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Amber

South Floridian on the "Get Rid of Debt" cycle for a second time. 💰

My journey begins with tackling Baby Step 2

Started tracking my progress on 4/21/2017, but did not get serious until August 2017

November 26, 2018 I bought my home 🏡
February 11, 2025 I bought my car 🚗

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Sinking funds
* Fun/vacation $119.27
* Christmas club $206.33
* Sorority $166.46
* Gifts (e.g. birthdays, showers) $114.15
* Car maintenance/insurance $615.37
* HOA $1238.20
* Home Mortgage $2,713.63
Monthly payment $759.74
* Home Repairs $257.55
* Prof. Certification renewal $21.25
* Medical/HSA $171.93
*Car Payment Acct $1192.91
Baby step 1 (EF) $11,048.47
Baby step 1b (Reserved car payment) $1450.45
Rollover IRA $22,322.37
IRA Previous balance $25,459.86
401(k) $35,588.02
Roth IRA $152.58

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Started May 2019
Net worth beginning -$183,166.24

Net-worth
7/31/2023 $51,814.80
7/14/2023 $54,344.13
6/7/2022 $39,799.17

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Debt

2/11/2025 Car
Original balance $41,000
New Balance 36,000
Monthly Car Payment $591.28

11/1/18
Original Mortgage: $140,000.00
Mortgage financed: $119,500.00
New balance: $98,280

10/2022 Student Loan Consolidated Original Balance: $35,622.23
New Balance: $8077.30
Interest accrual $1.62 as of 2/5
Daily interest rate $1.62
January 2025 Balance was 24,155.10

Consolidated student loans on 10/18/2022
Student Loan 2: $55,202.21
* Initial Account 4 balance $28,711.66
• Current account bal #4 bal $0
* Initial Account 2 balance $13,873.23
• Current Account Bal #2 bal $0

Student Loan 1: $28,046.16
* Initial Account 1 balance $8,141.53
* Current Account #1 balance $0
* Initial Account balance $19,904.63
• Current account #3 balance $0

CC12: BOA Travel
Org. Balance: $2050
New Balance: $0

CC11: Home Depot
Org. Balance $2600
New Balance $0

CC10: Sams club Starting balance $10,150.69
New balance: $ 0

CC9: BoA starting to balance $0
New Balance: $0

CC8: Macy's Amex starting balance $0
New balance $0

CC7: JCP starting balance $2,608.12
New balance $0

CC6: Macy's store starting balance $0
New balance $0

CC5: HSBC starting balance $2,115.00
New balance $0

CC4: Target starting balance $1,992.32
New balance $0

CC3: City Furniture starting balance $1,821.31
New balance $0

CC2: Citi 2 starting balance $9300
New balance $8,300
Balance transfer

CC1: Citi 1 $0

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Home > Still no rain

Still no rain

May 2nd, 2007 at 12:52 am

It still have not rain here in sunny FL, this is scary; I am really worried. Please keep your fingers crossed

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4 Responses to “Still no rain”

JanH Says:
May 2nd, 2007 at 06:13 am 1178086421
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I have heard that the drought is getting bad there. It's not fun when you have to hope for a tropical system to relieve it. We've been through that! Hope that you get a real nice soaking rain really soon!
Fern Says:
May 2nd, 2007 at 03:13 pm 1178118819
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i will do my special hoop and holler rain dance, here at work.
fairy74 Says:
May 2nd, 2007 at 05:10 pm 1178125845
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Waiving the rain stick for you
Amber Says:
May 2nd, 2007 at 10:45 pm 1178145943
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Thanks

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