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. …
I’m making a few changes to the format and data in these quarterly wrap ups. On the income side of the equation I am removing the total of our income and only publishing the savings rate. Our household income is between $60,000 and $90,000, but it seems like the more …