May 20 2013
The Great First, the GREAT news: I paid off my FOURTH Student Loan on Friday! Can I just add that this brings down my student loans to $13,788.01?!?!? I started off the year with $18,248.01 in student debt. I’ve paid off $4,460 in student loan debt in five months! Happy dance for me. It feels …
Apr 05 2013
In my report of our 2013 first-quarter results, someone asked if I could expand on my side hustle income. I know that I’m always curious as to how others earn their money so I’m doing this to give some insight into how I earn extra money online. For the first three months of 2013, I …
Apr 03 2013
Well, my monthly budget updates only lasted one month. So maybe quarterly reports will be a bigger hit? Here is the state of our union on our 2013 goals. Financial Goals Bring down my student loans to under $10,000: On track I paid off my THIRD student loan this week! I started January 2013 with …
Nov 01 2012
I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween yesterday! My company gets really into it, and I was happy that most of my department dressed up. This was my pregnant nun costume: And these were some of the, um, creative, entries in the pumpkin carving contest: I was super excited about this year’s Halloween, because it …
Sep 20 2012
Two weeks ago, we received Eric’s first paycheck with full-time hours on it. This check was more than twice as much as he was making while working part-time hours these past few months and the highest paycheck he’s made since we’ve been married. I cannot begin to express how much relief this brought us—or rather, …
Sep 11 2012
Haven’t done one of these in a while… Every month, I keep track of how much extra money I made through what I affectionately call “The Side Hustle.” I already met my 2012 goal by making $2,500 in side hustle income this year. I hope to double my goal, or make $5,000, by the end …
