With the right mix of breath and negligence, all those little budget campfires can blow into a forest fire. I want to say that extra paycheck was earmarked for financial growth and moving the needle more on our mortgage debt, but maybe the best I can say is we didn’t have to dip into savings to pay the bills this month. And some months, just putting out all those little fires is the best you can do. How’d we do this month? Three Paychecks! So, due to the way I’m…
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Net Worth & Debt Update: A Month of Freezer/Pantry Meals
Dinners from our Pantry & Freezers (And April’s $100 grocery budget) (& Our Net Worth & Debt Update): Fair Warning to Foodies: This ain’t no gourmet food blog so don’t disappoint yourself looking for dinspiration here. (see what I did there?) We’re cleaning out the freezers and pantry this month. If you’re looking for the net worth and debt update, scroll on down to the bottom. April 1 – We were all so full of Easter lunch and candy that dinner was a tub of cottage cheese. Getting creative with…
Net Worth & Debt Update: March 31, 2018 – Wait, What?
Hoowee, boy! Where have we been? I’ve had a lot of guilt over not writing for nearly four months, so here are my excuses: Our oldest started Pre-K, so now the boys go to two different schools, which has required a little extra coordination. Also, it costs just as much with tuition, after school care, and all that fundraising to have him in pre-K as it did in daycare–no cost savings this year. Then I had emergency surgery in September to yank out my gall bladder, appendix, and an ovary with…
2017 Super Ambitious Goals and Net Worth Update
So, we’re just past the middle of 2017 and it’s time to report on our progress. In keeping with our Super-Ambitious 2017 Goals Post, which was a few months late, this mid-year check-in isn’t perfectly on time either. However, it has given us a few extra weeks to settle into our summer garden, as you saw last month. 2017 Super-Ambitious Goals Update: Earlier this year, I showed you my goals for achieving a “Level 10” year on Burton Farm. In each of ten areas in the bullet journal I keep,…
Net Worth Post & Debt Update through 5/31/2017 – Should we buy a pool?
Well, here we are, five months into the year. I’m sure we’re just settling in to life without double mortgages, but still, my control-freak nature tells me we’re floundering and had better get it back together or we’ll lose momentum toward our goals. Chaos is totally a control-freak’s dark place. But maybe we are just seeds, being soaked overnight in a deep pool before planting. Christine Caine says sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, but you’ve actually been planted. I don’t know about you,…