Thursday, May 31, 2012

This Won't Last Long

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This won't last long, but its always exciting when our ING savings total* breaks $40,000.  Our home owners insurance and wind storm is d...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

2012 Goals Update - Mid May

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(1) Max out 401k(s) - $15,186 (45%)(goal is $34,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) - $2500 (25%)(goal is $10,000) (3) Add to e/r fund - $4400 (44%)(...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Every Little Bit Helps

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I will be receiving a small bonus this year at work - $1000.  The bulk of that bonus will be going to pay for a last minute family trip that...
Tuesday, May 8, 2012

2012 Savings Goals - May Update

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As I said yesterday, forward progress is forward progress, but our forward progress is slow. (1) Max out 401k(s) - $13,492 (40%)(goal is ...
Monday, May 7, 2012

A Snowflaking Reminder

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We are making very slow progress on our 2012 goals, at present we are more than $5000 behind on our goals.  There are lots of very good reas...
Thursday, May 3, 2012

Carlos ???

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We have lived in our house since 2004 and we are one of the few people these days that still has a home telephone.  The telephone number ass...
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Monday, April 23, 2012

"This is Peggy . . ."

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You know that Discover credit card commerical, where "Peggy" is the male customer service representative with the thick accent and...
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Thursday, April 19, 2012

The Hazards of Debit Cards

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We use our debit cards for 90% of our day to day transactions. We like debit cards because we can keep track of our spending, we avoid debt...
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