document.write("<script language=\"javascript1.2\" type=\"text/javascript\">function emo_pop() {window.open('http://www.haloscan.com/commenthelp.php','Help','width=200,height=320,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes');}</script><table width=\"97%\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"MainTable\">  <tr>    <td>    <div align=\"center\"><p>Hot Carmel Sundae Comments</p>    </div>    </td>  </tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"464330\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=f0b2e3a17d82680567ee3c4a38504c6a&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Yeah, I was at Barnes and Nobles this a.m. and saw that big stack of new Suzie Orman's books, so let's pay these suckers down and chop those credit cards to smithereens, (well, hang onto one for emergencies, right?)<br><br>Jannie, who likes poetry too.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Jannie | <a href=\"http://www.janniefunster.com\" title=\"http://www.janniefunster.com\">Homepage</a> | 12.31.08 - 12:23 pm | <a href=\"#464330\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"464339\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=f0b2e3a17d82680567ee3c4a38504c6a&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />YOU CAME TO MY BLOG!!<br><br>Oh thank you, thank you. Welcome to my little party over there.  I hope you will come back often, as I will to you.  <br><br>Rockin'!<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Jannie | <a href=\"http://www.janniefunster.com\" title=\"http://www.janniefunster.com\">Homepage</a> | 12.31.08 - 6:08 pm | <a href=\"#464339\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"464341\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=b88a99ff47a1d8c196a4cb78292f97d4&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Jannie, I only wish I'd discovered your blog a long time ago. It's fantastic!!<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Christina Martin | <a href=\"http://carmelsundae.blogspot.com\" title=\"http://carmelsundae.blogspot.com\">Homepage</a> | 12.31.08 - 11:19 pm | <a href=\"#464341\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"464355\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=b4f12ffe413bb75b9af0f2024b5eebfa&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />We got five copies (Dave had them 1/2 price on his site through 12-31) to send to family members.  We're going to compose a letter with our so-far story.  When we added up what we paid off, plus the \"emergencies\" with the car and my medical bills, it comes to a number that would blow your mind.  (I know this because it blew my mind.)<br><br>We have one big thing to pay off (we moved a large credit card bill to a loan w/ our credit union when the minimum kept going up despite our being on time or early with payments), then the full emergency fund, and then I stop working.  We think - if we are real gazelles - that we can pay off the big thing by the end of this year.  But if not, we'll be mighty close.  My security gland is SOO relaxed!<br><br>Christina, when everything settles down and our two families are debt-free, we'll have to arrange to meet.  <img src=\"http://www.haloscan.com/images/smileys/content.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" />  Let me know if you're ever in SW Virginia.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Christine the Soccer Mom | <a href=\"http://domestic-vocation.blogspot.com\" title=\"http://domestic-vocation.blogspot.com\">Homepage</a> | 01.02.09 - 6:44 am | <a href=\"#464355\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr>    <td class=\"InputCell\">                  <br /><div style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 278px;\"><a href=\"http://www.cnet.com/html/ww/100/2009/poll/infrastructure.html?tag=mncol\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http://www.haloscan.com/images/webwarebanner.png\" width=\"278\" height=\"60\" border=\"0\"/></a></div><br /><div id=\"newcomment\"></div><form method=\"post\" name=\"addComment\" action=\"http://www.haloscan.com/comments/bs5135304/367853040878516470/\" target=\"_self\">        <p>    Name: <br />          <input name=\"name\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          Email:<br />          <input name=\"email\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          URL: <br />          <input name=\"url\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          Comment:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"javascript:emo_pop()\" title=\"Smiley and tag help\" target=\"_self\">?</a>&nbsp;<br />          <textarea name=\"addMessage\" rows=\"12\" cols=\"38\"></textarea><br /><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"subscribe\" id=\"subscribe\" value=\"1\" /><label for=\"subscribe\">Notify me of followup comments via email</label>        </p>        <p class=\"PSubmit\"><input name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Publish\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"SubmitButton\" />&nbsp;<input name=\"previewMessage\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Preview\" class=\"SubmitButton\" />        </p>      <input type='hidden' name='user' value='bs5135304' /><input type='hidden' name='comment' value='367853040878516470' /></form>    </td></tr>  <tr>    <td><p align=\"center\">        Commenting by <a href=\"http://www.haloscan.com/\" target=\"_blank\">HaloScan</a></p>      </td>  </tr></table><img src=\"http://c5.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=561713&amp;java=0&amp;security=01eeff58\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" /></body>");