Says Me

Bleeding money

2009-03-10T20:37:37Z

I am holding tight to the tourniquet to hopefully staunch the bleeding . . . from my wallet. March is turning into an expensive month! I paid off the $5890 for the trip (now to pay that back), plus $263 for my share of the single supplement. Trav...

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Happy Valentine's Day!

2009-02-14T23:37:09Z

Today is the half-way mark in my quest to go one month without eating out. I had a clean week, but it is difficult. I think about eating out every day. Starbucks is probably been the hardest to give up. Pei Wei would be a distant second. I guess I...

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Jinxed myself

2009-01-26T16:53:16Z

I think about writing here most every day. I’ve had this title and topic ideas floating around in my head for days. It’s mostly written in my brain. It’s getting it here via the keyboard that’s the issue. I like Facebook because you can be commun...

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Money makes the world go 'round

2008-12-02T17:13:18Z

Last year I made a commitment to myself to pay off all my credit card debt. I was tired of lying in bed at night chiding myself for letting it get to be so much. On five or six different cards (I don’t remember now). I started by enrolling in Fin...

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New widget

2008-08-09T21:19:10Z

I added my first real widget today (lower right column) . . . it takes a second to load, but it clocks how many days are left until Tanzania!

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Tanzania Discovery Safari

2008-07-08T16:28:55Z

Day 1-2: Depart U.S. / Arrive Arusha Connect in Amsterdam with your flight to Kilimanjaro Airport, arriving late evening. You will be met by Thomson Safaris staff and transferred to your lodge. Overnight: Kigongoni Lodge Day 3: Arusha Begin you...

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June 15, 2009

2008-07-04T01:03:44Z

The day I leave for Africa.

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Guess what I just did?

2008-03-13T15:40:46Z

Put my down payment on my 2009 trip to Africa!

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Into Africa

2007-09-08T20:01:56Z

Two friends from work and I are talking about taking a trip to Africa. So I've started a group blog so we can track our reasearch, ideas, itineraries and basically work out what we are each looking for (like sleeping in a permanent, perfectly saf...

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