Journey to an Apple

I've always kept a jar or cup of some kind in my bedroom for a very long time. At the end of the day I put the change in my pockets into the cup. I'm sure many of you do the same thing. Definitely more then a penny a day, but that sounded like a good title. Anyway, once the cup is full I take it to the bank and cash in the change. The cup wasn't quite full but in order to add to the computer fund I took the cup to the bank a few days ago. The contents of the cup gave me a 6% boost toward my goal. Hooray for the cup! Now, if I could only fill that cup up another ten times I might be making some headway, right?

Nothing much to report on the weight loss front. I've perhaps lost a pound or two in the last two weeks but nothing significant. I've taken to eating less, well making a honest effort anyway. My efforts have been halted this past weekend due to a camping trip. It was awesomely fun of course but camping trips with friends always mean lots of good meals and snacks. I've also been real busy lately so I haven't gotten to use the elliptical much. I'm continuing to march forward though. I will lose weight!

Posted by Demnos at 20:34 | Permalink | Comments | links to this post   

Hey all, just thought I would let you know that I just posted my comics collection up for sale on eBay. If you collect comics or know someone who does check out this auction. I don't think I'll make enough to buy the computer but hopefully I'll get something for it. Anyway, thanks for reading the blog and checking out the auction.

Check out the auction here!

Posted by Demnos at 16:56 | Permalink | Comments | links to this post   

Sweet! Without saving any more money myself I am today a couple hundred dollars closer to my goal. Today in the apple store some new iMac models went up for sale. All of the iMac models have been upgraded to the new Intel Core 2 Duo chips. With this upgrade also came a price drop and a new 24-inch model. Click the iMac on the right to check out the new machines. They are pretty sweet.

So anyway, with this change in price I'm now at just over 30% of my goal. I'm going to be selling off my comic collection on eBay to raise some more funds. I'll post a link to the auction on here once I have everything listed. The collection is mostly Marvel stuff like the X-Men, Spider-man, and Iron Man. There are also a lot of Richie Rich comics too. Stay-tuned for the link...

Posted by Demnos at 15:28 | Permalink | Comments | links to this post   

Over the weekend I worked on the bills and such and discovered that my estimate for the amount I currently have saved was a little high. So anyway, the real current status is that I'm 28% of the goal (instead of the 35% I thought I was). Oh well. I also didn't get around to getting on the elliptical machine at all. I did however spend most of the day Monday working outside in the yard. We had a fairly powerful wind storm come through our area this past weekend and it knocked one of our trees down and brought down some rather large branches on others. I had to get the chainsaw out and cut up and haul the broken pieces away. I'm sure that was far more exercise then I would have got on the elliptical anyway.

Posted by Demnos at 11:02 | Permalink | Comments | links to this post