Okay, I know I said I wouldn’t write any more paid postings, but this one is about debt. Debt! Debt is my middle name, particularly now that I’m selling a house.
Normally I worry over our finances like a dog over a bone. I have projections, such as if we paid $19.95 more a month on our mortgage, how much interest we would save. I read several financial blogs and even started one of my own, one that has gone by the wayside as I am up to my arms in antique white paint. I watch the stock market, watch my IRA, calculate our debt-to-asset ratio every month and am generally psychotic.
I am trying not to have a nervous breakdown as I’ve watched our credit card debt skyrocket in order for us to get our house ready to sell. I actually was one of those people who took a credit card check to the bank and cashed it. Next thing you know I’ll be getting a PayDay loan to help pay for my press-on nails.
So, when I was trolling PayPerPost, looking for something to take my mind off of the nearly $7,000 it took for final fix-up on our house, I found a post by Thrifty Scot with such lovely articles as Why Are Debt-Conscious Homeowners Going Bankrupt, IVA advice and Rebel Against The Mortgage Moguls (with a house pictured that could very well be Number 4, Privet Drive). The best part? The eight dollars they will give me for linking to them in this post! That’s EIGHT DOLLARS PEOPLE. I now owe not $7,000, but $6,992 for fixing up the house.
Scoff if you must but this woman of Scottish heritage will sleep more sweetly tonight.
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