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….
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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…
Saving for the future – January
Ahhh. The holidays are over. Everyone had a great Christmas and New Years. We were able to take the kids bowling and over to The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. If you are from the area, we recommend checking out the Invisible World of Water on snow flakes. We’ve all seen the ornate depictions…
Saving money on home repairs – Maytag Maxima dryer
Saving money on home repairs is a great way to be frugal. Who doesn’t want to save money? I like money. You have to know your limitations, but it’s at least worth investigating the issue to see if it’s something you feel comfortable with. Like back in 2020 I posted a video on how to…
Working Toward Retirement – December
OUCH! Down $6,001 this month. I’m not worried though. I wish I would have had this outlook over a decade ago – that a down market means every share I buy during that time is on sale. Currently my work 401k is showing a year to date (10/1/21, our fiscal year) rate of return of…