It was a rocky month in the stock market, especially today. Collectively we are down $1,423. Due to the market being down, we were not able to meet the benchmark of having $100,000 in my work 401k. Even with that loss, my work 401k is still showing our rate of return over the last 5…
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Kitchen Remodel: Behind the scenes – Building a cabinet
Another first for me on this project was building a cabinet from scratch. Our old kitchen had the stove pushed directly against our old pantry. Christy had the great idea to take the dead plate that filled in the gap between the left side of the stove and the sink cabinets, move it to the…
Saving for the future – March
This month in Savings, we were able to save our normal $500, but I also cashed in the change that built up in my coin cup that I keep in my vehicle. I’ve been putting any change that builds up into Savings. Every little bit helps. With that I was able to add an additional…
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…
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….
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…
Kitchen Remodel: Behind the scenes – Faux shiplap
Continuing with the behind the scenes of our kitchen remodel, this post will go over ripping and installing faux shiplap. When Christy told me she wanted to cover every inch of wall with shiplap, I died a little inside. It sounded like a lot of work. At least I could get it easily ripped into…
Working Toward Retirement – January
I didn’t realize it last month, but we broke the $100,000 mark in our retirement savings. That’s a great milestone. I can’t wait to hit the next milestone – $200,000. As I stated last month, we were able to max out both of our Roth IRAs with the help of my bonus and our savings….
Kitchen Remodel: Behind the scenes – Double pantry
Christy unveiled the final results of our kitchen remodel, but I thought I’d go back through the project and review some of the things we did for the first time in our lives. No better place to start than where we did – our fabulous double pantry. I’m famous for four words in our house…
Saving for the future – January 2021!
Ahhh. A new year, full of hope and possibilities. Let’s hope it’s not Groundhog Year where we live 2020 over again. This month in Savings we saved our normal $500 and earned $6.60 in interest. And thanks to our ridiculous government that hands out money they don’t have to people that don’t need it, we…