Pay off student loan - 21.4% (Up .6%)
Roth 2012 - 16.1%
Since I skipped last month, that's actually two months worth of updates. Slow going huh? I'm plodding along. My tax refunds came in pretty well this year - $3300-ish between state and federal. I hope that covers the fence, because at this rate I won't have much cushion leftover if I want to hit my Roth goal this year. Fence estimate is coming next week so I'm crossing my fingers.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Dividends
I'll throw up my dividend chart too. I love the growth :) I know, it's a small amount. But we're moving in the right direction.
Monthly Update
Pay off student loan - 21.2% (Up .4%)
What I call my emergency fund is definitely up over the top of my goal so I'm dropping that one off the list. The fence fund as I believe I mentioned last month was wiped out for the cat. I haven't yet started rebuilding that one so I dropped it off. I don't think I'll put it back up. I'm hoping for a tax refund that covers it in one swoop. That leaves the list pretty paltry, especially since I'm making almost-minimum payments on the student loan. I'll throw my 2012 goal up next time for good measure. I spend all of my "fat" this month between the aforementioned cat and also I got a good deal on a tv so I used the paycheck leftovers for that. I'm ready to dig in for the new year! I've been pretty spendy lately..
What I call my emergency fund is definitely up over the top of my goal so I'm dropping that one off the list. The fence fund as I believe I mentioned last month was wiped out for the cat. I haven't yet started rebuilding that one so I dropped it off. I don't think I'll put it back up. I'm hoping for a tax refund that covers it in one swoop. That leaves the list pretty paltry, especially since I'm making almost-minimum payments on the student loan. I'll throw my 2012 goal up next time for good measure. I spend all of my "fat" this month between the aforementioned cat and also I got a good deal on a tv so I used the paycheck leftovers for that. I'm ready to dig in for the new year! I've been pretty spendy lately..
Friday, December 30, 2011
Yearly Goals
2011
1. Net worth = $45,000.
2. Pay back what I owe myself - around $700 to my Roth and around $900 to my savings.
Done & done!
2012
1. Put $4,000 into my Roth.
There are no net worth goals this year. I realized I don't like those goals because I have so little direct control. The stock market can swing so much, and even if I ultimately chose the right mutual funds for me, it wouldn't matter that year, I would suck, or rock, depending which way the wind blew. So anyway, I'm excited about the new year. And tax season is coming, one of my favorite times of the year. Happy New Year!
1. Net worth = $45,000.
2. Pay back what I owe myself - around $700 to my Roth and around $900 to my savings.
Done & done!
2012
1. Put $4,000 into my Roth.
There are no net worth goals this year. I realized I don't like those goals because I have so little direct control. The stock market can swing so much, and even if I ultimately chose the right mutual funds for me, it wouldn't matter that year, I would suck, or rock, depending which way the wind blew. So anyway, I'm excited about the new year. And tax season is coming, one of my favorite times of the year. Happy New Year!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Monthly Update
Pay off student loan - 20.8% (Up 1.2%)
E-fund 2 - 116.8% (Up 19%)
Fence - 77.8% (Up 26.1%)
The student loan goal is up a little extra as I made November and December payments this month. I hit my goal on the back up emergency fund, woo! I shifted some of my primary emergency fund into the backup because of my last post - moving $1000 from a CD to a GNMA bond fund. But also the market bounced back a little bit. So, I'll be taking that off the monthly update. I might add a few dollars to the primary fund over the next couple of months but it seems as though I had that one slightly overstocked in cash equivalents. As well, the time has come to use the "fence" fund on the cat, so that goal will be starting over..lol :) Hopefully third time is the charm on that one. If nothing else, January is a 3 pay check month and in February I should be getting a hopefully decent tax refund. Between those things, I think the fence fund should be knocked flat. Woo hoo! I'm not sure what goal will be next. I'll be thinking about that..
E-fund 2 - 116.8% (Up 19%)
Fence - 77.8% (Up 26.1%)
The student loan goal is up a little extra as I made November and December payments this month. I hit my goal on the back up emergency fund, woo! I shifted some of my primary emergency fund into the backup because of my last post - moving $1000 from a CD to a GNMA bond fund. But also the market bounced back a little bit. So, I'll be taking that off the monthly update. I might add a few dollars to the primary fund over the next couple of months but it seems as though I had that one slightly overstocked in cash equivalents. As well, the time has come to use the "fence" fund on the cat, so that goal will be starting over..lol :) Hopefully third time is the charm on that one. If nothing else, January is a 3 pay check month and in February I should be getting a hopefully decent tax refund. Between those things, I think the fence fund should be knocked flat. Woo hoo! I'm not sure what goal will be next. I'll be thinking about that..
