$29,000 is the amount to spend today. $2,900 will go to my favorite Christian Radio Station to help defray the cost of the operation. They will be grateful and I will continue to enjoy their music. I would love to be one of their products when my first CD comes out!
Speaking of CDs, today's money ($26,100) will be spent in the studio recording 2 CDs I have always wanted to put out. A funeral selections CD, a Carpenters Tribute CD, and a Christmas CD. I have a little bit of a following and they would all love to have a copy of the CD. I know I will not make the money back, but that is OK. It is just fun being in the studio. The last CD I made was only $600, but I did not edit it to my liking and these CDs would take more time. I am guessing each CD will cost at least $1500 to make plus money to pay the musicians, so probably $2000 at my local studio, Watersign Creative, owned by my friend, Guy Parker. The rest of the money will go to creating the CD professionally and adding to my budding recording studio at home. We will purchase lighting, sound proofing material, more mics, more percussion, more mixing boards, and other equipment that I am sure is out there that I am not even aware of!
TO Music!
All the Best,
Alicia
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
My THOUSAND Dollar experiment....Day 28
I was at church today, honoring the life of Gerry at her funeral. I sing for funerals all year long and usually am not very moved when singing since it is my job to sing; but today was a little different. I found myself a little weepy as the Mass went along. It could have simply been the Pastor and the way he conducted the Mass, who knows. Anyway, the reason I am bringing this whole thing up, is because we still are short 1.5 million dollars in the renovation and my tithe money will go to helping us to build. Now, it is only $2800, but every little bit helps, right?
The remainder of the money will be spent on new doors in the house since most of them are drafty. Really nice doors that have stained glass in them. One for the front, one for each side. Each door will also be equipped with a thumbprint lock. Ok, I just want to replace all the doors in the house. It needs it anyway. There will be work that will need to be done to get them in, so it will probably cost about $10K. The rest will go to buy my hubby a used car of his choice!
So cool!!
All the Best!
Alicia
Thursday, January 15, 2009
My THOUSAND Dollar experiment....Day 27
Hey guys! I cannot stress enough how awesome this whole experiment is turning out to be. I have landed a job I have been dreaming about and one that will finally pay me what I am worth. I know everyone around me tells me to not count the chickens before they hatch, but I CAN'T HELP IT!
It has been 17 years in the making, but OH SO worth the wait. I will keep you posted.
OK....$27 K.....Food For the Poor is looking really hungry today and I saw this awesome poster at my church when I went to teach the little Cherubs choir I teach all about the hungry in Haiti. So I am sending the $2700 to Haiti. It will feed a LOT of hungry people that deserve to eat.basic I have been waiting for a bigger amount to come around to do bigger things. I know I have spent a lot of time doing things for my home and my family, but you know what? We needed that boost. It has not been fun struggling from day to day. Yes, I know we are lucky to have met the needs of the kids and the house and the bills, but it has been tough to see everyone around you go out, go on vacation and do stuff that you couldn't. It was no fun to repeatedly tell the kids "no" so many times that they mostly stop asking. They say things like, Mommy, are we poor? How can I say that we are when we have more than most people in the world?!?! It would be a lie....but it has not been fun. We needed to have fun....and fun we are having; but now it is big dream time and boy, do I have some fun things to do.
I am taking the money left over today and I am going to travel to Ecuador for the sole purpose of buying land to build a school. I will get together with my family to discuss what would work best, consult, and purchase the land and supplies to start to build the structure. When I was a kid, I was given a trip to Ecuador as a gift for college graduation. While on my trip, my Uncle strolled into my Grandfather's kitchen where I was staying, and asked, "Alicia, how would you like to go to the jungle?"
"Sure!" I said and the plans were set. Our mission was to deliver goods and a missionary t
o an indigenous group of South American Indians who lived in the Cuyabeno Reserve in the Ecuadorian Jungle. First, we boarded a plane that was tiny, then we landed in a tiny airport. From there, we took a 2 hour ride to the Army Base where we stayed at the Major's House (since he is my Uncle's Brother-in-Law ) We stayed overnight and the next day, we traveled one hour by truck to the edge of a river bank in a large canoe with the supplies and the missionary.
