It’s time to tally up the damage. Way back at the beginning of the year, we established a total annual budget of $57,000. So how did our 2021 spending compare to that goal? You’re about to find out! Drumroll, please… CATEGORY BUDGET TOTAL SPENT OVER/(UNDER) Home $27,109 $26,746 ($363) Utilities…
As I’m sure is the case with many of you, December was a busy month. A medical procedure here, a vacation or two there, some family time over Christmas…good times, but we’re happy to be turning the calendar over to January. Oh yeah, and the stock market went bananas yet…
Long overdue, but it’s finally time to tally up our financial comings and goings from November. Better late than never, right? December has been a whirlwind of surgeries (of the elective variety) and vacations, so all of a sudden I find myself just a few days before Christmas having not…
Yet another month has come and gone and the Trick-or-Treaters have thankfully returned home. The weather here in Minnesota has been unseasonably warm (low 60s at the time of writing!). I don’t think you’ll hear many complaints about global warming in this part of the country over the next several…
By this point, I’ve been yammering on about our net worth and expenses for about 9 months, exposing our financial secrets each month in excruciating detail. And at some point in each financial update post, I typically comment on how we’re x% of our goal to financial independence. Which is…