It’s been an interesting two weeks. I didn’t think I would get much extra debt paid off this month because I have Town/County taxes to pay, our planes tickets for our trip to Ireland to save for and now these medical bills which just got bigger today. But get this… we had an unexpected surgeContinue reading “Not Impressed With Our Debt – Weeks 22 -23 -Rearranging”
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Not Impressed With Our Debt -Weeks 18 -21
I survived the holiday baking season. The only thing I can say without going into details is that it was awful by the end and I am so glad it’s over! Terrible to say that isn’t it? During that time though I am happy to report a very good thing and very bummed to reportContinue reading “Not Impressed With Our Debt -Weeks 18 -21”
Not Impressed With Our Debt – Week 16 & 17 – Take Care of Yourself
The last two weeks have been eye opening for me. If you have not suffered from anxiety, panic attacks and/or had large amounts of stress in your life consider yourself lucky. While working to pay down our debt (which is stressful enough) Life has thrown us multiple curve balls since September. When people are underContinue reading “Not Impressed With Our Debt – Week 16 & 17 – Take Care of Yourself”
Week 15 of 80 – Not Impressed With Our Debt – Buying on Autopilot
As we get older we tend to get more forgetful they say. I say we are just getting more and more distracted by stuff around us. We women especially have so many things going through our brains that we tend to do things on autopilot. Am I right ladies? A great example of this autopilotContinue reading “Week 15 of 80 – Not Impressed With Our Debt – Buying on Autopilot”
Week 14 of 80 – Not Impressed With Our Debt – October 2018 Results
October has been a much more productive month in terms of paying down our debt. In September we had to pay our school taxes and when you are living paycheck to paycheck saving for them is tough. With those taxes behind us for another year I was able to make bigger payments on that darnContinue reading “Week 14 of 80 – Not Impressed With Our Debt – October 2018 Results”
Week 12 of 80 – Not Impressed With Our Debt – Wardrobe Problems
Ladies, has your husband or significant other ever packed your things for a trip? We were participating in a friend’s wedding this weekend and like usual I got hung up at the bakery and didn’t have time to pack anything for myself the night before. Scott had to pack for me (he is such aContinue reading “Week 12 of 80 – Not Impressed With Our Debt – Wardrobe Problems”
Week 11 of 80 – Not Impressed with our Debt – Monthly Payment Schedule
You may wonder if we use a written budget to stay on track with our debt. I have tried many things over the years and while a written budget with fancy spreadsheets or instant calculation apps are exciting at first, they lose their excitement for me after a few weeks. The only thing that hasContinue reading “Week 11 of 80 – Not Impressed with our Debt – Monthly Payment Schedule”
Week 10 of 80 – Not Impressed With Our Debt – October Dinners – Meal Planning
October is already 7 days in, but here is what I am planning for dinner for the rest of October. Oct 7th Oct 8th Oct 9th Oct 10th Continue reading “Week 10 of 80 – Not Impressed With Our Debt – October Dinners – Meal Planning”
Week 9 of 80 – Not impressed With Our Debt – September the Results
I knew September would be a difficult month for getting any extra debt paid off because our school taxes were due. Amazingly for the first time in about 8 years we not only paid our school taxes in full and on time but we also got some debt paid too! Our Old Navy balance startedContinue reading “Week 9 of 80 – Not impressed With Our Debt – September the Results”
Week 8 of 80 – Not Impressed With Our Debt -Testing Our Resolve
I wanted to give up many times this week. So many things have come up and have tested my resolve about paying off our debt, but we have pushed past those feelings of doubt for now. Part of our problem was we were weary from working so hard and not having a day off. It’sContinue reading “Week 8 of 80 – Not Impressed With Our Debt -Testing Our Resolve”
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