Showing posts with label marriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marriage. Show all posts

Monday, February 23, 2009

Going over the goals thus far - Finance (Goal #1)

Here is a quick reference to our 2009 goals, as originally written:
Ksquared's 2009 Goals

Financial Goal #1: Have the wedding paid off by the end of 2009
We haven't had the wedding yet, so this is still to be determined. However, by our calculations, it is easily within our bounds to reach this goal.

In fact, we have a plan to use the small amount of debt we will most likely incur to our advantage. What little we have left to pay we are going to throw onto a one-year 0% interest credit card...at the same time, we have a few investments that are gaining between 2-4% (all liquid and enough to pay for the remainder of the balance)...Hence, we will leave the small balance on the credit card (with a great debt-to-limit ratio, helping our credit a bit) and pay off the credit card with the money after 10-11 months with a return on investment and no worse for the wear.

And of course, we have to give a HUGE HUGE HUGE thank you to the parents of the bride for their financial help as well. We had planned everything assuming it would be all on our shoulders, but Kim's parents would not allow us to do it alone and we appreciate their gift more than they will ever know.

Goal #1 Verdict?
So far, so good!

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Correction - Family Room

Hi, Krag here again.

So, last night I found out that the mess in the background of the picture in my last post is actually the family room. Paraphrased a bit, this is about how the conversation went when Kim got home from getting her nails done:

Kim: Why isn't the family room picked up?
Krag: The what?
Kim: The family room.
Krag: I thought this was the living room.
Kim: No, that's the living room (Kim points towards the dining room).
Krag: That's the dining room.
Kim: No, next to the dining room.
Krag: Oh, I thought that was the great room.
Kim: No, the dining room and living room together make the great room.
Krag: Oh.
::Pause::
::Pause::
Kim: So, you never answered my question.
Krag: What question?
Kim: Why isn't the family room picked up?
Krag: Oh, I thought you were talking to the cats.

I have a feeling this is going to be a long, happy marriage.