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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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GTKY
Hi ladies,
We haven't done one of these in a long time, so I thought I would start one today. I'm starting to recognize some of the posters on here, but it would be nice to recognize more of you.
What are your current financial goals?
What is your 'dream vacation'?
Random: What is your favorite TV show?
Re: GTKY
Current financial goals: saving money to prepare for baby, for retirement, and for a new car in a couple years for me.
Dream vacation: an overseas trip to Europe
Favorite tv show: really about anything crappy reality. Just finished watching Newlyweds.
What are your current financial goals? Increase our investing, pay off our student loans, and save up for fertility treatments.
What is your 'dream vacation'? Australia and New Zealand.
Random: What is your favorite TV show? I love Gordon Ramsay. So anything with him in it. Otherwise it would be Criminal Minds, Big Bang Theory, and How I Met Your Mother. Sorry it's more than one. I can't choose.
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What are your current financial goals? By next summer, after a year of marriage and at the time we want to start TTC, to have our motorcycle loan paid off, have 7 month e-fund, and then create a down payment savings and another savings that is for car/pet/vacation/home repair. And to put more into retirement as well. And you know, eventually pay off student loans too so that our only debt is mortgage and a car loan. In time...
What is your 'dream vacation'? I like tropical places... but Europe wouldn't be bad either! I am going to Hawaii in 7 months so I'm content for now
Random: What is your favorite TV show? Psych!! I love that show SO much
What are your current financial goals?
We just bought a house, so our goals include paying off our pre-existing debt (some student loans) and then hopefully making double payments on the mortgage to pay it off quicker. We will also be saving to do some home improvement and long term we really would like to have our retirement accounts set up better. Would like to increase emergency fund from 3 months living expenses to 6-9 instead.
What is your 'dream vacation'?
I would love to go back to Europe. DH has never traveled outside of the country and we've never taken a real vacation together. I think he'd really enjoy it. Would also love to go on a cruise (which seems a little more likely)
Random: What is your favorite TV show?
Of all time? Buffy the Vampire Slayer...currently DH and I are really in to Mad Men and Burn Notice...I'll pretty much watch anything but reality TV (unless Chef Ramsay is involved...can't get enough of him for some reason).
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What are your current financial goals?
To pay off our student loans and car loan by December 2015.
What is your 'dream vacation'?
Visit the UK and France, maybe parts of eastern Europe.
Random: What is your favorite TV show?
Frasier (old) and Downton Abbey (current)I love all of these shows!
What are your current financial goals?
Paying of CC debt by December and buying a house next summer
What is your 'dream vacation'?
Jamaica
Random: What is your favorite TV show?
Toddlers and Tiaras
Goals: Save at least $1,400 per month to buy a used Toyota Sienna.
Dream Vaycay: Tough to choose. But, I'd say spending a few weeks traveling around Alaska via RV and plane. Or, doing a massive U.S. road trip in a huge RV and going all over the place. Oh, and a huge 2 week long trip in the Holy Land.
TV: The Amazing Race. Hawaii Five-O. The Good Wife. Actually, I pretty much like any show on CBS!
What are your current financial goals? Get out of debt and save for fertility treatment.
What is your 'dream vacation'? I would love to go to Australia.
Random: What is your favorite TV show? Walking Dead or the Office
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What are your current financial goals?
We finally made it to our goal of owning our first home (we move-in in 1 month!) so right now our goal is to replenish our funds to help save for my eventual maternity leave after baby.
What is your 'dream vacation'?
We want to travel Europe. My husband was stationed in Germany for 2 years and traveled but he has always said that he wants to take me.
Random: What is your favorite TV show?
The Big Bang Theory. :-)
current goals: keep beefing up our emergency fund
dream vacation: Hawaii, been there before but really want to live there
fav show: criminal minds
What are your current financial goals?
Currently, establishing a better savings. My daughter is 16 mo old and we will be having another in a few months. 2 maternity leaves in 2 years has left us pretty tapped. We are financially very comfortable but I am the primary income generator and it is very important to us that I take the 3 mo off for each one. This has left our e-fund savings a little lacking.
My other goal is to get a savings going for when we need to replace our car. We had to replace one of our cars unexpectedly last year and ended up needing to finance it. Prior to that we didn't have any car payment. I personally believe that paying interest on something that is depreciating in value to a bad fiscal move. We can afford the monthly car payment but it makes me crazy. We have several years left until we will need to replace that other one (i think) and I want to have the cash in hand when that happens.
Lastly I want to increase our 401k contributions. I am at 10%, my H jsut became eligible and is only at 6% for now. When I get back from maternity leave I want him to go up to 10% and I would like to bring myself up to 15% over the next year, then bring my H up to 15% the following year. My logic is that raises will likely absorb some of that increase.
What is your 'dream vacation'?
Right now any vacation would be a dream come true. We are hoping to go to Costa Rica after my current bun turns one and is weaned.
Random: What is your favorite TV show?
