Finally crossed $300k n.w. today... It was a long time coming.. It seemed like every time I got close Zillow pulled the football away Lucy-style by lowering my property value. I feel at this point we're stable and above the $300k mark, which is a nice feeling.
Also, we crossed $200k in investments.... I've been socking away aggressively into our 457s ($26.6k annually) and been good about sweeping our cash into index funds. We keep a pretty high cash threshold in our saving account, but DW is super-cautious and she sleeps better having a sizable emergency fund that can survive a zombie attack.
Anyhow... Cheers, and thank you for all of the encouragement MMMers!