The Morning After

Just putting the finishing touches on some projects here at the Zone then I can start really getting into the festive spirit.  I think I might come in tonight after Madelyn is off to dreamland and push through the night so I can enjoy my Wednesday broadcast without the Top 91 weighing on me.

I have some spots of work over the holidays, you can find me DJing at The Clubhouse in the Strathcona Hotel on December 24th!  I have some great remixed Christmas songs, maybe I’ll read the Night Before Christmas, we can share some pints if you need to get out of the house.

I will be in the lower mainland over a good chunk of the holiday season and even off to Kelowna (I hope… weather and money will dictate if we make the journey).

I’ll be on the radio on Boxing Day.

And if you’re looking for a New Years Party, I’ll be DJing at the Veneto Lounge in the Rialto Hotel.  I’ll have lots of fun songs on the playlist from the past decade.

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Coral is now home from work, so that means I’ll really need a new laptop as I am not used to Coral staying awake so late.  Puts a crimp in my writing/music listening time.  That will take some adjustments.  Or I’ll have to kick her off the computer so I can use it! (ha, like that will work).

As per the usual, Coral and I will likely escape Christmas financially by the skin of our teeth.

I keep vowing, NEVER AGAIN, but this year it has been so hard generating any cash flow after our wedding.  In the new year Coral will have her severance and be able to cash out her savings, so we can eliminate our debt.

Then we’ll be transitioning to a one income family (well two, I just gots to earn the two).

But that’s AFTER Christmas.

I think I’ll want to start a financial blog like Krystal’s.

I love this chick.  She is so disciplined with her money.  I read her blog everyday.  I like how she sets financial goals and then makes a plan to achieve them.  She posts her monthly budget, then all month tracks her spending and at the end of the month posts a wrap up and how she did with her budget.  Very inspiring.  I want to do the same for our family and for my slowly growing music business.

The idea of having long term, emergency, vacation and slush fund savings accounts full of money would be such a luxury that it seems silly not to do it.

I want to go to the Sasquatch Festival again this year and live it up like a rock star and not have to pinch pennies like last year, so that is a good short term goal.  I also would like to to take a holiday to somewhere sunny with the family (or we talked about going to the canyons in Utah and along the California coast)… AND take a little trip all to myself.  So that vacation account will get a work out.

Now I just need a cute name for my financial blog, I was thinking “2 + 1 = broke.”  Then when we add a new little one, 2+2 = broke.”

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Might be adding a new night to my weekly DJing in 2010 and hopefully The Veneto will re-up and expand my time there.

Lots to look forward to in 2010!

Go with yourself.