I haven’t posted in a while, but I’m keeping the web server up for other purposes, so I left the blog up anyway.
Not much has changed, we’re still saving aggressively, but Dad has a new job that pays 30k less than his old one, and the benefits aren’t quite as great. But, the benefits to him and the family as a whole are definitely worth the difference in salary. The new place also pays 8% into his 403b – whether he contributes or not (he does). We lost the ability to contribute to an HSA, but that’s OK. Adjusting to paying just a co-pay for our health care has been an adjustment, we know what we’re going to be paying
We have over $1.1 million in our investment accounts, and it’s finally staying there through some ups and downs. We’re still contributing just as much to our investment accounts, just not all in the same types of accounts – there’s a lot more money going into our taxable investment account these days. We’re just living on less – giving up a few things that were nice to haves like the cleaning service, or meeting with the personal trainer twice a week and meeting with her once a week instead.