Steps to getting/staying debts free
Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, and just to switch it up – might not be a train. Whoo-hoo! Only one more payment to satisfying one of my biggest monkeys, and I’m feeling a little … oh, dunno, the fleas of spending are beginning to itch. Not going to do it, though. …
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Just saw that an auto loan is currently cheaper – interest rate wise – than buying a home. Specifically – 5.85 percent v. 7.09 percent. WTAF(udge)? What sense does this make oh none at all glad we cleared that up … A young woman on the Toks of Tik confided that her grandmother gave her …
Discovered a wonderful new kitchen appliance. A little about me … I like tools, and guns, and trucks, and dogs. And Half, most of the time. And theKid, always. Anyhoo, theKid offers up ideas on the regular because … y’know … kid, and most of those ideas involve spending when I should not but can’t …
theKid participated in a sports camp/competition recently. Results were not as hoped. However. theKid performed quite well, achieving top ten status in most of the events, and top twenty status in the others. For a point of reference, there was roughly maybe 300-500 participants, skill levels from newbie to vet. Anyhoo, theKid had one flub …
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Saw a podcast clip that encouraged spouses to share finances. Maritals should share one bed and one bank account. The guest and the host both thought this was a basic, seemed amazed that folks could disagree. Nice, in theory. But people don’t live theoretical, they live actual, and methinks that might work for some but …
Well that’s disturbing. Someone posed the question: “Would you take $5M (dollars) or five minutes with Jesus?” Over(under)whelmingly, folks asked chose the cash. Every single one of the three MFs, and one of the two dudes. Sigh. Sign ‘O the Times. Personally, I value eternal salvation over dallah-dallah bills, yooalll … but that’s me. {Matthew 6:24} …
After this month, I will have another 90 days before I have completely fed a monkey while simultaneously starving it to death. Yay, me. The point? If I, with my preternaturally irresponsible financial self, can get serious and consistent about paying off debt, then absolutely anyone else can, too. Now, it only took getting sued, …
Half shrilled at theKid recently. Couldn’t rescue theKid, ‘cuz theKid was in the wrong. Part of the problem is theKid is usually/typically/ordinarily totally awesome extraordinary, so when theKid reveals human traits, such as fallibility, selfishness, or lack of thought, Half explodes all over theKid because the expectation is that theKid knows better. Which theKid does …
Need a new fridge. Well, not really, ‘coz the old one still works, just with problems. See, one feature of the fridge is an alert — a “ding … ding … ding” — if the door sits open too long. Well this delightful little feature now ding … ding … dings even when the fridge …
Meguess to start the newly yeared with a debt check, see how/what my monkeys are doing. Progress is admittedly slow, but it isn’t as if life stops whilst one tries to get one’s turds in order … those chimps just keep on flinging poo … So, without further ado (more ado, always ado) … the …