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
CDs
Happy Thanksgiving kids! A day early. But I already celebrated :)
So I just got the note that my CD is coming up for renewal soon. I can lock in .6% for another year. Boy I can just hardly contain my excitement. I'm thinking I will move that money to the GNMA bond fund. I put a couple of hundred dollars in GNMA awhile ago while I debated if I felt comfortable putting more there. The answer is yes! The risk? This is part of my emergency fund and it's not federally insured like the CD was. But still, the risk remains relatively low. For me I think the small risk is worth the extra gains.
In other news, my cat was approved for the expensive treatment. Bye-bye fence fund. He goes next week, and I still don't have the total. Thankfully it's going on the credit card so I have a few weeks to shift my dollars around. I am excited though. I will think of it as an early Christmas present, to both of us.
So I just got the note that my CD is coming up for renewal soon. I can lock in .6% for another year. Boy I can just hardly contain my excitement. I'm thinking I will move that money to the GNMA bond fund. I put a couple of hundred dollars in GNMA awhile ago while I debated if I felt comfortable putting more there. The answer is yes! The risk? This is part of my emergency fund and it's not federally insured like the CD was. But still, the risk remains relatively low. For me I think the small risk is worth the extra gains.
In other news, my cat was approved for the expensive treatment. Bye-bye fence fund. He goes next week, and I still don't have the total. Thankfully it's going on the credit card so I have a few weeks to shift my dollars around. I am excited though. I will think of it as an early Christmas present, to both of us.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Monthly Update
Pay off student loan - 19.6% (Up .4%)
E-fund 2 - 97.8% (Up 9.6%)
Fence - 77.8% (Up 26.1%)
Happy Halloween! I just finished sending the Trick-or-treaters on their way. I had 51 this year. Previous years yielded 90-100 so we're down quite a bit this year. More leftovers for me, I suppose. I did miss the first half hour and perhaps a school night drove some kids away. I love this time of year. The start of the fun holidays ending with a fresh start, the new year, and a tax refund. I do enjoy the changing seasons and deal with the cold. The one thing I really don't like is the lack of day light, but what's a person to do? And as much as I enjoy the holidays, I seriously can't believe the Christmas commercials already. Come on! :)
On the finance front, things went well. I think the stock market bounced back a bit, leading to the nice increase in the e-fund 2. It wasn't because I pumped money in or anything. Although I did get a present from work in the form of a check. I will send $900 to e-fund 2 and I'm thinking about spending the other $100 on a used DS Lite and a couple of games. Still debating. It's that time of year again, the time of year I settle in to play some video games. They pretty much lay dormant all summer. I need to clear out a few Wii games also that have been rejected. That might cover some of it.
The fence/cat fund got a nice little bump. I was hoping to push more in there but I forgot about getting some work done on the tree this fall. I have a couple of weeks before my cat can even be qualified for the treatment, in the least. We might have to wait longer, depending on how his bloodwork goes later this month. I just want to do it and be done but I know that's not the best way. Aside from the fuzzy time line, the costs are quite fuzzy as well. I hate things like that..lol.
E-fund 2 - 97.8% (Up 9.6%)
Fence - 77.8% (Up 26.1%)
Happy Halloween! I just finished sending the Trick-or-treaters on their way. I had 51 this year. Previous years yielded 90-100 so we're down quite a bit this year. More leftovers for me, I suppose. I did miss the first half hour and perhaps a school night drove some kids away. I love this time of year. The start of the fun holidays ending with a fresh start, the new year, and a tax refund. I do enjoy the changing seasons and deal with the cold. The one thing I really don't like is the lack of day light, but what's a person to do? And as much as I enjoy the holidays, I seriously can't believe the Christmas commercials already. Come on! :)
On the finance front, things went well. I think the stock market bounced back a bit, leading to the nice increase in the e-fund 2. It wasn't because I pumped money in or anything. Although I did get a present from work in the form of a check. I will send $900 to e-fund 2 and I'm thinking about spending the other $100 on a used DS Lite and a couple of games. Still debating. It's that time of year again, the time of year I settle in to play some video games. They pretty much lay dormant all summer. I need to clear out a few Wii games also that have been rejected. That might cover some of it.
The fence/cat fund got a nice little bump. I was hoping to push more in there but I forgot about getting some work done on the tree this fall. I have a couple of weeks before my cat can even be qualified for the treatment, in the least. We might have to wait longer, depending on how his bloodwork goes later this month. I just want to do it and be done but I know that's not the best way. Aside from the fuzzy time line, the costs are quite fuzzy as well. I hate things like that..lol.
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