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Adventures in Wordpress Upgrades

Yes, I finally upgraded my Wordpress installation on AinD.com tonight. It was a little more complicated than normal because I had to back everything up, then remove the installation through Fantastico in my website hosting panel, then reinstall the FTP way. Everything went well though, as you can see. After the usual “I forgot to assign the database user to the appropriate database”-type of problems, I just imported my back up DB and all is well. We’re back humming along with the latest Wordpress installation and now I can go back to watching the hockey game (my “free” entertainment for the week.)

Financial Resolutions for 2008

This is the time of year when we start gathering with family to celebrate the holidays, eat lots of food and exchange presents. It’s also the time of year when we start thinking about resolutions for the new year. These may be things you’d like to start doing, or stop doing, or maybe it’s just a good time to reset your “clock” and start fresh again.

I thought I would come up with some financial resolutions for 2008, and see how well I can stick to them. Seeing as how I enjoyed my “$5000 Debt Payoff” contest, I think a few more resolutions are in order. Without futher ado, here you are:

1. Pay off LOC #1 and close the account. This one may be a little difficult as I’ve got to dip into it in order to help out with the first/last months payments I’ll need for the new apartment, but on the good side of this, I’ll only need to dip in for one of the payments. So it shouldn’t prolong things for too long.
2. Move all of my debt to LOC #2. The interest rate on this account isn’t as good as some of the balance transfer rates I can get on credit cards, but since I want to slim down my financial profile (that is, only carry the credit vehicles I need. One LOC for emergencies, one credit card with a low limit for bills, and one for regular shopping.) this is a good option. Making life easier for me by decreasing the number of places I need to send my money for debt repayment is a good thing.
3. Pay off $10,000 of my debt. This is a more than half of my current debt-load, however I’d like to be ambitious about it this year. With the new apartment saving me some cashola each month, I figure that will let me pay off more of the debt in the long run.
4. Write more on this blog. Okay, this one’s not a financial goal, but it’s a goal on my financial blog, so I figure it can go on the list.

There, my four financial resolutions for 2008. What are yours? Do you do make resolutions? Do you keep the ones you make? Let’s hear from you!

Who’s Linking to Adventures in Debt?

In an effort to start posting more frequently these days (sorry about that, work has just been so incredibly busy, that I just can’t seem to find the time…maybe it’s time to bring out the GTD methodology here), here’s a quick one.

Who is linking to AinD?

• Tina Silva’s Blog – A great personal blog from Tina, who’s always talking about interesting things.
• The Frugal Law Student | Personal Finance and Productivity From the Perspective of a Law Student – A good personal blog from the Frugal Law Student, with lots of tips and good suggestions.
• No Credit Needed Network – A wonderful community that helps you be responsible for your own debt, or savings.
  
• NCN Network Chart: Canuck in Debt – The permanent link to my chart on the NCN.
• Moolanomy weekly roundup #5: “My One Money Advice” edition – Moolanomy’s contribution to the My One Money Advice meme.
  
• Finding Roy.com: August 20, 2007 – Roy’s contribution to the My One Money Advice meme.
  
• Retire Years Earlier with 1 Easy Tip – More Merchant’s contribution to the My One Money Advice meme.
• List Of The Best Financial Advice – My New Choice’s contribution to the My One Money Advice meme.
• My One Money Advice (MOMA) Meme – Paid Twice’s main meme page forthe My One Money Advice meme. Take a look at this post, and the rest of the blog. She’s got some good things to say.

There you have it, who’s currently linking the AinD.com. Now if only I can get moving and write some more posts, I’m sure the link love will continue. Cheers!

The Giant List of New Features at Adventures in Debt.com

All right, so maybe it’s not a GIANT list, however I’ve decided to start running a few weekly and monthly features on the site, as a way to keep me on my toes financially, but also to keep things interesting for you all, dear readers.

On the monthly side of things you’ll see:

1. the Piggy Bank series of posts where I’ll be keeping track of my savings progress, as well as any cost savings measures I’m able to come up with.
2. the Red Line series, which will talk about my debt and debt reduction strategies.

I’ve been trying to come up with some ideas for a weekly series, however the ones I’ve come up with involve a lot more work than I’m willing to do right now. Aww, don’t be mad now dear readers. I do love all of you, it’s just that I do have a day job to work at, and I’m not up for the “getting up at 4am” thing like Leo over at zenhabits.com.