There were large blue butterflies and monkeys....a whole host of jungle inhabitants. After about an hour or two ride on the river, we arrive at the Cuyabeno Lodge
owned and operated by yet another brother-in-law of my Uncle Marcello.
From the lodge, we proceed to deliver the goods and missionary to the Indigenous tribe. We took off and after about 20 minutes, we arrive at the river bank, then we have to haul ourselves up a cliff to get to the village. After some heavy breathing, we arrive! The people are there to meet us with greetings and smiles. It is an amazing site to see indigenous people, running happy and excited to see us.
My goal is to provide a school for these kids or any of the other kids I encountered on my trip. I want to build a school and name it La Julia Pastor Escuela De Esperanza (The Julia Pastor School of Hope) in honor of my late Grandmother who I never got the chance to meet. I want the kids who I met riding on the back of a pick up truck to school to have a school bus, new school books and supplies, new equipment to play on, and a better atmosphere for them to learn. I want to give hope.
All the Best,
Alicia Bozza
It has been 17 years in the making, but OH SO worth the wait. I will keep you posted.
OK....$27 K.....Food For the Poor is looking really hungry today and I saw this awesome poster at my church when I went to teach the little Cherubs choir I teach all about the hungry in Haiti. So I am sending the $2700 to Haiti. It will feed a LOT of hungry people that deserve to eat.basic I have been waiting for a bigger amount to come around to do bigger things. I know I have spent a lot of time doing things for my home and my family, but you know what? We needed that boost. It has not been fun struggling from day to day. Yes, I know we are lucky to have met the needs of the kids and the house and the bills, but it has been tough to see everyone around you go out, go on vacation and do stuff that you couldn't. It was no fun to repeatedly tell the kids "no" so many times that they mostly stop asking. They say things like, Mommy, are we poor? How can I say that we are when we have more than most people in the world?!?! It would be a lie....but it has not been fun. We needed to have fun....and fun we are having; but now it is big dream time and boy, do I have some fun things to do.
I am taking the money left over today and I am going to travel to Ecuador for the sole purpose of buying land to build a school. I will get together with my family to discuss what would work best, consult, and purchase the land and supplies to start to build the structure. When I was a kid, I was given a trip to Ecuador as a gift for college graduation. While on my trip, my Uncle strolled into my Grandfather's kitchen where I was staying, and asked, "Alicia, how would you like to go to the jungle?"
"Sure!" I said and the plans were set. Our mission was to deliver goods and a missionary t
o an indigenous group of South American Indians who lived in the Cuyabeno Reserve in the Ecuadorian Jungle. First, we boarded a plane that was tiny, then we landed in a tiny airport. From there, we took a 2 hour ride to the Army Base where we stayed at the Major's House (since he is my Uncle's Brother-in-Law ) We stayed overnight and the next day, we traveled one hour by truck to the edge of a river bank in a large canoe with the supplies and the missionary.
There were large blue butterflies and monkeys....a whole host of jungle inhabitants. After about an hour or two ride on the river, we arrive at the Cuyabeno Lodgeowned and operated by yet another brother-in-law of my Uncle Marcello.
From the lodge, we proceed to deliver the goods and missionary to the Indigenous tribe. We took off and after about 20 minutes, we arrive at the river bank, then we have to haul ourselves up a cliff to get to the village. After some heavy breathing, we arrive! The people are there to meet us with greetings and smiles. It is an amazing site to see indigenous people, running happy and excited to see us.
My goal is to provide a school for these kids or any of the other kids I encountered on my trip. I want to build a school and name it La Julia Pastor Escuela De Esperanza (The Julia Pastor School of Hope) in honor of my late Grandmother who I never got the chance to meet. I want the kids who I met riding on the back of a pick up truck to school to have a school bus, new school books and supplies, new equipment to play on, and a better atmosphere for them to learn. I want to give hope.All the Best,
Alicia Bozza
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
My THOUSAND Dollar experiment....Day 26
Day 26 and it is getting hot! I am so excited to report that I can see the money wave coming to literally hit me and I am psyched!! Every day gets more exciting as I am in this wonderful experiment. You just HAVE to try it yourself! I would love to know how it turns out for you.
