Giving thanks for meeting my 2016 goals

[catherine]

I have two numbers I put on my dry erase board every January: one is my income goal and the other is my debt reduction goal.

I have met and exceeded both, and for that I give thanks!

I won't divulge my income goal, but it's a stretch goal and I went beyond it!

But you guys have been with me on my debt journey, and as you know the bulk of my debt was the sequelae of the loss we incurred on MILs house during the 2008 recession--mostly IRS debt, which I plan to eliminate once BILs house is sold.

Non-mortgage debt
January 2016: $199,059
November 2016: $148,368 (my goal was to get it down below $150,000)

Thankful for a prosperous year!

[iris lilies]

To knock out more than $50,000 of debt in a year is fantastic! Way to go!

[razz]

Awesome to be able to report such a reduction!

[rosarugosa]

Great work, Catherine!

[JaneV2.0]

Well done!

[IshbelRobertson]

Well DONE!

[Kestra]

Amazing. Good for you!

[Teacher Terry]

Wow you did great! How is the sale of BIL's house going?

[Tybee]

Great job!

[catherine]

How is the sale of BIL's house going?

Don't ask. I'm really aggravated, to be honest. We STILL haven't listed it. Here is our to-do list before we can list it:

--get rid of 3 pieces of large out-dated furniture and some assorted junk
--tidy up the front yard for curb appeal
--do a good cleaning job on the inside (but there's not a lot to clean--BIL has done a good job of clearing out all the clutter).

I feel my job was to put up the cost of the bathroom updates and the other repairs we did to make it ready for sale, and since I'm the breadwinner, frankly, I don't have time to do anything else. Those two guys have all the time in the world to do those three things I've listed which would take two days at most.

First we were waiting to have a garage sale. Well, we did that, and made a paltry $50.00. I don't know what they're waiting for now, but it's difficult because of the strange dynamic between BIL and DH. BIL needs to be told EXACTLY what to do before he does it, and DH has a problem with perfectionism--these little things are paralyzing him. I told to just put the gosh darned For Sale sign up and then if there's stuff we have to do later, we can do it!!

Oh, and last month BIL came to me crying (literally crying--like sobbing) because he can't pay the property taxes and he said that if I pay them he'll pay me back with interest at the closing. AND he assumes that just because it's winter we shouldn't list it because we won't get top dollar, like we would in the spring. I pointed out to him that people DO buy houses in the winter--in fact, we bought HIS house between Christmas and New Year's.

I know it sounds like I'm being uber-passive, but there is another variable involved which I won't go into here. I'm doing the best I can to get them moving, but I think that more than a project manager they both need psychological help.


ETA: Thanks for your support, everyone!!