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ceejay74

I'm the CFO of a three-adult, two-child, two-cat household. There's me (CJ, age 49), my husband (NT, age 50), my wife (AS, age 44), and our kids AA (age 13) and SL (age 11). The cats are named Whiskey and Clue and they're about 12 years old.

Until July 2007 we hadn't been serious about financial stability, but then we started focusing on paying down our massive debt, building an emergency fund and saving for retirement. In October 2010, we finished paying off all of our credit card debt--over $70,000! Adding in student loans and mortgages, we've paid off more than $250,000 of debt so far. In June 2015, we used a windfall to pay off all our remaining non-home-related debt!

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Big picture goals:

Buy a rental property in Minneapolis in 2022

8x income by age 65 OR Coast FIRE by 2031 (tracking retirement in two ways at the moment)

Completely debt-free by age 65 (2039)

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Gratitude photo #2

January 2nd, 2016 at 08:35 pm

My teeth/gums started giving me pain yesterday afternoon, and by this morning I knew there must be an infection. (I managed to get in touch with the on-call dentist and got some antibiotics.) So even though we had a fun day with the girls, I was having trouble feeling grateful. Then I saw my sweet girl Clue when we got home. This little darling has been with us about 11 months. She likes her space a lot of the time, but when she wants some love she sits in front of you purring and taps or gently kneads your arm or leg very politely. I love the intense eye contact she gives sometimes too.

If you look at

the first pic we took of her when we adopted her, you can see she really filled out -- she was just skin and bones. But she's still a tiny delicate cat.

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9 Responses to “Gratitude photo #2”

AnotherReader Says:
January 2nd, 2016 at 08:55 pm 1451768102
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She's your FIV+ kitty, right? She looks great! Proof that these cats can lead happy lives!
VS_ozgirl Says:
January 2nd, 2016 at 09:01 pm 1451768506
1451768506

Lovely looking cat!
ceejay74 Says:
January 2nd, 2016 at 10:36 pm 1451774177
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That's right, both of our current kitties are FIV+. So far she's been perfectly healthy and happy!
rob62521 Says:
January 2nd, 2016 at 10:51 pm 1451775064
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Pretty kitty!

Hope you are feeling better.
MonkeyMama Says:
January 3rd, 2016 at 12:09 am 1451779755
1451779755

Pretty cat!
scfr Says:
January 3rd, 2016 at 04:33 pm 1451838824
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She's such a pretty girl. Her front-right leg looks tensed and ready to reach out to start kneading.
ceejay74 Says:
January 3rd, 2016 at 04:39 pm 1451839140
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Hee hee, good eye scfr! She was purring and a few times head-butted my phone affectionately while I was trying to get a good shot.
FrugalTexan75 Says:
January 3rd, 2016 at 10:45 pm 1451861136
1451861136

What a sweetie
patientsaver Says:
January 4th, 2016 at 12:02 am 1451865762
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She's got that lovin' feeling in her eyes....

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Gratitude photo #2

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