by Hope
I had great intentions of writing a whole series about where the house money went last month. I sat down one day while at Beauty’s and wrote the first 6 posts and then life got so busy. So today, I complete that series with a summary of what I wrote last month and the last details added in.
The First Six of the Series
| Post | Total |
|---|---|
| Car Maintenance | $2,143 |
| Family Time | $3,396 |
| Insurance | $1,889 |
| Computer | $1,919 |
| Credit Cards | $24,582 |
| Overall Total | $33,929 |
The Last of the House Money
So let’s see. It’s been a couple of months since this all went down. Here’s a list of where the rest of the money went.
- I mentioned in a recent post, I immediately put $5,000 in a new high interest savings account.
- Dad had loaned me $2,600 back in January, 2024 for a new furnace, so I paid him back.
- The painter did work in the last month before the house sold and agreed to let me pay him the balance once the house sold, so I sent him $650.
- I wanted to contribute to Beauty’s wedding in a meaningful way, so I paid for the flowers. Thankfully, the florist is a childhood friend and has given us an amazing deal. Total spent $883. Paid in full.
- Closing out the mortgage cost me an extra $790 to do that. I wrote a post about that challenge which was the cause for a lot of stress and uncertainty. The mortgage still whos as active on my credit report which confuses me to no end.
- In May, I paid $1,000 towards my student loans.
That’s where $44,852 of the house proceeds were spent.
I know those of you monitoring me closely will say, where the remaining $5,000-ish. And to be honest, the bulk of that went to kids for certain items.
A few hundred covered my expenses those first weeks of the move since I did take an entire week of that last week in Georgia. I did buy two new pairs of shorts, three new shirts, and some new underwear when I got to Texas.
But with this post, I am putting that series to bed and moving forward with very clear goals. Or mostly clear goals.
Hope is a resourceful, solutions-driven online business manager with over two decades of experience helping clients streamline operations, manage projects, and grow their businesses through digital marketing and technology.
But life has a way of rewriting your plans.
A year ago, Hope made the decision to move in with her aging parents full time – a season she wouldn’t trade, even as it came with its own financial and emotional weight. Earlier this year, she lost her mother, and is now walking the tender, disorienting path of grief while learning what “forward” looks like from here.
Hope came to the Blogging Away Debt community in 2015 as a single mom raising five foster and adoptive children. She’s written through job changes, financial setbacks, and the bittersweet transition to an empty nest. Her kids are finding their footing in the world now – and so is she.
Rooted in faith and fueled by the same perseverance she’s brought to every hard season, Hope is ready to face her finances with fresh eyes and an honest pen. She believes that clarity, courage, and community can change the trajectory of anyone’s story including her own.
She lives in Austin, TX with her dad, loves adventures with her dog Addie, and is figuring out, one step at a time, what this next chapter is meant to be.