I am going to put an application just for that purpose, so I'd love to hear from you.
Today's tithe money will go to Habitat for Humanity in our area to help those who need a helping hand. I was given a chance to purchase a beautiful new condo for a low income price once, and I know how great it is to have a home that is affordable.
The rest of the money ($23,400) will go to paying off the van ($15,000) and going on a major shopping spree. (Major for us, that is) As you may know, I have 7 kids. Each person in our family would get $933 each to spend as they wish on things to wear. I want to take half of their clothes, give it away, and take all the kids and my hubby out shopping. Take a week, take one person at a time and buy them (within reason style wise) what they would like to wear. Shoes, clothes, accessor
ies, the works. It will be a happy day for the Bozza family as we march to the stores of our choice and come out looking very stylish and probably very tired, too!
All the Best!
The VERY Best!!
Alicia
I am going to put an application just for that purpose, so I'd love to hear from you.
Today's tithe money will go to Habitat for Humanity in our area to help those who need a helping hand. I was given a chance to purchase a beautiful new condo for a low income price once, and I know how great it is to have a home that is affordable.
The rest of the money ($23,400) will go to paying off the van ($15,000) and going on a major shopping spree. (Major for us, that is) As you may know, I have 7 kids. Each person in our family would get $933 each to spend as they wish on things to wear. I want to take half of their clothes, give it away, and take all the kids and my hubby out shopping. Take a week, take one person at a time and buy them (within reason style wise) what they would like to wear. Shoes, clothes, accessor
ies, the works. It will be a happy day for the Bozza family as we march to the stores of our choice and come out looking very stylish and probably very tired, too!All the Best!
The VERY Best!!
Alicia
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
My THOUSAND Dollar experiment....Day 25
Today's tithe money ($2500) is going to go to several local soup kitchens/food pantries. They will be very excited to get the money!! It will go to hungry neighbors who need the food badly to help make ends meet.
I know it is winter right now, but I am going to focus on warm weather today. What happens in the Bozza household in the warm weather? Well, gardening of course! I will take my left over money ($22,500) and
dedicate it to the repair of my rock walls, flower beds and vegetable beds. I will have my local masonry specialist, Franco, re-build my rock walls all along the outer edges of the front of my yard, as well as all along the house and property. I will have him also help me with tilling and re-fertilizing the garden beds as well as the flower beds along the side street and driveway.We will take down the dog run fence and till the tomato beds and build a custom made raised bed for the new veggies to be grown in the spring. I will even build a mini green house on top of the raised bed that is removable from the bed. All my tomatoes will be warm and safe from any critters! I will even pay for the whole lawn to be covered with sod so that we will have beautiful grass for the kids to play in. (There is a lot of work to do there since we have had critters burrow and make nasty tunnels!!) I will also install a trickling fountain in the back in the middle of my circle garden, complete with a bench to enjoy it all. Oh, and I almost forgot! replace the play area for the kids, complete with built in sand box and play stuff with the rubber outdoor flooring and all. They will love it and so will I.
All the Best!
Alicia Bozza
Monday, January 12, 2009
My THOUSAND Dollar experiment....Day 24
Day 24! Hmmmph... isn't today the premier of 24, or a marathon or something? Ahhhh, just the universe telling me that I am on the right track again. God is good! After all, He made the universe. I will honor Him today with a donation to my church's building fund. Our pastor was talking about his very generous relative who would sell her million dollar home in order to fund our building renovation. I wouldn't want her to do that, so that is where my $2400 would go today.
The rest of the money would be spent on my office. Heh, heh, heh! The transformation would be a big one. I would first have to hire an organizational person, (if not team) to get my office into shape.
