Phantasmix

We essentially sold our summer, and are having to work on this “project from hell” (it lasts forever and has lots of loose ends that won’t be tied until the very end - that alone is enough to drive me nuts).

Even though we quoted a good amount, we should have doubled our rates! It’s twice as hard to sit at the computer all day and work in the summer than it is in winter.

*Sigh*
(ok, I know it’s showing rain but we had a long, cold, dark winter so this is good enough)

Here’s a chart with our food expenses, from Jan 2007 to May 2008 (without alcohol). August and September omitted due to our trip in that period.

Frustrating…

We’re a long way away from freedom if you define it as not depending on work for money. Only about 5% of total income was from passive sources and such hobbies as stock trading. On the other hand it’s about 1 month worth of our expenses.

I’m opening up a new tab: Savings tracker.

We used to live in a permanent “saving mode” until a few years ago but when life got easier, we relaxed. In 2007 we didn’t have a savings goal, only an income goal and I think that made us concentrate on the wrong number. Because as we all know, it’s not how much you make but how much you save.

Despite the focus being off somewhat, we added 15.8% to our savings after-tax (I’m estimating taxes at this point of course). Before tax it’s even a more impressive number: 36.85%.