December 2024
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It’s that time of year again! We’ve made it to the end of the calendar year and past the cut-off date for the 12/31 paycheck (well, I have, at least – ymmv) and so it’s time to adjust our retirement contributions to reflect 2025’s new maximums. I know I am not alone in being a…
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This trip was kind of a fun trip from a costs perspective, because I am a person who is perhaps bizarrely tickled by being able to get things for a discount or free. With my Alaska Airlines Visa, I get a yearly companion fare, and this was my first time using that benefit since I…
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Holiday baking dominated this month, though I found one new recipe to work into the repeats we found ourselves eating. I really love Thanksgiving, not actually because of the holiday itself or anything it specifically represents, but because I really love cooking an absolute ton of food and watching people enjoy eating it. I found…
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I had to double-check my numbers when updating my spreadsheet’s line item for my husband’s IRA – did it really increase by almost $3k in one month? It did, which was only shocking because I had forgotten how low the end of the previous month had ended. $2716 increase on a mid five figure balance…
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