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Baby 1500 (almost)

December 7, 2015 by Mr. 1500 Days 9 Comments

Ask the Readers is taking a break for the rest of the year. Today, I have something else for you.

I greatly enjoy being a part of the personal finance community. Interacting with others that share similar dreams is loads of fun. You are all awesome.

Baby 1500

I am also happy to call many other bloggers my friends. Behind closed doors, we call our little community Blog Club. Like any club, Blog Club has rules*. I can’t tell you what most of them are, but one that I can share is this:

If your child is born on the birthday of a blogger friend, you must name your child after him or her**.

My birthday is at the end of November, so you can imagine my delight when Mrs. Frugalwoods let me know that Babywoods was due at the end of the same month! I fully admit that “Mr. 1500” is a name unfit for anyone except a James Bond villain, so I came up with some alternatives including:

  • Fiftina
  • Fifteenhundretta
  • 1500a

Beautiful, right?

As fate would have it, Babywoods was born very close, but not on my birthday. I was deeply disappointed.

baby2

As a consolation prize, the Frugalwoods were kind enough to let me write a guest post! I guarantee that is has nothing to do with baby names or 3rd rate James Bond villains, so click your mouse over to Frugalwoods and check it out!

Also, don’t forget to wish The Frugalwoods well with their new addition. Congratulations! You are going to be awesome parents.

 

*The first rule of Blog Club is: You do not talk about Blog Club!

**Yeah, I totally just made that up. We have no rules***.

***Except for the one that states you must show up with gifts of beer.

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  1. Brian @DebtDiscipline says

    December 7, 2015 at 4:55 am

    I would have went with Fifteenhundretta.
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  2. Dividend Growth Investor says

    December 7, 2015 at 8:40 am

    Perhaps, Carla 😉
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  3. Alexander @ Cash Flow Diaries says

    December 7, 2015 at 10:34 am

    This is my favorite rule of the “blog club”.

    6th RULE: No shirts, no shoes.
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  4. Tawcan says

    December 7, 2015 at 11:37 am

    Fifteenhundretta-saurs would be a good one I think. 😀
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  5. Mr Zombie says

    December 7, 2015 at 3:18 pm

    Fifteen-hundred-Daisy….?

    No?

    I’ll get me coat.
    Mr Zombie recently posted…November Update : NetWorth and Savings RateMy Profile

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  6. Financial Velociraptor says

    December 7, 2015 at 4:39 pm

    Mil Quinientos would have been a pretty first/middle name combination.
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  7. Michelle says

    December 7, 2015 at 6:16 pm

    1500-a is what I was thinking. Read it like this: 1500-dash-a tehe!
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  8. The Roamer says

    December 11, 2015 at 8:53 am

    My favorite was Fiftina, sounds like Cristina.

    Happy Holidays everyone!
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  9. BeSmartRich says

    December 11, 2015 at 9:44 am

    Fiftina sounds good!
    BeSmartRich recently posted…November 2015 Dividend income update: $358My Profile

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My goal was to build a portfolio of $1,000,000 by February of 2017; 1500 days from the birth of this blog (January 1, 2013). And hey look, I’ve since retired!

Investments only
1/1/13 (The Start): $586,043
1/1/14 (1 Yr Later): $869,635
1/1/15 (2 Yrs Later): $987,351
1/1/16 (3 Yrs Later): $1,057,961
1/1/17 (4 Yrs Later): $1,257,128
1/1/18 (5 Yrs Later): $1,527,701
1/1/19 (6 Yrs Later): $1,549,440
1/1/20 (7 Yrs Later): $2,035,040*
1/1/21 (8 Yrs Later): $3,379,746**
1/1/22 (9 Yrs Later): $4,762,642

2022: Investments only
1/1: $4,762,642
2/1: $4,404,447
3/1: $4,214,068
4/1: $4,499,622
5/1: $4,007,476

Overall
2022 investment gains: -$755,166
Investment gains since 1/1/2013: $3,421,433
Net worth***: $4,237,476

* The big jump between 2019 and 2020 was partly because we bought another home, but kept the previous (much more expensive) one as a rental. We have since sold it.

** Tesla.

*** Includes our primary home equity in addition to our investment portfolio.

Finally, we still have about $290,000 in mortgage debt (which I love!). No regrets about the debts!

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