Family events make people nuts and excitement

Why do people that ordinarily get along get crazy around family events?

Adult vacations are either expensive, primitive or not that fun. You can buy a good time on a cruise or an all inclusive. You can go camping or hiking. Or you can visit family and stay on the cheap. Visiting family is fun for a while, but then you end up helping to clean the house or meeting people you won't likely ever meet again.

Our tax situation is finally a little clearer. The finance department of my company goofed up in a bad way on my W-2, so my taxes were filed with incorrect information. We got a huge refund that we shouldn't have gotten. Now we have to give some back...but we have it on hand. So now we can dedicate the rest to our debt snowball.

We are down to only two debt payments per month. Our mortgage, of course, and the student loan that seemed like it would be our perpetual friend. Our credit cards have been long paid off and the car was paid off with the tax refund that we will partially pay back. Now we took the car payment money combined with the minimum loan payment and we'll pay four times the minimum now. Plus extra money we are carving out of our budget....we hope to have the $24,000 debt gone in 24 months. And all on an entry-level salary. That is getting me hyped.