Dimples' Divine Domain
My journey to financial empowerment.

Hey guys. Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Life has been extremely busy. Trying to get used to the extra responsibilities on top of my existing overflowing list. I will try my hardest to post my do's and don'ts of buying a house tonight. Hope all is well.

Hey all! I am still alive. I have been busy with the move and getting settled in. Everything has been going smoothly and falling right into place. I have a lot of topics to post on but the most important to come are the following: - My HPP (home purchase plan) results - My home shopping budget results - Do's and Don'ts of buying a home - New budget I gotta run off to a meeting so I will chat with you all later.

My agent thought it would be funny to include this house in a list of houses he sent me. Uhhhh yeah. Hee Hee Hell!

5 bedrooms + bonus room 3 bathrooms 2800 square feet

This weekend is going to be a very productive. Especially if the remainder is anything like my Saturday morning (mind you its only 9:30 am). I have estimated my tax refund for this year ($1335,) completed my monthly report for December 08, and calculated my January 09 budget. Oh yeah, and like a typically mom, I am did all that while cleaning, cooking breakfast, and doing laundry. :-D Remainder of my To Do List: - 2009 Goals - 2009 Career Plan - Home Purchase Plan - Pay bills - Leave apt by 1 pm and have fun for the rest of the day Hope you all are having a productive morning also!

DO YOU IN 2009!

Wow. Math is my ish. Yet I let this fly right past me: "As you all know, I have about doubled my salary since July." Uhhhhhh NO boo boo! I would have to be making $96K+ a year to have done that. To think I took enough math courses to be 1 class shy of a math minor. *smh* I have my moments yall.

uhhhhh..........Hey.............yall remember me? lol!!! I know. I am so bad. It has been busy and hectic in Dimples' world. I haven't done a post in about 3 weeks. Did yall even miss me? *sniffles* Anyways. How is everyone doing? I hope you all are doing great financially, physically, spiritually, and mentally. Let me catch you guys up on what has been going down in my world. WORK Work has been going great. With almost three weeks under my belt I have completed 3 major projects and I am set to submit two more this coming Monday. My coworkers are definitely interesting, lol. I am definitely enjoying the new challenges. My supervisor has expressed the fact that she is extremely impressed with my work and my progress so far. We had a one on one today and she let me know that once the new contract began she had a lot of big plans for me. We talked about potential conferences and seminars that she would like me to attend and some certificates and training she would...

I am still here. Still alive and well. Will be posting updates soon.

I am still here guys. This past week has been busy with work and getting ready to attend a 4 day youth conference with my daughter next week. I wont be able to post my end of the month report for May and my June budget until tomorrow night so look out for it. Hope you all are doing well. BYEEE!!!!!!!!

OMG!!!! Beautiful Tear Jerking Heart Wrenching Explosive Awesome Just plain........DAMN!!! I am so late on this because I don't have cable and I usually catch up on my fav shows on Friday and the weekend. So I saw the part 1, House's Head, earlier this evening and it left be mystified and wanting more. But I could not, for the life of me, find part 2, Wilson's Heart. So I put my detective cap on and did some spy work on google. AND I FOUND IT !!!!! I am all cried out........................

I just received the following comment from Anonymous on my " Crockpot Recipe of the Week: BBQ Riblets " post: "ok, seriously, WHERE are you shopping for this meat for so cheap? Do you hunt it down yourself? You dating a butcher? I'm impressed and thoroughly intrigued by your cooking. See, now i'm hungry...lol " LMBAO!!!! No I do not hunt my food nor am I dating a butcher. I am just blessed to be located near some very inexpensive stores. I bought the package of riblets on sale at a Dollar General supermarket (there are only 3 in Florida). I also shop at a farmer's market and they are also super inexpensive.

12,001,181 How much money will you be worth? Oh yeah baby!! I can wait 10 years for that. Try the test here .

Relax today and enjoy yourself!!!

Steve Madden is having a hot sale . Mmmhmm. Check out how to get an additional 15% off here . I want these but only size 4's are left. And these but they are out of my budget range.........of ZERO!!!! I mean with the 15% off they would be $36.51. No shipping. Hmmmmm.......... NO!!!! Can't get 'em. Won't get 'em. NO MAM!!! Plus, I would wreck my ankles trying to werk these snitches. Yes......it is for my own good. OH MY GOD I WANT THEM. I WANT THEM NOW!!! *ahem* night..............

Thank you to all my well wishers. I did better than I thought I would. Doesn't say much but we will see in 3 months. I missed out on a very successful and fantabulous Lady's Day program that the women of my church threw. And I am not a happy camper. Taking this test has made me realize a couple of things......... 1. I don't want to go back to school. I am serious. I really don't. The studying, the test taking, the anxiety, the waiting (for your grade). I mean that test had the ability to put a damper on my whole week. I do not like that at all. I mean the same could go for anything important thing in life really but I would rather it be something I want. Not something "recommended" by someone else because they think it is essential to have. 2. I don't like that so much "emphasis" was put on this test when it is not a "requirement" for our job. It is good to have. Been even as I think about it. Do I really want to become...

I am going to be taking the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam in 7 hours. - I haven't studied like I should have. - I just got home from a bbq. - I lost a friend this week and I am in a "blah" mood. - I am ticked that I am missing this awesome luncheon being held at my church tomorrow. Wish me luck!!!!!! LOL!

My crockpot is GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *sniffling* oh........HAPPY EASTER ERBODY!!!! *sigh* Before I left for church this morning I put a whole chicken in my crockpot wrapped in foil around 9 on high. Well after church my friends decided to hit up Red Lobster. I haven't hung out with them in like 3 weeks and dem cheddar bay biscuits were calling my name....mmmmmm. I had put the crockpot on high and it had already been 4 hours. So I was like ok, we'll eat and mingle for about 2 hours at the most and I'll go home and just put the food away for tonight or tomorrow. That plan sounded so good in my head but ish ain't work out that way. My friends can talk and we had a lot of catching up to do. Needless to say I didn't make it home till 5 pm, 8 hours after I put the chicken in. Part of the foil and chicken had burned into the crockpot......... I couldn't save her. Had to send her to the crockpot heaven above. So now Dimps has to get another crock...

and I am 5 days late........ LOL! My one year blog anniversary was March 15th. I didn't realize that until today. Oh well......I can still celebrate and I plan on doing so. YAY ME!!! [image credit: MySpace]

Warning!!! This post will be going all over the place. Tee hee........have fun. Sweet & Spicy Garlic Wings I made some tonight. It was off the chain. Mmmmm. All I did was season some chicken wings (whole) with some cayenne pepper, garlic salt, chopped garlic, and pepper. I put them in a baking dish, drizzled some olive oil and honey on them, and baked them in the over @ 400 degrees for about 25 min (or until cooked). When I took them out, I drizzled a little bit more honey on them. Oh my goodness!!! Those wings were soo good. eBay and Amazon I am pretty sure most of you guys do this already but if you don't here it is: ALWAYS check out eBay and Amazon before purchasing something online. I am so mad at myself for not doing this last month. I purchased some hair products from Carol's Daughter and spent $48. Well the exact same products were on sale on eBay for half the retail price. DAG-NABBIT!!! I could have saved $24. Needless to say I have learned my lesson...