Mid December 2010 Update

It has been some time since my last update. I have been super busy and not had much free time to think about a post. Lots of stuff happening between work and home. We have made a big decision to use some of our retirement savings to level our debt. I know that this is number 1 on the list of things not to do financially, but with our situation (one income, mounting debt payments, chronically sick child), we felt this absolutely necessary.

Doing this is actually saving us money now, since we don't have a that 6% finance charge every month anymore. It is one less expense that we don't have to account for. Also, we are not having to set aside $380+ towards debt payment. It eases our monthly overage quite a bit, almost putting us in the black when we get some extra income in.

So with that said, here is our latest new worth statement.

So we see that our retirement accounts have taken a hit, but we have the up-tick in savings. Half of those savings will go towards finishing off the remaining credit card debt as well as another outstanding one. From here, we will see where our tax return and next years bonus put us. I would like to eliminate the auto loan next. Also, we hope to bring in some extra income with some ideas that I will go into later.