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A healthcare administrative management professional who is married to a wonderful military man. We are raising 2 teenage sons to be financially independent and out of the nest (no boomerang kids)!!

2009 Goals:

401K: Goal $8810.88/Now $367.24
(This does not include DH's TSP plan)

Roth IRA: Goal $5000/$416.66(This does not include DH's retirement plans.)

Emergency House Fund: Goal $7616/Now $5000

0% until Feb 2013 Credit Card Paid: $1930 to $4167.20 Debt (Estimated Pay-off date Dec 2009)

Periodic Bill Fund: Goal $1105.40/Now $108.78

House Renovation Fund: Goal $1800/Now $125.00

Xtra Mortgage Payment: Goal $2088/Now $87

Vacation Fund: Goal $1650/Now $1051.30

Car Fund: Goal: $5500.00/Now $2173.86

2008 Goals:

401K: Goal $7884.24/Now $7685.08
(This does not include DH's TSP plan)

Roth IRA: Goal $5000/Fully Funded for 2008(This does not include DH's retirement plans.)

Emergency Fund: $25,000 (fully funded)

Emergency House Fund: Goal $5000/Now $5000

Periodic Bill Fund: Goal $2799.24/Now $2799.24

A Parenting Miracle!

May 19th, 2008 at 09:30 pm

I was just informed by DS#1 that he paid in full (cash money!!) for his college tution($516.80) and books($50). He is taking Accounting 202 during the summer to attain his degree at a faster rate. I told him that I will pay 75% of the tution. He insisted that he wanted to be responsible for paying the full amount. He had saved the money after our last budget lesson in March. I don't know if I should laugh or cry with joy. I plan to put the $387.60 into his surprise moving out the house fund. My DS#1 is a young man of few words (really he communicates with us in monosyllabic sentences) but his expression was priceless. This is better than winning the lottery!

Posted in Sons Financial Education | 7 Comments »

7 Responses to “A Parenting Miracle!”

NJDebbie Says:
May 19th, 2008 at 09:34 pm 1211232863
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Hurray for you and your son!
miclason Says:
May 19th, 2008 at 09:46 pm 1211233611
1211233611

woo-hoo! obviously, that talk "paid off"!
Carolina Bound Says:
May 19th, 2008 at 09:51 pm 1211233874
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Congratulations! You done good!
littlemama Says:
May 19th, 2008 at 10:05 pm 1211234739
1211234739

Kind of bittersweet isn't it?
creditcardfree Says:
May 20th, 2008 at 02:39 am 1211251170
1211251170

Wow, very cool! I hope the same for my girls someday.
pretty cheap jewelry Says:
May 20th, 2008 at 04:21 pm 1211300493
1211300493

Will miracles never cease! Yay! You are a good 8 years ahead of me ... (2nd and 4th graders here)
honeichild Says:
May 20th, 2008 at 08:40 pm 1211316005
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That is AWESOME! I would love to get that call!

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