The New House And New Goals For 2010

February 16th, 2010 admin

It’s been a full week and we are loving our new home .  We are still waiting for the new furniture for our living room to arrive, along with some bar stools for the kitchen, but other than those items, we are all settled.  (If you ever want to find out just how much stuff you have – move!  Whew.) Obviously, now that we have a house payment, our goals and plans for 2010 have changed.  Instead of aggressively funding my retirement account, like I did for the past two years, we now plan to aggressively pay down our mortgage debt.  That being said, we still plan to save for retirement, kids’ college funds, and other long-term goals.  Here’s the breakdown – Retirement Savings – 15% of household gross income Education Savings – $…


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