Financially Fit Friday

"When real faith grips you, you develop a mind-set that looks for the best in everything, refuses to give up, finds a way around or through every obstacle, and presses on to victory."

- Norman Vincent Peale



Have you started a money makeover? What are you planning on paying CASH for? What bill are you paying off? Share a bit of your story! No story is too small to share! Real life stories keep Sister C motivated :D Catch up on Our Story to see how far we've come.

Emergency Fund - $1000 - STOCKED!

Tuition Payment - $1000 due on 1/25/2011

• Currently saved $0

Fun Money - Not sure what to save up for. I'm toying with the idea of visiting my sister in Maine in June...

• Deposited $10 in fun money.
• Current Balance $168.72
• This account pays for my membership at Curves, for my ladies night out, and gifts for birthdays and Christmas. So I need to start saving for Christmas! Oh wait, I'm excellent at finding sales/deals, so I don't need much lol

House Fund - Goal $15,000.00 by 5/31/2011

• Deposited $2.01 in spare change
• Deposited $3 from a survey
• Deposited $9.28 from Ebates. I'm serious, if you do any online shopping, get signed up there NOW! With Christmas coming, I'll be doing all my shopping through this link first!  I should have a nice check next time :D
• Deposited $390.05 in leftover tips and paychecks
• Currently Saved $848.62
• In the next few weeks I plan to research out where to put our money to get the highest interest rate. I know it might not be much, but every little bit helps :D
• I also plan to call around to different banks and find out mortgage rates, down payment requirements for different purchases - such as 'regular' house buying mortgages, foreclosures, short sales, contract for deed, etc. Then we'll know what we are up against :D

The following are the other loans we currently have, but will put them on the back burner as we save for a house bigger than a 2-bedroom for our family of SIX :D We plan on keeping the duplex we currently own, and renting out the side we currently live in, thus earning more money each month that will pay these off for us :D

Hubby's Student Loan as of 10/01/2011 $9395

• Outstanding Balance is $9,342.92

My Student Loan as of 10/01/2011 $6480

• Outstanding Balance is $6,441.96

Bank of America loan as of 10-/01/2011 $2228.49

• Outstanding Balance is $2,228.49
• I called this company and asked how much we needed to up our payments to get this done in 12 months. It's only $60/mo. So we are jumping on that! Now scheduled to be done 11-2012 instead of spring of 2013!

Family Loan $3000 - Will be paid back with tax return
Family Loan $1000 - Will be paid back with tax return