Friday, March 27, 2015

Mortgage Update for March 2015

I better write this before March is over.  It has been a rough month and I thought about skipping my extra mortgage payment but I don't want to get out of the habit so I contributed $1,200 extra to the mortgage for March.  I was hoping to have $1,600 but I needed a new battery for the truck and I gave my niece $300 for her plane ticket which was well worth it.  It has been so great having her here to help out.  I am already behind at work and I missed some time last week because my father broke his hip.  I've had extra expenses for gas, meals at the hospital and groceries and that will continue for another 3 weeks while my father is in a rehabilitation facility near my house and my mother and niece are staying at my house.  I'm also missing work for my mobile home remodel project.  Next Tuesday the excavator is coming out to fix the drainage on the property and to level a site for the big shed.  I'll need to take a half day off to supervise.  The following week my shed should be delivered and I definitely want to be there for that.  They don't deliver on the weekend so that means more time off work.

Anyway, back to the mortgage.  The new balance is $45,405.  If I keep paying $1,200 a month, I will have it paid off in 2 years and 8 months.  Slowly but surely, I am whittling it away.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

that is amazing how fast you get rid of those mortgages

Daizy said...

Thanks! It's melting away little by little.

Dave said...

Daizy, your mortgage melts more quickly than this winter's endless snow does here in NY. Only in mostly shaded areas where it was piled up really high is it still around but we will surely enter April with several shrinking but high piles still around.

As usual, just reading about all the things you have going on at the same time wears ME out LOL!

Daizy said...

And as you move in to summer with relief, Dave, I look at it with dread. No place is perfect, I guess. Even tropical islands have typhoons and volcanoes. I didn't get as much done as I had hoped. 95 degrees is just too hot to be productive.

Lizzie@her MFW Homeworld said...

doing so well to keep focussed with everything going on with the family, and managing to focus on them too.

Daizy said...

Lizzie, it certainly helps when they are willing to help me with my projects. Maybe I should invite more family over!