11-7-09 I am below $4,000 owed.
salamander7's Life List
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1. Pay down VISA to $3,500 or > by March 2009
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2. Talk to my biological father in 2007
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3. Meet my half-sister.
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4. Visit Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah
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5. Swim with Manatees in Crystal River in Fall
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6. Learn more about Joshua McCormack
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7. Dive ocean sites without motion sickness
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8. Minimize existing clutter and excess possessions
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9. make a smaller ecological footprint
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10. support organic sustainable farming
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11. be proficient in Adobe Photoshop
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12. oppose factory farming
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13. Visit Costa Rica
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14. continue to encourage the separation of church and state
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15. Renew my Passport
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16. Learn my blood type
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17. Let go of one piece of clothing for each one I buy
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18. Get out of debt
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19. Go to Belize
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20. Buy new washing machine
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21. swim with dolphins
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22. Create & maintain a web site
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23. Blow one hot glass item
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24. Spend at least 10 minutes every day cleaning, organizing or decluttering
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25. Ride in a hot air balloon
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26. Become member/donate to Farm Sanctuary by Thanksgiving 2009
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27. get my FICO score above 820 with a 3 agencies
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28. Find a good home for homeless Muggy cat
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29. Hang 3 things on the wall in the master bedroom
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30. Hang a medicine cabinet in master bath
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31. Learn how to make a video w/my camera
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32. Post homeless cat vidoe on Petfinder - MAS
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33. Learn how to make a link on facebook for Alley Cats
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How I did it: I started by volunteering at a stray and feral cat S/N clinic in various capacities such as working in recovery. Then I started working with caretakers who called for help and then scheduling them for the clinics. I took training in how to trap stray and feral cats safely and humanely and trapped for caretakers a few times. I began serving on committees dedicated to fundraising and public relations. I did some volu… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I used the on-line dispute function. This was easy because it was so obvious if a check is done, that I have never lived in California. I doubt correcting credit information would be so easy. Read how I did it…
I’ve also worked S/N clinics with a small humane society in addition to the stray cat S/N clinic. I have basically met this goal.
Vantage score w/Experion over 900 – “Grade A,” FICO w/Equifax is 801 on scale of 300 to 850. Not as high as I would like but I do not own a home. I need to pay down my VISA.

