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Gator Lookin’ at Wild Willy’s

John — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 19:42:46 +0000

On the last day of our vacation to Universal Orlando, we had a few hours to kill before our flight. Christy did her thing where she finds a family fun activity and this time she came up with fan boat tours. She found a couple of places, but we decided on Wild Willy’s Airboat Tours....

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Vacation to Universal Orlando

John — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 21:07:42 +0000

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...

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UPDATE! UPDATE! READ ALL ABOUT IT! …or don’t.

John — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 19:09:33 +0000

I know we only have 20 readers at any given time, but I thought they may be done with their Better Call Saul / Breaking Bad marathon, so I thought I’d shoot a post out. I know I said I would do better about keeping consistent with my savings and retirement posts, but I guess...

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Saving for the future – September

John — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 16:56:42 +0000

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...

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Working Toward Retirement – August

John — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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...

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Saving for the future – August

John — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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...

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Working Toward Retirement – July

John — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 20:53:08 +0000

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...

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Saving for the future – July

John — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 19:31:26 +0000

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...

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Working Toward Retirement – June

John — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 13:39:26 +0000

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...

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Saving for the future – June

John — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 19:44:02 +0000

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...

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