We're getting there!

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Registered: 08-13-2004
We're getting there!
Mon, 04-11-2005 - 11:34am

Well, it's been quite a year so far. Our tax return was more than we expected, which made it nice for what we wanted to save for our move and everything else. We paid off a few bills, bought a few things we needed and happily settled down to wait to move. It didn't last long. As part of our move, they ran an update on my husband's security clearance and decided to pull it for bad credit! ACK!!! Our move is now being held hostage over it. So we used up the savings to pay off nearly everything on his credit report, except for one bill that we'll pay off this friday. Now we have to wait for all of the paid notices to arrive, then submit those and get his clearance reinstated.

I'm upset, but only because I hate having my plans interrupted by someone else. Military or not, we've been working steadily for two years to get out of debt and we're not being financially irresponsible. But they only want to hear that it's paid. SIGH. Thankfully we had our tax return!!!!

So now we're only 2 years away from being debt free - if not sooner if we can manage it - instead of 5!!!