No, I still don’t have any official numbers on where we are with our debt payoff. I completely missed my mid-month update, which was a combination of time getting away from me and honestly, not having much to report. As things stand right now, we are hovering around a $700ish decrease for the month. Certainly not great, but with having to use our sinking funds for our driveway and also taking an impromptu mini-anniversary trip, we are still playing catch-up. I plan to have more solid numbers posted at some point this coming weekend. Looking at some upcoming expenses and wage changes, I’m also feeling the need to do some budget tweaking. [Read more…]
Our first load of wood was delivered yesterday, all $450 worth! While the person we buy from is cash or check only, it still feels good that we are in a position to do so. In the past, paying for all the irregular expense that come our way would have had us reaching for a credit card. We sure have made some very positive changes since starting this journey! In another month or so (read: when money permits!), we will order another load of wood. We still have a fair amount left over from last burning season, but it is good to have more seasoning for the coming year. Such a vicious cycle. Lol. If you’re interested, I’m hosting a wood stacking party for anyone who’d like to stop on over. I’ll provide the wood! 😉 
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We are currently getting hammered with the white stuff. So much, in fact, that the preemie’s mom told me not to come today. She did ask me if I could watch the baby all day on Monday, so at least the white stuff isn’t going to cost me the green stuff! 
“This might be too personal a question, I’m not sure but how much do you like to keep in your savings account/emergency fund? I know Dave Ramsey says $1000, but even though we have debt, that doesn’t seem like enough to me and makes me nervous.” ~ Sue
“You are so lucky to have someone who is willing to take the time and help you. My husband is on board with getting the debt paid off, but he doesn’t want anything to do with it – really doesn’t want any details at all so it is hard for me to sometimes figure things out on my own.” ~ Sue 
Envelope spending totals.
Telling our money where to go.
Are you curious as to what it is? 
Trying to do a better job at keeping track of where our money goes!