About Sinking Funds

Sinking funds. What are they and when should you use one? A sinking fund is when you put money aside for a specific event. By now, all of you are familiar with my vacation sinking fund. I got tired of cash flowing my vacays in the month happened so I started putting aside $300 a…

June in Review

June ended up being a crazy but good month. This month I got my first paycheck with my raise. I took a motorcycle safety course, got my license, and bought a bike. I bought a helmet and gloves for the bike. And we had an unbudgeted trip to the vet for the good dog. My…

The Credit Card Float

It's been a couple weeks since I posted last. Since then, I finally passed my last work test and I am now commissioned!! 4.5 years at my job have all been leading up to this. It's a promotion and a great raise and I'm super excited it's finally done!! Now I get to relax some…

A Series of Events

Picture from imdb.com, I do not own any creative rights.  It’s only April and 2019 has already been an interesting year. We started out the year with our oven acting suspiciously like it wanted to explode. I was panicked at first. One, because exploding is a real possibility since it is a gas oven. Two,…