Some friends called, how about a trip next year to Ireland for a week? Sure! I can save enough over the next nine months or so. Of course, they need a good chunk of that up front, oh and the one car needed major repairs, then the other needed repairs, and I've still got to drop $2K if I want to get the glass enclosure up so I can actually take a shower in my new bathroom the contractor left undone (they went bankrupt by the way, so much for their "lifetime" warranty :-). And let's just tack on the holidays, whoo hoo! So cash got hammered. Debt is going down, but now slowed as I save for my trip, but not by much because I diverted college fund saving since my one child has decided to not attend for a semester between community college and four year. Now they pay rent as encouragement to continue their education. Sigh, I crack the one million mark and I don't feel any different. Still cash poor. But on the other hand, it's nice to finally see seven figures on the net worth even if it doesn't last that long. |