Moving Out Tomorrow, I sign the closing documents and hand over the keys. This 8 year chapter of my life here in tiny town Georgia is coming to an end. This week has been full of emotions. Blogging Away Debt · May 1, 2025
Zero Debt. Zero Regrets. Every once in a while, you reach a milestone in your financial journey that doesn’t just feel good—it feels right. Blogging Away Debt · Apr 29, 2025
Coffee Chat 2025 edition It’s been a long time since I’ve hosted a virtual coffee date catch-up! Pour yourself a cup of joe (or tea, or water, or mimosa? – no judgement here), and let’s catch up! If you want to dive into blog archives to see how my life has changed, check out… Blogging Away Debt · Apr 28, 2025
Post Sale – Budget – Take 3 Thank you for all the notes, definitions, constructive criticism. Without further ado, here’s take 3 of my post sale budget. Blogging Away Debt · Apr 26, 2025
Plan for House Proceeds We have now made it past the second contingency period. The inspection has been reviewed and accepted. The appraisal is done. The closing date is just a couple of weeks away. I’m sure you all know that I’ve been playing with the numbers for months now. Blogging Away Debt · Apr 23, 2025
Post Sale – Budget – Take 2 I appreciate all the feedback on my post sale budget. I’ve revised it to add more categories. Blogging Away Debt · Apr 21, 2025
Budget – Post House Sale This is my tentative budget for after the house sells. Blogging Away Debt · Apr 16, 2025
Market Volatility: Lessons Learned I’ve been avoiding logging into my investment accounts lately. Not because I’ve been too busy – but because I knew what I’d see and I wasn’t ready for the gut punch. Blogging Away Debt · Apr 14, 2025
The Emotional Side of Paying Off Debt (That Nobody Talks About) —written from the eye of the storm, not the finish line Blogging Away Debt · Apr 13, 2025
Houseless, Not Homeless: Reframing the Narrative and Reclaiming My Financial Power I’ve been reflecting on my journey toward financial freedom and realized it’s time to shift my mindset. (Thanks, counseling!) In the past, I’ve referred to my plan to sell my house and move as becoming “homeless.” However, the truth is, I have stable housing arrangements. I’ll be moving into my… Blogging Away Debt · Apr 9, 2025
Offloading Stress The papers are signed. The realtor is hired. (There are several exclusions for all the showings I’ve had in the last couple of weeks, 4 last week alone.) And the professional photographer comes Thursday. Blogging Away Debt · Apr 7, 2025
Confession Time: Why My Mortgage Really Jumped This post is long overdue. Over a year overdue, to be honest. Blogging Away Debt · Apr 5, 2025
Here Are 5 Of The Best Debt Snowball Calculators to Help You Get Out of Debt Amusing large snowball on a sunny winter day. Blogging Away Debt · Apr 1, 2025
Hope’s April Forecast I just reviewed my forecast for the month. Thought you might want to see my planned spending and known income: Blogging Away Debt · Apr 1, 2025
Blogging Away Debt · Mar 31, 2025 The Housing Market is Busy In the last few weeks, the number of calls on the house have picked up dramatically. With the fresh paint, greener outside, reduced price, and increased requests for showings, I am certain the right family will see the house. Or a investor, I suppose. (In fact, the couple who viewed…
Blogging Away Debt · Mar 28, 2025 Wedding and Graduation on my mind This weekend the “Bride Tribe” will gather to shop for wedding dresses and bridesmaid dresses. So exciting! This is my first time ever participating in any of these type of activities. Beauty has also given me direction on what I will need to wear to her wedding. But I have…
Blogging Away Debt · Mar 24, 2025 When Budgeting Goes Off Track I’m typically pretty good about keeping up with my budget. I have a set amount designated for each budget category, and I update my purchases frequently to see where I fall within the parameters I’ve set for myself.
Blogging Away Debt · Mar 20, 2025 Paint & Electric Work then… Next week, I will spend $2,600 on the house.
Blogging Away Debt · Mar 16, 2025 Things I Need in My Car – The Master List At the time of this post, I’ve just returned from my 2 weeks in Georgia. And will have a busy couple of weeks with doctors appointments, annual vet visit for Addie, and wedding dress shopping with Beauty and her bridesmaides…fun times!
Blogging Away Debt · Mar 12, 2025 Girls Trip – Unexpectedly The plan was set. Leave Friday morning, lunch with Princess before she had to go to work. Dinner with an old friend I hadn’t seen in a while. Leave early Saturday morning with Addie and Jake in tow to head to Texas. Get to my parents Sunday.
Blogging Away Debt · Mar 10, 2025 What Does “Fully Funded” Look Like? In accordance with one of my New Years Goals, I’ve been meeting with and interviewing financial advisors. And it’s made me stop and take stock of some of my money habits and think more broadly about our financial goals.
Blogging Away Debt · Mar 8, 2025 The House as of Today I realize the many posts on the house and the delay in things happening and posts going live has caused a bit of confusion. This is a synopsis post of what has happened to date and where things stand as of today.
Blogging Away Debt · Mar 6, 2025 House Under Contract On the evening of Monday, February 24, the house went under contract. Anticipated closing is the end of March. I’m not going to share more until we get through appraisal and inspection.
Blogging Away Debt · Mar 3, 2025 One Less Dog to Feed and Son to Insure Today Jake has officially moved in with his dad, my youngest son, Gymnast. And I have passed off the financial responsibility on to him as well.
Blogging Away Debt · Mar 1, 2025 March, 2025 Goals – Treading Water As of today, I now need to make $3,555 this month to pay the bills. It’s doable. I’ve got the work lined up.