Slight increase of 0.6% MoM.

Spending for November

At $3.8k, spending was on the higher side. Chalk some of it down to spending on gifts – for us and extended family. One of the larger purchase was whole new bed set for our child.

As the end of the year draws close, we have a few posts coming up in the beginning of the year.

Hope you are having a good holiday season, wherever you are. It’s on the colder side where we are. Our low for tonight is about 12 below 0 (Fahrenheit).

Cheers!

Another month of ATH, though the pace of increase has slowed down.

I suppose, the next milestone is to see the FI funds cross $2M.

October has been a welcome change of pace from the chaos of early fall. Fall sports typically wrap up by early October and then we take it easy for the rest of the month. Winter training picks back up in November.

We are all doing well and thankful for everything we have going on in our lives. Hope all you readers have something to be thankful for.

Cheers!

We breached the $2.5m mark in total assets. NW is at $2.18m and FI funds almost at $1.85m. All high water marks.

We missed to publish updates for July and August – I’ll put it down to the madness that engulfs our lives in late summer/early fall – start of the sports season. Especially HS sports.

Here is spending for September.

Hope you all are having a good start to fall. Cheers!

A MoM 3.9% increase propelling us to new heights.

End of July signifies wrapping up spring/summer sports. And then turning around getting ready for “fall sports” to fire up the new season in mid August! When it comes to sports, we don’t play around 😀

It’s been an unusually hot end for July. With temps hovering around 100°F, we are glad to spend more time within the confines of artificial air conditioning.

Hope you all are enjoying summer. Cheers!

We saw a $69k increase in NW last month, a growth of 3.6% from the month before.

Spending in May

At about $5k, spending in May was a bit higher than usual. But none of the categories stick out.

We’re enjoying summer in our part of the world. Though rainfall has been quite a bit higher than usual. School is over and we’re utilizing the mornings in sports and activities.

We hope you’re enjoying this time of the year, wherever you are. Cheers!

We missed the post in March! Any way, here goes April (with March’s number included).

A bumper loss in March, followed by a wash in April.

Spring sports have been taking over our lives this past two months. Weekends are a blur with plethora of games, all over town, and some out of town. Schools will be done in a couple of weeks and we’ll get some sanity back into our lives. But we love this chaos!

Hope you are enjoying spring as much as we are. Cheers!

NW was down ~$10k for February. Which for March will turn a deep shade of red.

We are reaping some glorious spring weather, interspersed with school closures for snow! Another storm system is supposed to fly by tonight – kids are looking at the prospect of another day off tomorrow.

Hope you’re doing well, from wherever you’re reading this. Cheers!

NW increased by $44k to within touching distance of the high water mark set in November 2024.

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Here is spending for the first month of the new year.

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We’re in the midst of a deep freeze in the Midwest. High for today is -1°F with lows of -17°F and windchill of -35°F.

So, yeah.

All’s good though 🙂

Here’s wishing that it’s warmer in your neck of the woods. Cheers!

Our portfolio suffered the worst loss, of $50k, since September of 2023.

Everything is fine though. The yearly report will show an increase similar to 2023.

Here is to another good year in 2025. Cheers!

Missed October’s post but this post will include those numbers.

After a minor blip in October, November had a massive upside. $95k addition to our net worth, which is a 5% increase from the last month. Biggest gain this year.

We had (another) international trip in November. For those who are counting, this was our third such trip this year! This trip was planned in summer to take advantage of discounted international flights during the Thanksgiving period. Round trip tickets to an expensive part of Europe were about $550 apiece. We met up with family – who live there and who visited from another part of the world to be there with us.

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Spending for November

The expenses for the vacation in November was a tad over $2k and this included food, gas, entry tickets, tolls, merchandise, and incidentals. Flights, car, and lodging were already paid for earlier.

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And yes – the US elections happened. We are all very sad.

But here is to looking ahead and hoping for the best.

Cheers!