new pig?

I find it ironic and honestly quite scary that I just blogged about him and he turns up missing.

I am so, so, so sad. How could I manage to keep him for 27 and a half years, and then lose him in one weekend? It just doesn't seem possible.

This past weekend was the first time in my entire life that I spent the night at my parent's house without Piggy, or at least without the knowledge of where he was. This just seems like a really mean joke. Piggy is a huge part of my childhood, and I have no idea what happened to him.

Piggy, please come home.
: ( wg

this is how i did it

This weekend, I was finally able to pay off the final amount on my 2nd to last credit card! I opened this card in 05 because it had a great transfer option deal. I never used the actual card itself to purchase anything. I only ever transferred balances. In the beginning, the balance was around $7,000. As of two years ago, it was closer to $5,500.
But today - it's $0.00!!!!!

I feel so financially awesum.

Now, I do still have some credit card debt. I started this blog with about $8,000 in credit card debt. I've managed, in two years, to cut that by over half. In order to keep myself motivated and help other awesum debtors, I'm going to explain HOW I DID IT.

1. Get the card out of the wallet. Fingertip access brings spending temptation to a whole new level. Get the card out of the wallet NOW.
2. Pay off the highest interest rate first. (Since I'm finally down to one card, this will be a sinch!)
3. Throw money it at like it's your job. Any and all extra money goes to your debt.
4. Set manageable goals. Saying, "I'm getting out of this in one year" is unrealistic. However, saying, "I'm going to pay off 10% of the total amount in one month" is doable.
5. Finally, finally, finally get a car with working air conditioner and under 100,000 miles when you are out of debt. At least, that's what I'm going to do.

Yay, yay, yay financially responsible me!

ps

this blog is going private

missing

My beloved Piggy that I blogged about a few days ago is missing. Seriously, missing.

I don't know how I can know where he is before I leave the house and come back to find him gone.

If someone is playing a joke on me, this is NOT FUNNY.

I am devastated, and that's no exaggeration. If you lost the most precious piece of your childhood you would be devastated, too.

I do not feel foolish for saying this: Dear God, Please, please, please let me find him.

- a distraught working girl

Happy Anniversary WG

Remember how it all began? Yep, for those of you who didn't know, I started this blog with grandiose plans of blogging my way out of debt in one year. That was in April of '07. I'm no mathmetician, but something tells me I didn't meet that goal.

However, prepare yourself for an AWESUM TEASER ALERT : Credit Card Update Coming Soon!

With or without credit cards, I am happy to be The Working Girl.

8 days a week

I was tagged by my new blogger friend Tamela
to do 8 things! Yay! We all know how
much I love to talk about myself, so let the fun begin...

Here's how to do this 8 THINGS thing:

• Mention the person that tagged you.
• Complete the lists of 8's.
• Tag 8 of your wonderful bloggy friends.
• Go tell them you tagged them!

8 THINGS I LOOK FORWARD TO

1. Paying off my credit card debt! I am SO CLOSE!
2. Going DOWN UNDER on my Australian Adventure this summer.
3. Shadowing Tom and Julie during "O2E" Montreat Middle School 2009 in July.
4. Being a bridesmaid in Marcia and Adam's wedding ... only one week away!
5. Starting an MFA program in 2011!!!!
6. My next Wumpkin Weekend - let's start planning!
7. The next Harry Potter movie - will it ever come to theaters?
8. Hot, hot, hot summer days. Come visit. We'll hit the beach.

8 THINGS I DID YESTERDAY

1. Contemplated whether or not the new jeans I bought were just comfortable or mom jeans.
2. Dealt with the unenthusiastic children in 1st period.
3. Relished in the fabulous behavior of 2nd period.
4. Went to Larry's Giant Subs during 3rd period.
5. Said things like, "Are you seriously complaining about this? Children in Africa don't have food to eat and you're upset over having to do book work?" to 4th period.
6. Dodged questions like, "Do you have a boyfriend, Ms. L?" in 5th period.
7. Counted down the minutes until 4:15 in 6th period.
8. Waited for what seemed like ever for Janine to get here, met up with Kat and Siobhan, had drinks, ran into George, and then hit the Brix.
   

8 THINGS I WISH I COULD DO

1. Rid my house of clutter.
2. Become independently wealthy.
3. Vacation in the Philippines.
4. Volunteer in the Greek Isles.
   
5. Motivate myself to write.
6. Find the cure for cancer.
7. Walk with Ashley at the CF walk next Saturday.
8. Be eligible for one of the many student loan forgiveness programs for teachers. I am inordinately screwed in each category.
   

8 SHOWS I WATCH

1. Gilmore Girls (like this comes as a shock)
2. Law and Order: Criminal Intent (though I wish Eaves would stop relying on Goren)
   
3. Real Housewives on Bravo (hangs head in shame)
4. Cold Case on A&E (take that bad guys)
5. Biggest Loser (it's never too late to try!!!!)
6. Top Chef (Chef Tom is also my gay bear fantasy)
7. Scrubs (I can't decide if I'm more JD or Elliot)
8. Millionare Matchmaker (could my tv shows be any trashier?)
   

8 BLOGGERS TAGGED

1. Heather - you know you want to!
2. Emily - as long as there are no more stories about poo!! : )
3. Kim - it's way past time for an update
4. Natalie - neighbor! oh neighbor!!
5. Morgan - perhaps you could do 8 things for Stockton?
   
6. Jami - perhaps you could do 8 super-studious-artistic things?
7. Marlette - girl your blog is long past overdue
8. Lindsay - the girl who does this great blog called Picture Praying

Have fun!