I've been been busy being lazy with the family home for the holidays. I've written some posts, but I haven't paid bills for January yet...so I am slacking with my financial life. Most things are automatically paid, so no worries.
The good news is that I checked our Capital One 360 accounts today and found money!! I had a deposit of $60 which is bonus money for my Black Friday referrals. My husband had a deposit of $75 in his savings account for meeting the opening requirements on that account.
There were also two $4 checks in the mail from Vanguard today. It seems sending in $167 per month for 12 months actually exceeds the $2000 maximum contribution limit for Coverdell accounts. I think the year before I made an adjustment to one of the contributions to avoid this problem. I should just make the monthly amount $166.67. Or at least set up a reminder for January or December to make the adjustment to the amount. I'm counting these extra funds as snowflakes.
We rented another movie last night using Amazon credits, so I will match the amount and send that to the mortgage. It was $4.99.
I believe our issue with Honda is resolved and it seems we get a deal as a result. The issue was a faulty oxygen sensor. We paid out of pocket and then when I mentioned it here a reader (snafu, I believe) wondered about it being covered under warranty. We have Honda Care and yes it should have been processed with them. The dealership has cut us a check which my husband picked up today. We thought a swipe of our credit card would have been easier, but because we are claiming after original transaction the dealership needs to show a check to Honda Care. The nice thing for us is less money out of pocket for the repair by over $300 and we get the benefit of having this amount show up on our credit card and count towards our $3,000 spending requirement!!
I haven't moved all my snowflakes around or made a payment to the mortgage yet, but I'll get to it soon. It's just nice to know I have some money to put toward that goal already!
January Snowballs & More
January 2nd, 2014 at 11:38 pm
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:19 pm 1388751579
I'm curious about this and would like to see if it is something we could do here.
Thank you,
Belinda
January 3rd, 2014 at 02:40 pm 1388760043
You could also just rent the movie and watch directly on your computer without hooking up to a larger screen. I hope that helps, let me know if you have other questions.
January 3rd, 2014 at 09:19 pm 1388783968