Not much to say this month (you’re welcome) except that we need to tighten our belt back up. Our Savings account is going in the wrong direction. This month in savings we saved our normal $500 and earned $3.05 in interest, but we transferred $4,250 to pay off our credit card. We were browsing for…
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Working Toward Retirement – April
It’s been another banner month in the stock market. As I type this, the Dow is down 774 points, the S&P 500 is down 99 points, and the Nasdaq is down 281 points. I’ve heard it said from different sources that out of every 10 years of the market, the historical average is that 2…
Saving for the future – April
Our savings this month took another dive, but as with Madeline Albright’s feelings on half a million Iraqi children dying due to our sanctions, we think the price is worth it…Not the children, our purchases. I’ll see you in hell Madeline. This month in savings we saved our normal $500 and earned $2.72 in interest….
Working Toward Retirement – March
Yes! Another negative month. On my birthday I wished that we would lose more money when I blew out the candles and my wish came true! Now the moment I’ve been waiting for – to use my current age to see what our retirement projection is going to be now that my birthday has past….
Saving for the future – March
In savings this month, we saved our normal $500, banked $380 from our federal tax return, and earned $3.04 in interest…but, we transferred $4,900 to cover our credit card bill. It was a rough month. We spent $103 at Ripley’s Believe It Or Not in Atlantic City and $113 at Friendly’s for our daughters 7th…
The Death of a Microwave
A little over 2 years ago, I wrote about how we were able to make a minor, low cost repair to our microwave and keep it going. 2 extra years isn’t bad, but unfortunately, I couldn’t save her this time. A couple of months ago our microwave stopped working again. I opened it up and…
Working Toward Retirement – February
It’s not as bad as last month, but it’s still a loss of $2,023. To be honest, I’m more worried about finding pictures of things falling if this continues. When you are using free images, it’s harder than you would think. November was our last positive month. In total, with deposits, we are -$16,637 in…
Saving for the future – February
Nothing exciting this month. We are saving all the excitement for when we get our credit card bill for our trip to the Poconos, a car repair, and our fire place repair. Check back next month if you like to see bank accounts tumble like Westley down an English hillside. AAAAAS YOOOOUUUU WIIIIIIIIIIISH!!! This month…
Working Toward Retirement – January
WOOO HOOO. Our retirement balances are falling faster than me and the kids on the first hill of the Nitro at Great Adventure. It’s not really wooo hooo, but more of a gulp. But, like I said last month, I’m not really worried. We are in the beginning phase of saving for retirement, so down…
Cincinnati Style Chili Dip
When you say “Cincinnati style chili”, most people have no clue what you are talking about. But if you are from the Cincinnati area like we are, you know that chili cheese coneys are equally as important as air and water. Even though we live in NJ now, we have chili cheese coneys, chili cheese…