The End

It's been fun sharing the story of me taking a big step in my life and moving across the country. When I started I had no idea where exactly this story would take me! The three weddings I attended in July, which gave me the excuse to up-and-go this past summer, surpassed all of my expectations. I had so much fun enjoying extended stays, becoming closer with great friends and family. I was so lucky to find out about the internship at Baxter State Park while just looking for information on how to hike Mount Katahdin on my first night in Maine. When I found out about that I just knew that was what I was meant to do...but even so, I never would have dreamed it would bring me right to the man of my dreams and then to the great state of Vermont!

Now I think the story of Meggie Rainorshine has had its happy ending, don't you? But don't panic! I'm starting a new blog which will be easier for me to update frequently, because it relates to my other current online activities. I'm tentatively calling it the New Craft Blog.  And by tentatively I mean permanently.

New Year's Resolution

My goal in life has always been to continually move up. This can be interpreted in different ways and apply to many things. Basically it means that with any decision I make, it should lead to some improvement and never a regression. Every experience should teach a lesson, every mistake a preventative measure for the future.

It's no secret that I've never been good at saving money. This past spring, I was able to save enough to get me across the country and start a new life. It was easy to do when I had the promise of taking time off and travelling to the East Coast ahead of me. Well that was a start. Then, taking a job where the pay was a minimal stipend caused me to cut my spending even further and form some really good habits (cooking cheap meals instead of going out, for example). I decided I'm going to keep those thrifty habits going in 2011. My official New Year's Resolution:

PAY MY$ELF FIR$T!

(that means 10%, untouchable!) Now to find some income, because I am gonna need that other 90%...