Take Charge Of Your Money I say this month is the calm before the storm because even though we are up 1.90% that we spent quite a bit of money in August and September will reflect those expenses. In August we went a bit overboard on the shopping like I mentioned on Saturday so my…
The Current Exchange Rate Makes A Difference The currency markets are always up and down and the exchange rate has done a whirlwind leaving us unsure where it’s going to end up at. No one ever really knows, do they? This past couple of weeks the weak pound against the strong Canadian dollar took…
There’s not much we can do about how this months net worth turned out except to say we are thankful that we have saved money in our projected expenses account for any unexpected expenses. Believe it or not, but I do sit down with a coffee and use a pencil and paper to work out our…
Up and down the ladder is a good way to describe our finances this past month because money was coming in and money was going out, literally. The good news is we did break the $500,000 net worth mark which was a goal of ours. I’m not expecting any major increases in our net worth…
We’re Young and Free, well almost free that is. It’s time to walk the mortgage elimination path for one last time in the next couple of months and kick it to the curb, for good. At least in this house, who knows what the future will hold for us as we would love to own…
The full pre-payment on our 5 year term mortgage for the 2012-2013 year has been completed to the tune of $37,000 just this past week. I know if you were following our Net Worth updates this past year you were cringing because of all the money we kept in our high interest savings account at…
