A new year, A new me!

So, I basically when MIA for the past year. There has been quite a bit that has gone on that I really haven't been able to keep up with everything.  For starters, as many of you were aware, I am in graduate school and I am happy to report that I have officially started my 12 week count down.  In 12 weeks I can officially say I am done with school and I will hold a Master's of Management.  Yay me!! It has been so hard to keep up with a family, work, grad school, and everything else in between let alone a blog and YT channel!

My daughter has been asked to join a dance team! Yay her! Which has also taken up some of our time. Pictures soon to come! And I have a ongoing bout with pneumonia that has continued to kick my ass!  I am convinced my constant illness has something to do with the new building my company has recently moved us into!  They used to dissect and study dead bodies in here! Gross right?!?!

Oh yeah! I am back to my natural hair color...Dark Brown...and I am growing it out! Hooray for it being to my shoulders.  Ok, Ok, I couldn't just do the completely dark brown look right off the bat. I put some "peek-a-boo" highlights underneath to soften to look considering I have been practically blonde for years!  Next appointment though, I am ditchin' the blonde and opting for red (I think)!

Anyway, I wanted to post because I am ready to get moving on this blog again. I really did enjoy this and my YT channel.  It was my gateway from reality and escaping my life for an hour or two a day!

So here is the plan, I will continue to revolutionize the way I run my life just as I did for the past two years (P.S. I am out of debt...with the exception of school, so yes I did what I needed to do for last years revolution...can I get another YAY ME!).  This blog will still focus on health, weight loss, fashion, beauty, and all the other girly stuff.  But it will also include my new revolution for the year!  That post is to be coming soon!  I am truly excited about it.

YouTube will still remain on hiatus. I really dislike all the haters out there and I hate having to monitor all the stinkin' comments they make.  So, blog readers encourage your friends to come here. If you are here from my YT channel, stick around, there will be more tutorials and fun videos on here than on YT.

I have lots of ideas...I just need to put them into action! Let me know what else you want to read about too!

Missing blogging & to future blogdeavers!

Nicole

Revolution Post-Month 2 Down for the Count

Hi everyone!  So this month blew completely.  You know the saying when it rains it pours????  Whelp! That is what totally happened this past month.  So, numerous annual bills came in the nifty mailbox this month, which we expected and budgeted for HOWEVER, what was not budgeted nor expected was my husbands beat up stinkin car to break down and cost us....$2,084.63! YEP!! So much for saving this month!! But I am still determined to get rid of this debt at whatever means necessary.  So this weekend (after doing videos and homework) I will be going through my house to sell! Yep! a good ol' yard sale.....on ebay! haha! But at least this can make up for the extra funds that was spent on that stupid old tank of a car!

I also am waiting anxiously to see if I get a call back from MakeupGeekTV for a paid position with them on youtube where I would be reviewing products.  They were suppose to announce the top 10 finalists on Wednesday, however they have said that there has been a delay due to the amount of entries and the fact that there were A LOT of good entries as well.  So wish me luck!  This is something I really want, and it will be for something I really enjoy doing!

I am still on track and still going based off of what my debt-plan details.  && b/c of that I am now on credit card down! WOOHOO!! & it feels good that I can say that.  The next one...given that there is no other surprises, is due to be paid off in July.  Then as soon as taxes are done and we have our return we will have two other expenses paid off! I am trying to remain as positive as I can, I have even learned more about couponing <---not sure if that is a word or not! 

Here is to tipping the cup from all the stress of the month of Feb!

Revolution Post - Month One Down

Hey Everyone! Soooooo 1 month down and we are off to a pretty darn good start.  As you can see in the first month we were able to get rid of 6.5% of our debt! WooHoo!  You know what else is awesome....the fact that it is this month and we get to pay off a credit card this month!

So, I have been looking around the net and ran in to this awesome website that is also challenging its readers to go Debt Free in 2011!  Click here to read all about it.   They are already on Week 5 I believe but that is okay.  They offer a couple of worksheets to help everyone become debt free. 

I am going to stick with how I am doing mine right now, because I already started and it seems to be working for us.  However, I found the website had a TON of usuful information.  They are always updating with free deals and coupons and such!!  So, check it out. 

Meanwhile, we are continuing to pay down debts and this month I think we are filing out TAXES which is great, because we are going to pay off 2 items not included in the overall debt... YAY!!

Hope there are some of you out there jumping on the bandwagon with me!

Jacksons & Benjamins Ahoy!

Revolution Post-Figuring out what I've Got

Ok for the first step of this revolution is to sit down and figure out what I've got to get rid of.

So I have four credit cards totallying a whopping $13,126.23.

I found this awesome website that offers a debt calculator that allows you to figure out how much debt you have and helps you determine the information you need to know about it, like how long it will take to you pay it off, how much interest you will be paying, and how much you need to pay each month to pay it off in a certain time.

http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/debtplanner/debtplanner.jsp

So here is where I put in all my credit card information.  The second step is to choose the plan you want to do with the information.  There are 3 options: Minimum Payments, Fixed-Payments, & Debt-Free Deadline.  I will be choosing the Debt-Free Deadline of 1 year 6 months.

Here is what my pie chart comes out to looking like:

If you look on the top of the page, I have replaced my weightloss ticker (from tickerfactory.com) with a new debt-ticker (also from tickerfactory.com).  Each time I pay one of these credit cards I will update the ticker so I can watch how I am progressing towards my goal!

Here is to becoming Debt-Free in 2011 (and part of 2012...hahahaha)!

Greens, Golds, & Benjamins!

A New Year, A New Revolution

Hi Everyone!  Okay, so one year ago today I began a weightloss revolution.  I lost 26.4 lbs this past year....not all of what I wanted to loose but a majority of it.  I think I have to say that last years revolution was a success.  This year I am still going to try to shed that last 10 lbs but I am not going to stress over it this year.

You can go back to here to see the program I did.

&& You can go back here to see the finish of the program.

& Just to recap.  I have not gained or lost any weight since I finished the program!!

So Now what is this years revolution?  Well watch below for your answer.  It's a lot easier to tell you then to type it.  WARNING:  I tend to talk a little too much in these videos!  Also, I was totally driving while fliming!

So here is to a new year & a new revolution!