OK so with the holiday season looming, I took a look at the debt repayment\/satisfaction progress and \u2026 well.\u00a0 Not so good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rules still apply \u2014 Don\u2019t Spend If Spend Spend Wisely \u2014 as well as the 7Qs \u2026 however, despite, nevertheless, unfortunately, well \u2026 progress has … not halted, not exactly, but shall we say curbed<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Still making moves, still feeding my monthly monkey of debt satisfaction as well as all the other monkeys of discontent, but \u2026 some of them have grown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now before someone @\u2019s me in my defense (not that I have one but still) had to shell out $1350 to repair the truck (unplanned\/still less than $90K for a new one so no real complaint there) as well as, well, reasons.\u00a0 Dog is costing me $500\/month, \u2018cuz Dog is 105 and itchy.\u00a0 And \u2014 see earlier \u2014 I hate the holidays, had to spend (well not had to<\/em><\/strong> but since I\u2019m not actually the Grinch I\u2019m expected to participate and even he had a change of heart\/simp) on Half and theKid, so there\u2019s that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not blaming Half, but Half \u2026 well to blame Half had to cover some\/one of Half\u2019s agreed expenses, and theKid\u2019s diet changed to, well, real food, which is expensiver than the food-like products I had been shoveling down theKid\u2019s gullet, so there\u2019s that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So there\u2019s more of that. And here\u2019s this \u2026 my current monkey of shame. Went up a little (grunt) but still feeding regular bananas to one of my more troublesome monkeys, so that one is steadily coming down. By this time 2023, dat monkey be ded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Slow and steady wins the race. {Titus 2:2<\/em>}<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just not in NASCAR (Negroes Ain\u2019t S\u2019posedah Care About Racing<\/em>) \u2026 Altho\u2019 methinks McNabb had a point\/racing is not really a sport<\/em>sport admittedly it would not be as exciting w\/o high-speed crash potential, and must go fast, fast, faster still to catch that lovely checkered flag but watevs, you (Other Person You) get the point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Which is stick to it. And the debt comes down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Otherwise the monkey just gets bigger, and harder to feed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Think: \u00a0tarsier, not silverback<\/p>\n\n\n\n Will do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" OK so with the holiday season looming, I took a look at the debt repayment\/satisfaction progress and \u2026 well.\u00a0 Not so good. The rules still apply \u2014 Don\u2019t Spend If Spend Spend Wisely \u2014 as well as the 7Qs \u2026 however, despite, nevertheless, unfortunately, well \u2026 progress has … not halted, not exactly, but shall … <\/p>\n
But I have none so monkey-poo all over you. Duck<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nType of Debt<\/u><\/em><\/td> TotalDebt<\/u><\/em><\/td> MinMonthPay<\/u><\/em><\/td><\/tr> Wow, really?<\/td> $65,000<\/td> $750<\/td><\/tr> Hold my beer<\/td> $52,315<\/td> $375<\/td><\/tr> Years of monkey play<\/td> $12,000<\/td> $1,000<\/td><\/tr> New monkey \/ fresh scent<\/td> $12,315<\/td> $285<\/td><\/tr> Monkey fun<\/td> $9,000<\/td> $600<\/td><\/tr> Monthly monkey I<\/td> $5,000<\/td> $1,200<\/td><\/tr> Monthly monkey II<\/td> $3,000<\/td> $250<\/td><\/tr> Meet: Poo-flinging Chimp<\/td> $158,630.00<\/td> $4,460.00<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n