I know you are all hard at work with your credit goals. Have you progressed as far as you hoped? Were there any unforseen expenses that cropped up and may have thrown you off schedule?
As a reminder, participation in these monthly checkins is optional, but encouraged. The goal is to help keep you on track, so feel free to post your progress updates here. This is a no-judge zone; feel free to say what's keeping you up at night or give yourself a kudo for having it all together.
Did you hit any potholes or speedbumps? Achieve some milestones, either small or mighty? Change your goals or add new ones?
Let us know how you're doing!
Keeping tight to my goal of getting a Diamond and 24 months soon with no apps! Also, working the Fico 8 850 on all three bureaus.
Still waiting for the shoe to drop on my scores as an old account from 2001 drops off after the ten year time slot from 2009 close. The lender did drop from TU and the score held? 
Will add, there are interesting cards in the market place but nothing I need or that would better my bottom line.
Seriously considering closing one of my banks from 15 years back as they have been a nuisance for all these years and today, I don't need all the credit I have or banks and they irritate me to the point of being a "Grumpy Old Man" 
Update: Closed the bank including a line of credit and credit card (total $12,000 in CL). Hard close as it has been thirteen years and knew folks in several branches but, they are all retired or gone. The bank drove me crazy with their various constantly changing policies and security. Offered everything the big banks do from outsourced providers that were not into customer service or competent. Did not want to leave but I started chewing on the desk edge every time I had to deal with one of their issues (must change login every three to six months and they kept track of the last five passwords, forced a change in security questions every six months and things like that along with little fees for everything). Got to me!
Happy Pumpkin Flavored Everything Season Challenger Peeps !!!
My early FAKOs are rolling in at 799. I'm at 8% util, no bads and one card at 48%. We'll see how the FICO's treat me this month. Last month I slipped to the low 780's due to a couple of old positive accounts aging off my reports. I'm hoping to bounce back. It's looking like the climb to the goal of 800 will be a little slower than I thought but that's OK. Nothing special credit wise is going on for me until maybe the spring so until then it's Gardening and chatting with you fine folks - and online dating hahahaha (what an adenture that is !!)
Good luck in September everyone! Remeber, good habits and time are always your friend no matter where you are in your journey (cue the journey music!).
Starting Score: F8 3xx
