I forgot all about this place until Saving Advice sent me a birthday greeting in my email! Nice marketing, guys! I seriously need to update everything here.
I have been very, very blessed since I made my last entry in here. Here's the scoop:
1. My wife and I have absolutely zero debt! Debt free!
2. We drive a paid-for 2006 Saturn Vue.
3. We have $18,250 in a savings account for a down payment on a house. We just looked at a really cute house that's selling for $65,000, which is around the price that we want.
4. We have $10,000 in an emergency fund in addition to our other savings.
5. My wife gets to be a stay-at-home dog mom.
6. We tithe 10% of our gross income to our church. I'm just telling you guys because you don't know who I am. Tithing has been so amazing. If you don't do it, I challenge you to do it for a year.
7. We're making plans for baby #1.
8. We are contributing about 12% of our gross income to retirement. One of our goals for 2011 is to raise that to 15%.
9. We do all of this on one teacher's salary.
10. God is good. Sometimes I get scared that things are too good to be true, but we just keep having faith and pushing through hard times as they come.
Major Update
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