It has been waaayyyy too long since I have checked on the progress of my 2010 Goals. Life has been crazy busy around here, and I just haven’ t thought a whole lot about it. But, it’s time! The whole purpose of me setting these goals and posting about them, was so that I would be held accountable for them.
This is where we are so far this year:
Financially:
- We are still right on track to have our truck paid off in April, which will be a HUGE relief! When I moved from blogger to WordPress, I lost my debt ticker–so here is our current debt status. Our current debt is: $7522.74 which is down from OVER $36,000 in September of 2007! I still cannot believe the progress we’ve made without any additional income!
- We’ve been able to set back a small amount for our first ever family vacation to Florida, just not has much as I had originally wanted to by this time. I’m really not worried a whole lot about it, I know I can make up ground, somewhere.
Home
- Thanks to the first trimester sluggishness, and the cold that has plagued me since Blissdom–the kids have been more involved in the daily tasks. I still think they could help out more, but I’m impressed with their current willingness to help.
- Get Rid of Clutter. Thanks to Amy’s Decluttering Challenge, I’m constantly working on this one. Project Major Home Addition is also helping me along quite nicely. Who wants a whole new home with a bunch of old clutter??
Gardening/Food Storage
- EEEKKK! It’s just about garden time, and I’ve barely given my seeds a thought! I’ve picked out the ones I want ( a lot less than last year!), now I just need to get them, and start them.
- We ordered a quarter of a beef, and we should be getting it sometime next week. I’m super excited!
- I‘m joining in on Once A Month Mom’s Cook Off in a few weeks. I plan to keep some of those meals in the freezer for when baby gets here.
This is just our progress so far, to see the full list of 2010 Goals, go here.
How are you coming along on your goals?
This post is linked to Frugal Friday.
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I hope you’ll share lots of before and after pics with us while you remodel/add on. Fun!
$28,000 gone in under 3 years? Amazing job!
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Are you gonna call Dave and scream “IIIII’MMMMM DDEEEEEBBBBTTTTT FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!” ?? If you do, lemme know and I’ll tune in and cheer with you!! You guys are rockin’ that debt snowball!
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GettingFreedom Reply:
February 18th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
You know I will!!! Thanks, Miriam! It’s been a long road. So glad to see the light at the end.
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Congratulations on paying down that debt!
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Way to go on the debt payoff – without additional income? That is crazy good.
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Awesome!! How exciting to be 2 months away from having your truck paid off…it will drive different!! And you definitely need to be sure to tell me when you’re calling Dave to tell him “We’re debt free!” I’d love to hear the call & be able to celebrate with you & your family!!
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You are doing awesome on your debt snowball!
I’ve tried to e-mail you, but the link doesn’t work. Would you shoot me an e-mail at snlsvc 05 @ gmail . com? Thanks so much!
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GettingFreedom Reply:
February 19th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
Ack! Thank you so much for pointing that out. It should be fixed now. If not my email is gettingfreedomnet @ gmail.com
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CONGRATULATIONS! You have done a HUGE thing in paying down that much debt so quickly. I’d be interested to know what you did to make that happen without getting extra income. We’re debt free (except for our home), but are getting ready to host a financial dinner for our church and I’d love to have information like this to share. Again, well done!!
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GettingFreedom Reply:
February 19th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Thank you very much! It has been a very long and hard road, but we are ever so happy to have gotten this far. I did a few posts on our journey that you can find here: http://www.gettingfreedom.net/our-journey If you would like to know anything more, let me know.
Congrats to you for being consumer debt free! That’s a big accomplishment!
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Congrats! Your post is a big inspiration! My husband and I have just begun our debt free journey. You can see our goals here… http://savvymommablog.blogspot.com/2010/02/financial-and-personal-goals-for-2010.html I love reading others success stories. It gives me hope! Good luck with the vacation savings I will incorporate that one in next years goals hopefully.
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Wow, it sounds like you’re going great on the goals you made! I hope you get to feeling better soon, and continue on with your successful goals! A vacation sounds like heaven right now..
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Phoebe~ You are doing so great on your goals! I had to write to let you know that WE ARE DEBT FREE!!!!!!! We paid off $30,000 in just over 14 months. We are debt free except the house, and it feels fantastic! We are taking our first family vacation in 8 years this summer, and I can’t wait! Keep plugging away! You are such an inspiration to us all!
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GettingFreedom Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Hayley–I’m SO excited for you!!!! $30,000 in 14 months?! Girl, YOU rock!!! You guys deserve a vacation after all that hard work. I bet your kiddos are so excited! Where are you going?? We’re headed off to Florida in May–and if all goes as planned we will also be debt free by then!
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Hayley Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Not sure yet…..we are thinking Disneyworld in a couple years. But for now, we want to stay close to home…..somewhere in the midwest…looking at St. Louis right now……go see the arch among other things! So excited!
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