I have a couple of weeks to myself these school holidays as my DS is going to vacation care and being looked after by a relative. It's a nice break and a chance to get used to being by myself. There is a chance that my DS will be going overseas to visit family for a few months and I won't be able to go due to my disability, so I am trying to get used to being by myself. Last school holidays the same thing happened and I found it very difficult and I was very lonely...but this time is much easier...
The mortgage is down to 108 697.64, I might be able to put $10 or so on it tomorrow. Next week I will be able to put about $650 extra to the mortgage as well as our regular payment of $510. Oh and interest rates went up yesterday unexpectedly by 0.25%. This will bring our interest rate up from 5.23% to 5.48%. It will be the first of many interest rate increases. It is good we have paid so much extra to the mortgage!
I did some figuring and we should be under 100 000 by February 2010 and we will be between 75 000 and 80 000 by the end of 2010. We should have this thing paid off by the end of 2013, hopefully by July. There are always unexpected expenses though...we have been having a little too much takeaway lately so we will cut back on that for a while...
Two weeks by myself
October 7th, 2009 at 11:48 am
October 7th, 2009 at 11:56 am 1254916602
Very nice going on that mortgage pay-down HIGHIncomeLady!
October 7th, 2009 at 12:02 pm 1254916970
October 8th, 2009 at 02:17 am 1254968258
I will be starting back at work again soon after a couple of months on unpaid sick leave. I am going to find it a struggle. I wil have to be more organised with the housework and with meals in the freezer etc.
have been just struggling to do the usual chores lately without being tired.
October 9th, 2009 at 10:06 pm 1255125962
Jerry