VICTORY!

VICTORY is the word of the week!  Today we sold John's beloved Nissan 350Z.  I just want to note here how proud of him I am for giving up his car to help pay down our debt so that we, as a family, will have a better and more solid financial future.  We had the car (along with mine) listed on Craigslist and also parked in front of his brother's office (thanks, Jay and Steph), so it would be seen as much as possible.  We put it there not even one week ago and today received a phone call from someone who wanted to test drive it and ended up buying it!  We sold it under market value but still managed to make a couple hundred dollars along the way - so we didn't take a loss on it and tomorrow we will head to the bank and pay this baby off!  To add to the goodness, they are paying IN CASH, which makes our lives that much simpler.  Total amount of debt paid off in one month (including cc, student loans, cars, etc.) since starting our debt free marathon:  $9929.17!  A small chunk of our grand total but a huge victory, nonetheless.  We also had the joy today of finding out we will be getting a refund on our taxes this year instead of having to pay the IRS.  This is HUGE, as last year, we had to write them some big, fat checks!  I digress.  Tonight, we update our whiteboard by our bedside and get to pull out that permanent red marker (hooray!) to draw a line straight through that car loan.  And on to the next goal on the board, Nelnet (student loan) or my car, whichever comes first.  Look out, this debt snowball is gathering momentum!  Thank you for sharing our excitement in this victory and we hope we will celebrate another one shortly! 

"The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty."
Proverbs 21:5

Faithfully and VICTORIOUSLY,

The Culbreaths