2018 has been rocky for the first quarter for us. We spent quite a bit over our projected budget, largely due to medical spending which totaled just shy of $4,000 for the quarter. The stock market overall was down for this quarter which muted a lot of our contributions. We …
2017 was our best year financially yet. Despite setbacks we hit a savings rate of 44%, not quite the 50% I wanted, but certainly close. We saved just under $40,000 this year. I think overall the targets I’ve been shooting for are a bit too lofty and I need to …
Quarter 3 has been a great quarter financially for us and it has also been incredibly busy. For most of the quarter I was working 75 hour weeks, Mrs. C. was working 20-30 hours, and all the kids started school, even the littlest who is four. Add in doctor appointments, …
This quarter has been intense. I was working upwards of 80 hours a week for a good chunk of the quarter and finished up my spring nuclear outage season in mid May. Since then I have been hanging out with the kids and Mrs. C. has been working more hours. …