I know just the person. Just met her at a business card exchange in Morristown. She updates me with her e-mails, so she will be easy to grab. I would paint the whole room, get a real desk, new flooring, new furniture, get rid of a LOT of stuff, get a new computer, and top of the line items to be able to record from my desk, both audio and video. I would have Elizabeth come in again to organize my closet, get new windows in my office, but add a bay to it with a window seat. It is so sunny in my office in the morning and it would be so nice to be able to sit there. I will get those windows with the blinds already built in so that no child could get to it. I would get new doors, one fot the entry and one for the bathroom in my office. I might have some left over money though. I am not sure it would cost quite $21,600, since I am a thrifty shopper. I would join that place, direct buy so that I could save on my purchases, so I am guessing there would be some money left over. I would take that money and get a massage, pay a babysitter, and take my hubby out for a movie and dinner since today is our anniversary. Yep. 18 years, baby. I would also buy him a nice electrician to install the speakers he bought with his Christmas money. :)
All the Best,
Alicia
ps- the awesome office space above is from this website:http://www.dslreports.com/profile/685088
The rest of the money would be spent on my office. Heh, heh, heh! The transformation would be a big one. I would first have to hire an organizational person, (if not team) to get my office into shape.
I know just the person. Just met her at a business card exchange in Morristown. She updates me with her e-mails, so she will be easy to grab. I would paint the whole room, get a real desk, new flooring, new furniture, get rid of a LOT of stuff, get a new computer, and top of the line items to be able to record from my desk, both audio and video. I would have Elizabeth come in again to organize my closet, get new windows in my office, but add a bay to it with a window seat. It is so sunny in my office in the morning and it would be so nice to be able to sit there. I will get those windows with the blinds already built in so that no child could get to it. I would get new doors, one fot the entry and one for the bathroom in my office. I might have some left over money though. I am not sure it would cost quite $21,600, since I am a thrifty shopper. I would join that place, direct buy so that I could save on my purchases, so I am guessing there would be some money left over. I would take that money and get a massage, pay a babysitter, and take my hubby out for a movie and dinner since today is our anniversary. Yep. 18 years, baby. I would also buy him a nice electrician to install the speakers he bought with his Christmas money. :)All the Best,
Alicia
ps- the awesome office space above is from this website:http://www.dslreports.com/profile/685088
Sunday, January 11, 2009
My THOUSAND Dollar experiment....Day 23
On my 23rd day, I will take $2300 and give it to the Mt Tabor Historical Society since I love this town so much and it brings me a great deal of joy. I just love it here and wish everyone could feel the same way about where they live! :)
Ok...with today's remaining money, $20,700, I am going to pay for the finishing touches on the studio. I paid for the land to be cleared, the actual building itself, the permits and all that jazz. Some equipment was purchased, but now we need the insulation and the lighting for the recording room, fixtures for the bathroom, a nice desk for the recording equipment, a keyboard, flooring for the room, furniture, pictures, headphones, a water cooler, computer programs to work with, electrical work....all the fixings to make it perfect. My studio is almost done. So excited! I am going to paint the walls a neutral with a touch of purple and have someone come in and feng shui it for me, too. It is shaping up to be the sweetest recording studio ever! In my own backyard. :)
All the Best,
Alicia Bozza
My THOUSAND Dollar experiment...RESULTS
I am just amazed. Yesterday, the tides turned. I really know in my heart that this exercise is truly making a difference. Spending money might seem trivial to you, but there has got to be something to this whole thing. I have been allowing myself to spend money that I imagine I have and suddenly, money is really coming into my life as if the universe is hurrying to speed me the money to catch up to my dreams. I love it. I just got a job with a man who is giving cash away for people's gold. He has asked me to partner with him and his 27 year old business, run by him. I can't think of a better place to make money for myself than the man that is giving money away like its nothing.
He is even connected to another dream in my life....performance. My passion is to sing as many of you know already. Two fulfillments in one. Pinch me. The life I have always dreamed of is on its way. Including a stack of money. Now I will be able to stay home during part of the day (which I do want to do) go out during part of the day (love to do), make great money, (LOVE to do), perform (ADORE to do) and live my life on my terms. (The BEST!) Here's to dreams come true.
All the Best,
Alicia Bozza
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