Post by melmo1122 on Sept 17, 2014 15:51:31 GMT -5
Save up as much as I can, Buy some sperm, get pregnant. My car will be paid off in February, that will give me a few months to save what was going to my car and to have a nice cushion since I will be a single mom with HCOL daycare costs :\
Post by delawarejen on Sept 17, 2014 15:58:49 GMT -5
It depends on whether I go with the Roth 403b or not. If I do, I won't be doing much else with money. If I don't, I want to save more towards my next car, save for my vacation next year, and save more towards car repairs. Either way I'll be finishing off this year's Roth.
Post by melmo1122 on Sept 17, 2014 16:02:15 GMT -5
daisypaloma Well I had a bit of a delay because I was diagnosed with polyps on my cervix last month and I just had them removed last Friday. The one test my obgyn did to check my fertility she said it was low and gave me a referral for a fertility Dr to do more testing once I heal a bit from the polyp removal. I found a local sperm bank online and the top fee is $1200 and that gives me access to all donors and all records/pics/medical history plus something towards my first purchase. I already picked out my baby daddy so it may be cheaper if I only want access to his info.
Post by crashgizmo on Sept 17, 2014 16:05:56 GMT -5
melmo1122 good luck and this is so cool! I have a good friend who did this when she turned 35 (right down to HCOL and single mom) and she has an awesome 7 year old now.
Post by crashgizmo on Sept 17, 2014 16:07:27 GMT -5
I guess my goal is to figure out WTF is going on with our living/working situation- whether we are staying or going. Either way, I want to get out of the consulting job that pays well yet is menial and unmotivating.
You guys have way cooler goals than I do. I am excited for the updates about babies & such.
We found out last week that DH does get a bonus this year (Woohoo!!!) so we are going to get some new appliances and finish the backyard projects we plan to do. In addition to that I hope to have about $7500 more in savings due to the remainder of the bonus, three paychecks in October, and maxing Social Security. I would love that number to be higher but we plan to go to Disneyland and we have Christmas and DH's truck registration to pay off as well.
Post by WinterWine on Sept 17, 2014 16:46:32 GMT -5
My job is changing at work so I'd like to figure out if a possible new role is the right fit for me, or if there are better opportunities at a different company.
We're also focused on maxing my 401k, both Roths, a HSA, and rebuilding savings after our recent vacation. Lots of savings in our future :-)
I need to find a regular job with benefits. I really hope that happens before the end of the year, particularly since I don't have any PTO or holiday pay so I'll lose about a week's pay between Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Years if I don't find something before then. Crap. I didn't think of it like that before I started typing this.
Everything else financially kind of hinges on that, so IDK what else. If I do find such a job soon, I would like to finish paying off the rest of my CC. I could pay it off right now but I'm kind of hoarding my cash since IDK when my job situation will change (and it's 0% interest until sometime this spring, so it's not hurting anything to do that).
Post by konapoppy on Sept 17, 2014 16:56:35 GMT -5
Get pregnant! Finish some work in the house. Lose weight despite all the yummy fall foods (before number one on the list) Get H re-engaged on finding a new job
Post by msmerymac on Sept 17, 2014 17:09:38 GMT -5
A few financial items to sort out. Re-do our freaking porch steps before it freezes. This is my last week on BC, so then it's onto regulating my cycle and TTCing. I'd like a new job, but it's moving down on my list. I made peace with having a baby while at this job earlier this year.
Post by melmo1122 on Sept 17, 2014 17:20:51 GMT -5
spindle92 i'm not gonna lie, I am scared shitless about doing this alone. But after my appt when I found out my fertility was low, I cried the whole way in to work that morning thinking there is a good chance I would not be able to have kids. So that kind of sealed the deal that I need to do this. I have always wanted to be a mom and I am not going to let the fact that I am single stop me from that. I have tremendous support from my family and friends and I know it will be the hardest thing I do in my life but I can't wait!
spindle92 i'm not gonna lie, I am scared shitless about doing this alone. But after my appt when I found out my fertility was low, I cried the whole way in to work that morning thinking there is a good chance I would not be able to have kids. So that kind of sealed the deal that I need to do this. I have always wanted to be a mom and I am not going to let the fact that I am single stop me from that. I have tremendous support from my family and friends and I know it will be the hardest thing I do in my life but I can't wait!
I am sitting here nodding at everything you just wrote. I had a scare with one of my ovaries a few yrs ago and it made me realize how much I really wanted a child. I mean I always knew in the back of my head that I wanted kids but it wasn't this tugging at my heart thing until I had a health scare. Unfortunately I was going thru a divorce at the same time.
So here I am - 40, single and still wanting to be a mom.
Post by IrishBelle on Sept 17, 2014 17:40:10 GMT -5
Lose weight Hopefully have a plan on where we will be living in the future. A lot of it is out of our control and is up in the air due to some arrangements that have to be made about my parents business as they start to think about retirement. The plan (and our hope) is to stay where we are and do some renos but we that will all change if we move.
1. Replace money that a new furnace is about to drain from our accounts. 2. Enjoy all the money we won't be spending on heating oil 3. Pay off my car 4. Start IRAs for both H and I (we currently have 401ks and pensions through work so we aren't retirmentless but I would like to save more).