These are crazy times. The government keeps giving me money! Don’t get me wrong – I am thankful to receive it. But it’s a little weird that large sums of money are regularly being deposited into my checking account. Last week, we received $1,250 from our child tax credit. Technically, we were supposed to get…
Month: July 2021
Working Toward Retirement – July
This month our retirement savings is up $2,148. Not as good as last month, but at least its growth. Since my last retirement post, my work 401k peaked at 31%, but took a dramatic tumble to 29%. I’m kidding of course. These high rates of return are going to really help our average over the…
Spending ALL our HSA Money
When it rains, it pours. Remember when I told you the story about our son meeting his health insurance deductible a month before it resets? Well, my youngest daughter decided to get in on the action too. Our poor little HSA has been put through the wringer. Last week, John and I were in our…
Accuplacer – Acing the Placement Test!
I am bursting with pride, so I want to share our oldest daughter’s latest success. As I mentioned a few months ago, I was hoping she could start taking classes at a community college this fall. I have been doing a lot of leg work, making sure we dot all our i’s and cross all…
Saving for the future – July
This month in Savings we saved our normal $500 and earned $5.04 in interest. We recently bought our oldest daughter new bedroom furniture. We purchased it on a 6 month no interest / no payment plan to spread out the cost. We can only afford to pay $200 a month on it and the rest…