"It will take me only like twenty minutes to finish this if I can focus." - Why I am only now finishing this post on March 21st. It's been a loooooong year around our kiddos, hasn't it? February was three weeks ago, and wow does it feel like a long time ago already. And yet,…
Well, I made it. It is still February and I'm posting my January update. Phew. If it wasn't for the accountability of always posting these each month here on the blog, this one probably wouldn't have gotten done. Every time though, I am so glad that I have the data and have done the reflection…
Considering January is almost over, I'm glad to finally check this off my list and finish off my year end reporting on our finances. It's been long enough that I had completely forgotten that I'd already checked in on the end of my 2020 goals (though I still need to share - and finalize -…
For whatever reason, November has trended to be one of our least expensive months of the year, ever since I started tracking back in 2017. This year was no exception, even though this year looked so different than the last three. Honestly, it's been a long time since we've spent so little in a month…
Waiting until near the end of November to write this post might have been a mistake, because I'm able to look back at the relative freedom we had to move around and do things in October stings a bit. Granted, "relative freedom" means a camping trip with our two friends and eating outside at restaurants…
Looking back to where our finances were in 2017 when we had to use our emergency fund, we've come a long way in getting a closer hold on our monthly expenses and are so much better prepared to adjust as needed. We've been lucky this year to both have our jobs, though our roommate has…
Considering it is now almost October, I suppose it is time for me to finish up my August spending update. Just like the previous month, I really didn’t feel like taking the time to go through everything in this detail, but it’s important. Our finances look so different since I started tracking in 2017. We…
July feels like forever ago at this point. June and July seemed to march along at a decent clip, but August has slowed down to the molasses speed of March. The weather has been good though, so we've been spending a lot of it outside. This month was a wildly expensive one for us, but…
Considering the month of July is almost over, it's probably time to update my June expense report here. While I would have liked to just skip going through the details at this point since the month is weeks past, the accountability of this blog makes sure that I still do it, even when I'm really…
Well, I think I had some unfounded hope at the last quarterly update back in April that things would be more back to normal by now, but they clearly aren't. COVID cases here in the United States are higher than ever, and I'm concerned what 4th of July gatherings are going to do to them…