Bits and Bobs
I had a bit of a scare on Saturday night. I found a lump on my breast. Scary...well I saw the doctor this morning and it's just a skin infection so I am on antibiotics...I have made a couple of micro payments to the mortgage of $5.91 and $7.95 the last couple of days...We get paid on Thursday and $740 should be going to the mortgage. Unfortunately the interest goes on in a couple of days which will be $510.12 according to my calculator...so the balance doesn't go down very much...Can you believe it is almost Christmas? I have a couple of presents for my son to get and other than that, everything has been paid for.

Overseas Travel
I looked up my credit card statement online this morning and a couple of transactions are not on there which totaled over $100 so I will pay them next month. I was pleased as it means I can pay more to the mortgage!In March next year, my DS will be going overseas to visit his Dad's family. I will not be going and I am going to miss him a lot. My DS is a great person and it will feel like a big part of me will be ripped out... I had to let him go and visit his family and he will actually be living there for 10 months of each year for the next 2 or 3 years as far as I know. I am going to install VOIP so I can ring him for 10 cents untimed instead of paying huge amounts t

Life happens and it's expensive!
We have had so many expenses lately! I had just finished paying for most of DS presents for Christmas, them all these expenses cropped up at once. Last week we had the mobile vet to the house for the dog's yearly vaccination - that was $80...Now this Thursday we are having the house inspected for termites - that's $120 gone...My floor lamp broke the other day, the one I use to do craft. It's an ordinary lamp with a daylight bulb in it and the stand won't screw into the base anymore...so today I ordered a proper craft lamp - that cost $220, I am paying it off over 5 months so that eases the pain somewhat...I have e

Monty Python
Excuse my Monty Python indulgence... I love this show!

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Here is another picture of my mortgage in $100 rectangles. I am filling them in as my mortgage is paid off...