HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE!!

I hope everyone had a splendid year!

Here's my twenty thirteen in review!

Started the year out right with two of my three siblings in KY. N was in Africa… 

Celebrated the matrimony of L's sister!! Her January wedding was absolutely beautiful!

Traveled to the Dominican Republic with my mom for a medical missions trip!

 Earned my Associate of Science - half way there!

Visited Mackinac Island with family!

 Moved to Maine for the summer!

…and enjoyed every minute of it!

 Moved to Boston!!!!

 Attended another A7X concert! Love this band!

 Cheered those Sox on to that World Series Victory!

What a fun time that was!

 Took my first official Duck Tour!

 Turned 21! …as did L!

Adopted my FIRST fur baby!!

She's a beaut!

…and a weirdo

Experienced my first Christmas in Boston!

Finished the year up on some beautiful Vermont slopes with my new ski bunny!

Cheers to the New Year!!!!

Happy New Year!

-Kaylie

52 WEEK MONEY SAVINGS CHALLENGE

Update 12/30/2014: I just posted pictures of each of the charts for you to download if Google Docs does not work. Hope this helps! -Kaylie

Update 04/24/2015: I have been receiving a handful of inquiries as to where to find a jar similar to the one I used. This one found on amazon is very similar!

Looking for an easy way to have an extra $1,378 in your pocket next Christmas for all those December expenses!!?

I invite you to try the 52 week money savings challenge!

I completed this challenge this past year and was able to have plenty of money in the bank for Christmas and then some… I'm talking over $700 left over to do with what I please.

It's very quite simple and extremely basic.

Here's the name of the game!

Each week of the year, you save that much in dollars!

Week ONE: You save $1

Week TWO: You save $2

Week THREE: You save $3

Voila! By the third week in January you have already saved $6!

You keep doing that all the way through the end of the year so that come December you have cash in hand and are ready to shop!

…ORRR… maybe you're saving for a HOUSE, a TRIP, a WEDDING, or a CAR… ANYTHING!

Come and join the money savings fun with me and let me know how you do!

Want to make your kids save to? Have them save in quarters, either in 25 cent or 50 cent increments!

Print out these templates and paste them onto a jar!

I want to save in One Dollar increments!

I want to save in 50 Cent increments!

I want to save in 25 Cent increments!

I want to save in One dollar increments Backwards!

I want to save in dollar increments bi-weekly!

I want to save in dollar increments monthly!

Start your savings adventure NOW!

P.S. If you want to read some updates from my savings challenge last year… I have some posts here, here, and here!

Happy New Years!!

Kay

30 by 30

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and is enjoying the very last week of 2013!!

Starting January 1, 2014 I am going to start checking things off of my 30 x 30 list!

I always see people that have these, and being huge list maker myself, I find it a great way to make and meet bigger goals in life!

Granted I have NINE years to complete this list… it's never too early to start!!

Most of the 30 goals that I set are larger and will take time to achieve…

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Here's the run around! (In no particular order)

1) Earn a bachelor of science in biology

2) Pay off my undergrad loans

3) Run a half marathon

4) Run a full marathon

5) Go to grad school

6) Adopt a fur baby dog

7) Go to New Years Eve in NYC

8) Vegas it up!

9) Buy a car

10) Hike Mount Washington

11) Plan a canoe/kayak trip town the the Saco River

12) Take a cruise to Bermuda (since they dock in Boston! -so close!!)

13) Meet A7X in person (please, oh please… back stage passes!)

14) Go scuba diving

15) Visit Alaska

16) Visit Hawaii

17) Get a professional job doing something that I love!

18) Get married

19) Buy my first house

20) Start a family

21) Learn a second language

22) Swim with the dolphins

23) Maintain a healthy lifecycle

24) Save up an "emergency account" that will keep me floating for at least 1 yr

25) Take a road trip from coast to coast

26) Go to a drive-in movie theater

27) Flip a house

28) Take a polar plunge

29) Complete a triathlon

30) Take another missions trip!

What's on everyone else's 30 x 30 list!?

The Friday Five!

Happy Friday Everyone!!!

I have so much to share, that I figured… what better way than to link up with April, Christina, Natasha and Darci again!

-ONE-

21st Birthdays!

L and I celebrated our 21st birthdays this week! Twenty-one has got to be FUN! We drove back to Ohio for Thanksgiving and were able to renew out licenses and get our official ID's!

When we got back in Boston, I made him a scrumptious confetti cake, exchanged our gifts, and we went out to dinner at The Marliave, where we wined and dined like a King and Queen!

-TWO-

Okay guys! I have been having a serious pet withdrawal ever since I moved to Boston. 

No animals = a sad Kaylie.

I ended up taking Macy Cat back to Boston with me after break, and I love it!

She was so patient the entire 13hr+ car ride!

..and yes, she's a total city cat. All she does is sleep all day, so she's a happy cat.

On a totally random note, check out this awesome costume I picked up at TJ MAXX!

I die.

-THREE-

The Ice Skating rink in the Common has been up and running… and it is on my "Christmas To-Do" list.

-FOUR-

My sister made these awesome stockings from old flannel shirts! I will have to have her guest post on them! How adorable!?

-FIVE- 

I'm a little late with my Advent calendar.. but it is almost completed! Basically, I have 25 fun Christmas activities to do each day of December! Stay tuned for the post!

 Have a fantastic weekend! 

I will leave you with this unedited picture of the tree at Faneuil Hall!

BEAUTIFUL!