Yesterday I wrote about selling the car, and that we have an idea of what we want to do with the proceeds. In trying to be a bit more transparent (because I know you all want to know how much we got!), it wasn’t a huge amount. The car was in excellent shape but did have a smidge over 100,000 miles. We accepted an offer of $4,500. Nothing earth-shattering, but still a nice amount to add to our savings. We are also getting $467 back from our auto insurance, as I had just paid our six-month premium. Since I already accounted for that money, I’ll throw that into savings as well.
Now for the big idea. It is about our future house renovation. [Read more…]
Yikes. We are almost a full week into 2019, and I have yet to post my goals. Initially, I had a planned to write a (cough) an elaborate itemized timeline of everything I hope to accomplish. Given the way the year has started, I quickly ditched that idea. I am now going to keep it simple in 2019. 
I’m back at it today, playing with the pesky numbers. Before I delve into all what’s on my mind, let me first give a mini update as to where we currently stand with our debt payoff. As the usual, not a lot of change in the first half of December. We paid another $600 towards Citi, bringing it down to $4,200. Our Visa remains at $8440.44 as the statement closing date is later in the month. For those who dislike math, our total owed is now $12,640.44. 
$1,500. What does that amount mean to me? It is the approximate amount that will remain on our smallest debt after making our April $700ish snowball. 
18 for 18!