In September we went on a vacation to Universal Orlando. For us, it was a once in a decade vacation due to the cost. We had such a great time that half way through I was thinking, how can we save more money so we can do this every couple of years? I may have…
Oh boy. I really screwed this up. The last post was check late so now this post only has half of what we save in a month and no interest. That’s okay, I’ll get it back on track next month. Since the last post we’ve saved our normal $250 in savings. At least it did…
It may be temporary, but we have had 2 months in a row of positive growth, with this month being even better than the last. My 401k rate of return is still showing -12.87% since October, but it was up in the 20s the last few months, so there is improvement. While I was enjoying…
We are slowly building back up our accounts. We have some expenses coming up that will hinder that, but once we get past those hurdles, we will hopefully have a chance to breathe for a little and let them grow. Our oldest son is getting ready to go into high school. It is an online…
Hooray! Finally, a month with growth. I was actually surprised to see that since the markets still aren’t doing good. I know it isn’t “growth” because we are still at a loss as a whole, but buying during these low months is going to catapult our balance once the market recovers. I was looking at…
We had a little more of a drop this month due my Father’s Day present (more on that in another post) and a trip back to KY for our oldest daughters choir performance. It’s crazy how quick money goes. We only ate out for dinner and ended up spending $1,500! The biggest expense was taking…
It has been over a month since I’ve looked at and posted about our retirement savings. While I know that we are buying shares at a lower cost that will inevitably go up, I still look forward to the day when I don’t have to post negative numbers. Christy’s more conservative holdings in her Roth…
Sorry reader. I haven’t had the time or energy lately to post anything. I’m going to try to pull my shit together and at least get my 2 default posts done each month. I thought I was drained until I saw our bank account. Poor guy. He’s barely holding on. In savings we saved our…
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…
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…