It's about time I take another one down!!

It has been a while since I was last able to make one of these posts!! I sent off the final payment for Store Card 2 this morning! Goodbye, 29% interest rate!!

Direct Deposit Advance - $0/$550
Store Card 1 - $0/$323
Credit Card 1 - $0/$400
Line of Credit - $0/$510
Credit Card 2 - $0/$685
Store Card 2 - $0/$2,798 - PAID!!
Credit Card 4 - $4,098/$5,150
Credit Card 3 - $4,064/$4,577
Auto Loan - $3,195/$4,140
Student Loan 1 - $1,876/$1951
Student Loan 2 - $2,650/$3,148
Student Loan 3 - $5,407/$5,614
Student Loan 4 - $5,748/$6,048

Total paid to date (including interest): $9,283.15

Next on the chopping block is another credit card. After I paid off all of my smaller balances (those under $1,000), I decided to stray from the Dave Ramsey plan a bit. My momentum and my financial discipline are pretty well established at this point, so I'm comfortable tweaking my plan.to pay off the higher interest rates first. September should bump me over the $10k mark! Woohoo!!

In apartment-deck-gardening news, we picked over two pints of cherry tomatoes yesterday. They're growing faster than the girls can eat them now, so there are finally enough for me and some to share! The green peppers are getting big and I can't wait to chomp into those. A squirrel has taken a liking to our peas (and nothing else), so we haven't gotten any of those yet. There's still time before the end of the season. I hope s/he's enjoying having some fresh produce. Especially since I usually only feed the wildlife moldy bread. Mmmmmm.... Spores...

Growing some green.

Just look at all that green!  Do you think that's going to grow into a twenty- or a fifty-dollar bill?

The peas are budding.  The tomatoes smell amazing.  The petunias appear to be a richer shade of purple every time a new one blooms.  The girls are loving our little garden in the sky.  It was a little difficult to convince them that we didn't need to water all the plants last week when we had a lot of rain, but they'll be happy when the sun is out again and we can get back to spending more time outside.

I'm so close to the $6k mark.  I hate being this close without quite making it and having to wait two more weeks!  It does, however, give me some motivation to work a little harder and earn a little more for the next paycheck.

Speaking of motivators, I've been listening to Rebound.  Rebound is a podcast by a couple who is working to pay off their debt.  It's always fun to hear what kinds of inexpensive fun they've come up with lately and hear what challenges and successes they've encountered in their journey.  They're doing a giveaway of some Dave Ramsey schwag right now.

Kid quote of the week:  (In response to my suggestion that my daughter drop her attitude.)  I DO NOT.  HAVE.  A.  BANANATUDE!!!