Whoops, got busy with LIFE

What a difference a year makes! I was looking over this blog recently and realized just how long it’s been since I’ve updated. Whoops. Life kinda got away from me this last year but no complaints, it’s been a fun
ride.

In the last year I have
*bought a house
*paid off over $10,000 in debt
*accumulated over $6,000 in savings
*taken steps to achieving a literary “career”
*got laid off

Aside from that last one it’s been a great year!

Where do you want to be in one year?

If you’d asked me a year ago I never would have imagined all of this
happening.

Yeah, so long time no updatey…

My apologies, as the designated keeper of the blog (a thankless job by the way) I have been lax in the actual updating of this blog. 

<insert excuses here>

It’s not that writing has taken a backseat. Oh nooooo, in fact I (startsmart) have recently been added as a columnist covering features for a local paper and Firebird is submitting to some of New York’s finest for consideration. 

Oh, and we got a joint (paid!) freelance gig.  Takes a bunch of time to be mutually motivated and snarky and helpful and figure out how to post on a new site and all that jazz.

But we are assisted by a wonderful, talented, sour skittles loving editor and her fab team.  While this project is tangentially related to personal finance it does give us a foothold for our target audience: the fiscally uneducated teenager!

If you’re so inclined, check out our premiere column http://community.sparknotes.com/index.php/2008/09/16/snark-bite-words-of-wisdom-from-some-sassy-sparkers/