Continuing to Pay Things Down (with a bit more income)

Over a year?! Jeesh! What's happened? Let me see...

My wife bought an '09 Jeep Compass. For about $9000 (including trade-in) we got a brand new car with more room for the girls and her stuff, and I've been paying it down $250/month ever since. $6500 left to go on that item...(I should be updating it in my Expenses list).

My wife got a new job. I won't go into it, but it was a tough situation and unexpected losing her initial gig. She now has a less secure position in a tougher environment, but she is making more money and working another half-day during the week. It's not all bad, but the situation could be better. The extra money in our paycheck hasn't caught up to our monthly bills yet, since for awhile we were making it a mission to jumpstart the economy with our spending. Hopefully by the holidays, the extra $500/month will enable us to divert some cash to some of our long and short term goals (Roth accounts, trip to Cape Cod next summer).

I have a few other financial changes and decisions, but I will first see if I have the time to keep this up to date. It has been over a year since my last entry...