@Lance @ Money Life and More – Haha, how cool would that be? Will blogging even be around then? ;)
@Mrs. Pop @ Planting Our Pennies – Hot damn! Every time I try and catch up with you you shoot even higher :)
@Romeo – Well I’ll still probably give the money to my kid(s) whether for college or not, but who knows what will change from now ’till then… I’ve already changed my mentality in 30 days! Haha…
@Brian – I know right?? I’m def. with you there. The older coins are just so much cooler.. and more classic… Maybe they just got *too* classic for engravers? ;)
@Bobby – Crap! Yes. I think about it at least 10 times a week but can never find the time to do it :( But I promise I will get to it and blog about the update as soon as that happens… Sorry for slacking!
@K.K. @ Living Debt Free Rocks! – I guess I could do that, eh? I’ll mark it to review again next month.
@Michelle – Well congrats to you too then :)
@Jessica O. – I think it was the right move for sure… I haven’t wondered abou the decision since I made it a week or so back (unlike the first one).
@Matt – Nice job on West Point! That’s cool! I don’t think the author of that email meant anything harsh w/ entitlement since she was just giving me another perspective on it, but I do agree it’s not good for kids to expect stuff and plan around it. I’ll have to make sure to do a good job of setting expectations up sooner than later when it’s time.
@Jeff @My Multiple Streams – Wow, well that’s nice! Do you believe it truly goes up like that though? I never do… I just ignore all places that say so to err on the safe side, but in theory they could very well be right.
@Christine B. – Yeah girl! Work it!! An increase of anything is better than a decrease in any month anyways ;)
@Jay @ effumoney – Oh cool, that’s pretty neat. I just follow what Kelly Blue Book says in any given month as that’s what I’d be using if I were to sell it as a private party (which I would). I don’t actually believe it went up, but if I’m going with those numbers whenever the day comes to sell, I like it for my net worth. Does that make sense?
@Samantha – COOL! We believe in the same mission then – I like it :) I’m gunning for our 2nd mortgage first and taking the emotional play over the financially better one. Just ‘cuz it excites me more and pushes me forward (plus, the idea it’ll be gone faster is even better!). I wrote about it in detail here if you’re interested. And then before that I blogged about which I should do to get readers’ reponses too. You can find that post here.
@Janine @ My Pennies My Thoughts – Thank you!! It feels so good! :) Did you have a great month too? Hope so!
@Emily – Thanks! And you’re right, it is kinda dumb to keep it all in cash but ther are reasons for it :) Mainly emotional ones. A) My wife feels more comfortable having cash on hand over less debt (specifically 1 year’s worth of expenses, which covers $66k of it), and B) The rest will be used to max out my SEP IRA at the end of the year once I find out how much I’m able to put in (it’s based on my business’ profit for the year). Anything on top of those #’s usually goes towards one-off expenses or our mortgages. A deal I made with my wife :)
@Cassie – Woohoo! Congrats to both of us! :)
@Financial Black Sheep – Wow, that’s pretty hardcore! But will totally pay off in the end, both literally and figuratively :) And having no debts on the othe side will also be huge! So keep it up!
@maria@moneyprinciple – Thanks, friend! :)
@The Happy Homeowner – Thanks!
@Joe @ Retire By 40 – Man, that’s so much! I couldn’t “lose” all that so early on like that, good for you guys… You’ll be done and growing that $ before we even have our first $5k in it! Haha… As long as both our kids are prepared for when the time’s right though, I know we’ll both be happy. They’re growing like weeds!

Just think, 12 more months of those $3000 mortgage pay downs and the 2nd mortgage will be gone!