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Inching my way closer!

April 29th, 2010 at 10:19 pm

Friday isn't even here yet but I've added up my totals for next paycheck! Approx. 6,600 in savings now! Getting closer to paying off that car and breathing a sign of relief. Baby keeps growing inside me, but all I feel is like I'm getting fatter. I'm only 3 1/2 months along but I feel like I should be like 6. The drawback of getting pregnant after steadily gaining a ton of weight over the past 2 years. Blahhh.

I was just thinking last night how amazing it's going to be once these debts are paid off. Like I seriously hadn't even comprehended how when all our debts are gone that money will be ours! No, not that I'm going to blow it all. I'm going to beef up retirement to an awesome level (We're at 10% now, but I'd like to make it 20% once the non-mortgage debt is gone) and after that we'll still have money leftover! I mean, in all honesty, my student loan is probably going to take 3 years. If we had our previous gazelle-like intensity it would take 18 months, but with a baby on the way I can't guarantee that other things aren't going to steal a bit of that money. So even worse case scenario it takes 3 years, I'll be 28/29 - sweet! I'm totally psyched to say we're going to be putting 20% into retirement. Sadly enough it's one of my life goals. Sorry, I just love feeling prepared Smile. I wonder if I'll start feeling the pressure to move again. It's always the nagging thing in the back of my head. Like I can't truly be successful if I'm still living here. Not like it's a dump, but it's not the crazy modern weirdo home sitting on a couple acres of land that I always wanted. It's just way too conventional and we've received remarks on how it's small (1650 livable SF, but only 1250 "counts" cause its not basement) We'll see..Ok, done blabbing for today!

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3 Responses to “Inching my way closer!”

  1. NJDebbie Says:
    April 29th, 2010 at 10:31 pm 1272580315
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    I'm so happy you are getting so close to your savings goal and paying your debt. May I make a remark about people making remarks about how small your place is? Don't pay attention to people have to say, they don't pay your bills and I don't think 1250 SF of livable space is not terrible. Work towards buying your dream house out right (or at least a decent down payment, you'll be so happy you did.

  2. mrs Says:
    April 29th, 2010 at 11:44 pm 1272584677
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    I'm 13 weeks along and happy to still be able to sleep comfortably on my stomach - though I don't know how much longer I'll be able to do so.

  3. Jerry Says:
    April 30th, 2010 at 08:03 pm 1272657790
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    My wife is very petite, which leads (at 8 months) to a medicine-ball tummy that makes comfortable sleep nearly impossible... not to mention the teaspoon-sized bladder and general discomfort. She just got a full body pillow, though, which for some reason offers her some insurance of comfiness in bed, all of a sudden. I am not going to question it, I will only sing its praises! =)
    Jerry

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