My Mortgage Countdown #2, Then There Was 1…

We just paid the 2nd to the last payment on our mortgage!      It’s an odd feeling.  Now that I’m so close I’m actually feeling a bit anxious about what comes next after we do pay off the mortgage.  At this point, we’ll be totally debt-free.  We don’t have any car loans (I paid off my… Continue reading My Mortgage Countdown #2, Then There Was 1…

Creating an Automated Budget

I confess, I’m not a fan of traditional budgets!  They require too much of my time. It takes too much meticulous work to track and record everything I buy.  And yet, I’m doing great from a budgeting perspective!  I know how much I spend per month and when my money go over what I have allotted.     How is this… Continue reading Creating an Automated Budget

Perfect Snow

Snowing is a one of the few magical occurrences on our planet.  What else can materialize out of the sky float down in a meandering fashion, and then lightly land on the ground like it was meant to be there all along?    As you can tell, I like snow, it’s one of my life’s… Continue reading Perfect Snow