December allowed us to finish up the year on a new milestone with our net worth and we had strong growth in areas like investments, cash, and even cars!
Category Archives: The Budget
The budget is where we post our budget online every month so that others can see how we are building our net worth
November 2016 – $99,147.91 – Net Worth Update (+$3,221.24)
We rebounded well from last month’s decline. Stocks were up and we received some nice refunds to save and grow.
October 2016 – $95,926.67 – Net Worth Update (-$2,633.43)
Our net worth declined $2633 this month as we battled Murphy with our vehicles as well as made a couple big purchases.
September 2016 – $98,560.10 – Net Worth Update (+$899.90)
Our net worth moved up by almost $900 this month as we spent our first month truly on one income. Check out how we did it.
August 2016 – $97,660.20- Net Worth Update (+$8,080.81)
This was a great month for our family’s net worth. Despite big changes to our work situation, we were able to increase our net worth by over $8,000!
June 2016 – $89,579.39 – Net Worth Update (+$5,287.17)
3 months of updates here. We have grown quite a bit over the last 3 months with stocks rallying and our cash reserves building. See how it went down in this update!
March 2016 – $84,292.22 – Net Worth Update (+14,825.89)
So, what has been happening since August 2015? A LOT! In this time, we have purchased a vehicle, sold our other vehicle, received an inheritance, started funding our retirement much more, started putting money that we’ve saved into our sinking fund towards our vacation, among other things.
August 2015 – $69,466 – Net Worth Update (+$357.96)
We finally finished up our 6 month emergency fund this month. Stocks put a damper on our growth, but we ended up positive over the month.
July 2015 – $69,108 – Net Worth Update (+$2,316.50)
An awesome month for sure as we grew our emergency fund savings a lot this month. See how we did it in this update.
June 2015 – $66,792 – Net Worth Update (+$888.00)
We got a good chunk of money put away into savings this month getting us much closer to our Fully Funded Emergency Fund of 6 months! We also moved our investments around and ended up taking a hit on that getting things started up after rolling over a 401k into an IRA.