Much to be thankful for this year What happened this last month? We have a lot to be thankful for this year, even when not looking at finances. With the markets recovering and our making some sizeable contributions to savings, our savings number reached a new all time high. We still struggle a bit to…
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FIRE Month Savings Progress Report for January 2023
Happy New Year! What happened this last month? Last month ended down, but this month ended up significantly. Our final invested number was the second highest it’s ever been. The highest was back at the end of December 2021 when the markets were at their peak. There are a few things to note about our…
FIRE Month Savings Progress Report for June 2022
Suns out, numbers are down, and expenses are up What happened this last month? If last month was all positive, this month went the opposite direction. We didn’t have a major influx to invest this month that helps to cushion the numbers either. Summer activities have started which means some summer expenses around them. Summer…
FIRE Month Savings Progress Report for May 2022
A unicorn of months What happened this last month? The grass is green and so our all the tracked numbers. Even though the markets in May were steady, we came into a sum of money that helped boost the overall numbers. We also decided to do some things with the extra funds because our expenses…
FIRE Month Savings Progress Report for October 2021
Month 5 of the Kitchen Remodel We’re finally in the final stages of the kitchen remodel. I think I can safely say that next month will not be Month 6 since it’s just touch up work to be done and little bit of trim. Definitely nothing that interferes with our being able to use and…
FIRE Month Savings Progress Report for September 2021
Month 4 of the Kitchen Remodel This month’s numbers don’t look great. With our increase in expenses because of the kitchen, and the market not doing as well this month, most numbers moved in a negative direction. However, when the market is down, even a little, it’s a buying opportunity. One positive this month is…
FIRE Progress Report for September 2020 (Garage Door Edition)
This month saw the start of the school year, and another broken garage door. A few months ago our other garage door spring had broke, so it seemed ironic that this month the other one did. We also had a series of expenses related to our dog that we hadn’t anticipated, and of course there…
FIRE Progress Report through August 2020
FIRE Progress Report through August 2020 (Cell Phone Edition) What Happened and What Is Happening This month saw a significant boost to most of the numbers. This was partially related to the huge market run that we saw towards the end of August. In addition, I was awarded more restricted stock units. Technically, they are…
How we got paid $11 for 3 months of cell phone service
Let me start by saying this isn’t a scam. We were able to make money on a month’s worth of cell phone service using many of the things I’ve described in this blog. We’ve used Total Wireless for our cell phone service. There is no reason to go into a lot of detail here because…
Total Wireless Improves Again!
In the short time we’ve been on Total Wireless they’ve almost doubled the data amount we receive each month (from 8 GB to 15 GB). Originally when I had talked about our switch to Total, we knew that our data speeds were capped at 5 Mbps down and 1 Mbps up. That has since changed!…