Guess who now owns their home?
That's right, we paid it off yesterday, and you can consider this my online mortgage burning party!
Crackle!
Fizzle!
Crackle!
Zing!
Now we start saving up for the garage...and a new (used) mini van...and the kids' school tuition...and maybe a vacation someday...and...
so it's not like life will actually change, but it does feel great to owe no man (or woman.)
We've been loosely following Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace plan since we got married and a kind wedding guest bought us his first book. I highly recommend you find a copy (we have both editions and would be happy to loan them out.) and try it.
In celebration, and this is the exact opposite of what my husband would do, I went out and bought a new pair of shoes. (ok, and a few shirts, but we don't need to talk about that.) These are definitely the coolest shoes I've ever had, and I'm looking forward to finding out if they live up to all the hype. As I bought them I could just see my mother rolling her eyes, but here's the great part about being an adult...I bought them anyway. The Freedom!
Art would like a pair of these too, but they don't work if your second toes is more than 1/6 in. longer than your big toe, and his is more like 1/4 inch. Your feet also have to be the same size, and Art's are significantly different. It's all very sad for the poor crooked-footed fellow.
11 comments:
Congratulations!
Hooray for the burning of the mortgage! We still have a long way to go, but maybe someday. Of coarse we have two kids in college at this time...
Hmmm, what color of shoes did you get? There's a guy a church who got brown ones and they look like little monkey feet.
Yay for paying off the mortgage! That really says alot these days.
And those shoes...sooo cool. Where in the world can I get those?
That's Awesome!!!
That is wonderful--Andrew and I just refinanced and should be able to shout the same good news in about 8 years. I'm living for the day.
And the shoes? I'm having a hard time getting as excited about those. Ugh.
Congratulations on the mortgage payoff! That is a HUGE accomplishment!!
And your shoes look like fun- I'm glad you decided celebrate a bit! I hear those shoes are supposed to improve your proprioception ;-)
That is weird. Very, very weird. Even though it will never bother me at all, I couldn't buy these because my second toe is bigger than my big toe. Thank goodness! LOL
Congrats on your morgage burning! I can't even IMAGINE being there. Can't even imagine it. Sigh.......
Yippee for the mortage burning.
As for the shoes (rolls eyes) maybe for a costume, they would be ok...you could go as a little troll.
Congratulations on the major accomplishment of being debt free!
I'm disappointed though, that the shoes would not work for my feet. It is a strong family trait on my dad's side that we all have the second toe longer than our first!
Congratulations!!! What a proud moment!
By the way, those shoes are fabulous - my husband came very close to buying them for the marathon, but they were out of his size... We've heard nothing but great things about them!
Congrats!!
I saw those shoes once before and thought they were so unique and cool!! Maybe when I pay off my school loans I'll get me a pair! :)
Michelle S. :)
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