Everyone spends money frivolously on occasion, and we are no exception. John and I haven’t been very good with our extra cash lately. It seems like we are down to a few dollars in our checking account at the end of every pay period. We usually have about $5 left to spare! Looking back over…
Month: February 2021
Working Toward Retirement – February
Well, this month could have been better, but it looks like we took a loss, collectively, in our Roth IRAs. While we had a big gain in my work 401k, our Roth IRAs did not fair the turbulence as well. All in all we had a gain of over $3,641, so I see it as…
Struggling with Money and Mood During the Pandemic
Like everyone else, my feelings about saving money ebb and flow. Sometimes, I am highly motivated. I make frugal and practical choices to save the most money for my family. But other times, I just want to live my life without constantly thinking about money. I want to go out to eat. I want to…
Kitchen Remodel: Behind the scenes – Peninsula Cabinets
In this post, I’ll review our peninsula cabinets and the guides we used for the doors. This was one of the many firsts on this project for me, so it was nerve racking at times. The nerve racking part wasn’t so much the work itself, but the work coupled with the cost of the cabinets….
Prepping the Dining Room for Paint
I am in the middle of trying to fix my dining room walls before I paint. I should mention that our entire house is covered in wallpaper. And when I say the entire house, I mean the walls AND the ceilings. It’s in every room, and even in the closets. The people who lived here…
Saving for the future – February
With the remodeling out of the way (for now at least), it’s good to see a month where all of our accounts have grown. This month in Savings we were able to save our usual $500, plus an additional $186. We earned $7.59 in interest. In our Vacation fund we saved our typical $200 and…
Opening Multiple Savings Accounts
Like most married couples, John and I have a lot of savings goals. Once upon a time, we had one checking account and one savings account. However, I did not like having all of our savings in one pot. It was hard for me to keep everything separate and accounted for – especially when an…