Saturday, March 31, 2012

Monthly Update

Pay off student loan - 21.9% (Up .5%)
Roth 2012 - 21.9% (Up 5.8%)

I should have a little more to put in my Roth from this month's paychecks but I'll see how the groceries come out tomorrow. The fence is done and paid for, woohoo!! The tax refunds covered it with just a bit to spare. I was hoping to use the leftovers to buy a new chair but instead, I just got a bill for my mortgage's escrow account which will apparently experience a shortage. Last year I got a check for three times the amount they are asking for now, since it was so well stocked. I'm baffled as to why they didn't keep some of that as padding. It's not even like my property taxes or insurance went up, so I'm not sure how they miscalculated so badly. Apart from the escrow miscalculations, I've had nothing but good experience with them (US Bank). So anyway, business as usual. No more house projects for now. About this time next year I think I'll start saving for windows..lol.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Monthly Update

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.