From the monthly archives:

July 2010

Things are ticking along with the mortgage payoff. We’ve continued with a small overpayment every month and dh is talking about putting his next potential {small} pay rise towards increasing the overpayment. The figures as they stand today are: Mortgage Balance: £117,799 House Value £180,000 {approx} Monthly Payment £542.34 Monthly Overpayment £57.66 Payments left 240 {20 years} [...]

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I think the title of the post may give it away but we spent our mini emergency fund. A large chimney stack on our house has always resembled The Leaning Tower of Pisa and when the pigeons moved onto it a few weeks ago I feared the worse; scaffold and rebuilding for the chimney and rebuilding for our [...]

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Some photo’s from our holiday; Cascais: 1,2,3 Obidos: 4,5,6 Lisbon: 7 View from apartment: 8

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Hello, I’m back! Thank you for all the comments and emails while I’ve been away, great to come back to We had an absolutely wonderful time; we loved the Lisbon coast area, every thing about it; the beaches, the weather, the people, the towns, the proximity to Lisbon {30 minutes by train}. So, after three [...]

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I’m posting a fun tour through our house as I’m currently on holiday Kitchen: before Kitchen: after Sources: Units: All from MFI costing less than £500 as paid for through Tesco clubcard deals {store no longer open or deals available} Appliances: All sourced and bought online Glass Storage Jars: Ikea Toaster: Dualit years old? Bagels: [...]

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