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still plugging away

May 15th, 2013 at 05:19 pm

We had two major setbacks in the last few months.

Problem#1 My husbands commuter car had the engine seize up in the middle of the interstate. 3k spent to replace it.

Problem #2 My husbands "new" commuter car ran into a car on a rainy day at a stoplight. Hardly any damage to the guys car but it totalled the "new" car. 2k spent to replace it.

So there's 5k not anticipated spending in the last 3 months. Oh and then there was the $800 to replace the fuel pump and do a tune up on my car. So nearly 6k...

The first incident I was stressed and bothered. By the 2nd and then my car I've learned nothing is ever going to go as planned. I've had my spreadsheet of life for years and it's finally dawned on me that it's great to set a goal, but there's always going to be a few road blocks in the way.

Life lessons, I suppose..

So we are getting there, little by little. Addition will be paid at the end of July (instead of the end of march). Florida trip will be paid in cash and then we can start to amass our savings again.