We took two vacation this month. First the Wife and I took a trip alone for our 5 year anniversary. We drove out west to see the sights. We went to 3 national parks and to Las Vegas.
Ways we saved money on our first trip was.
We brought food and drinks in a cooler. We ate this food the while driving and while we were in the national parks to eat. This really cut down on the eating out. We also used in the motel rooms to grab a snack or eat. We used air miles to pay for hotel stays. The national parks were only $10 to $25 to get into. We spent about 6 to 8 eight hours in each park. (Arches, Canyon lands, and Grand canyon nation parks.) In Las Vegas we got discount tickets on the strip at vendors to a few things. We used our blow money we had saved for most of our expenses. We used the vacation money to fund the gas.
Our second vacation was a short trip with the kids. We took the camper and stayed at a campground near a theme park. We took one day to go to the theme park and play all day. The great thing about camping is we just load food from our house and we don't eat out a lot. Which makes it cheaper.
Both vacations we paid for in cash. We had been saving money every month for vacation. Overall a success.
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My families journey down the road of becoming debt free and finanicially sound.
Baby Step 3 Status
$10,000 emergency fund goal
Paused Baby Step 3 at $2500.00
Paused Baby Step 3 at $2500.00
Baby Step 2 Status
Started Total our Total Money Makeover on January 1st, 2010 with $49,705.46 in debt, not including our mortgage.
April 13th, 2012 we paid off the last of these debts. It took us 28 months and 13 days.
April 13th, 2012 we paid off the last of these debts. It took us 28 months and 13 days.
The Road to financial peace.
This is a record of our journey in finding financial peace. We are using the baby steps in Dave Ramsey's - Total money makeover, book. We will be trying to follow his plan as close as we can. We hope to have an end result where we have no debt, have a large emergency fund, are saving for buy everything, are saving for our kids college, and are building wealth for retirement.
When we started this plan on January 1, 2010. I was 32 years old and my wife was 31. We had been married for 4 years. We knew this plan would take a few years before we were on the last step in the baby step process. But we are dedicated not to give up.
This blog is to help us keep on track, and keep us focused on our goal.
When we started this plan on January 1, 2010. I was 32 years old and my wife was 31. We had been married for 4 years. We knew this plan would take a few years before we were on the last step in the baby step process. But we are dedicated not to give up.
This blog is to help us keep on track, and keep us focused on our goal.