We don't have cable and our schedules don't really allow for us to follow a regular TV schedule anyway. We usually just do one series at a time on Netflix. Right now we are are watching X-files. Things we watch include Dexter and Game of thrones, but we are waiting for the new seasons to come out.
What are your current financial goals?
Increasing our emergency fund, paying off our debt, saving for a house, and saving for retirement.
What is your 'dream vacation'?
Hmmm... I think at this point my fantasy is to just HAVE a vacation, lol. I don't even care where. A cabin in the mountains of TN, or a white sandy beach in Aruba. Either one would be fine by me. My "dream", though, would probably be to stay in a castle in Ireland.
Random: What is your favorite TV show?
Parks & Rec - so funny!
We went for our honeymoon- it was AMAZING! I would totally recommend Couples resorts- we stayed 3 days each at 2 different ones on opposite sides of the island and it was the best trip. Hope you can get there and enjoy it soon!
We have roughly 22 thousand dollars left on school loans that we are attempting to have paid off by our one year after our wedding so we can comfortably start TTC. (Hopefully in July 2014)
Our dream vacation is to go back down to FL. Spend two weeks visiting family and visiting Epcot and Sea World.
My favorite TV show would probably have to be The Big Bang Theroy.
Love: March 2010 Marriage: July 2013 Debt Free: October 2014 TTC: May 2015
Hi!
What are your current financial goals?
To save up for a house down payment as quickly as possible. Now that H has a good job, we can hopefully accomplish this sooner rather than later. It's really hard not to want to spend more when you have more coming in though!
What is your 'dream vacation'?
I would love to go to Machu Picchu or New Zealand. Someday, maybe...
Random: What is your favorite TV show?
It's hard to pick just one! I love Breaking Bad, New Girl, and Bob's Burgers.
What is your 'dream vacation'? Caribbean cruise
Random: What is your favorite TV show? Dexter
"You know you're in love when you don't want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." - Dr. SeussI love Psych!
http://www.usanetwork.com/psych/videos/713-nip-and-suck-it
The last 5 episodes aired are there. If you keep up with it during the season, you can watch them all for free.
"You know you're in love when you don't want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." - Dr. SeussWhat are your current financial goals?
Saving for too many different things. Saving to finish some house projects before we sell, to buy a new house, to build our e.fund to 6 mo (currently at almost 4) and put more towards retirement.
What is your 'dream vacation'?
I would love to go to Europe.. as well as somewhere tropical.
Random: What is your favorite TV show?
I have a few. Bachelor/Bachelorette, Greys Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, Property Brothers.
What are your current financial goals? Well, short term is survive furloughs. Long term is pay off 2 SLs, 1 car payment and 1 CC. Should be completed June 2014.
What is your 'dream vacation'? Go back to Punta Cana!!!!!
Random: What is your favorite TV show? I watch a lot of TV. I love Big Bang Theory, GoT, Criminal Minds, Castle, Blue Bloods, Modern Family, HIMYM...
What are your current financial goals?
Saving for a house DP, Increasing our E-Fund, Increasing our 401 K contributions, Paying off H's car loan, Putting extra principal on our mortgage, possibly moving to VA within 2 years
What is your 'dream vacation'? We honestly go on our our "dream" vacations: Cruises to the Caribbean, Staying in the Caribbean, California, Florida. We don't really have an interest in traveling abroad except the Carribean of course
What is your favorite TV show? Deadliest Catch, Catfish, Real World, Teen Mom, Any home buying/selling shows, Long Island Medium, Kardashians, North America, Married to Jonas...basically any trash reality shows
What are your current financial goals?
Pay off H's student loans, save up for a house, build retirement, build our savings, and finish watching Dave Ramsey.
What is your 'dream vacation'?
We love to cruise, but I would like to go to Europe eventually.
Random: What is your favorite TV show?
I watch a lot of TV thanks to ABC and Hulu. I love The Bachelorette, Bones, Big Brother (starting tonight! woot woot!), Nashville, Grey's Anatomy, Glee, Malibu Country, Shark Tank, and Kitchen Nightmares.
What are your current financial goals? Saving to have our backyard redone & my Antarctica trip
What is your 'dream vacation'?
Antarctica
What is your favorite TV show? Currently watching Game of Thrones from the start. Network - Big Bang Theory
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Oooh, I love the idea of splitting time at 2 resorts! We are hoping to go for our 10th anniversary, which is still over 4 years away!
What are your current financial goals? Fortunately, we're debt-free, but we don't have much in our savings account. We are trying to save up for travel, and then kids.
What is your 'dream vacation'? We would love to go to Brazil during the World Cup, but I know we can't afford it.
Random: What is your favorite TV show? I'm going through Mad Men on Netflix right now. H and I love Castle, Hell's Kitchen, Modern Family, and Arrested Development.
What are your current financial goals?
Save for a down payment on a house.
What is your 'dream vacation'?
Hawaii
Random: What is your favorite TV show?
Game of Thrones, New Girl, Downton Abbey, Project Runway