Monthly Archives: March 2018

Monday morning…

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Its Monday morning here and I’m back to work today, not really looking forward to it as I am now quite behind and I know its going to be busy! I’m tired already and I’ve only been back a few months – at least this week is a short week with Good Friday off.

I saw my dr on Friday and she was very pleased with my progress. I have a month to get my weight down further before blood tests to see if insulin resistance has improved. So more exercise, more healthy eating and less snack foods for me!

I made a batch of almond biscuits using this recipe as a basis, they taste great and satisfy my need for crunchy foods.

I also cooked up a batch of veggies – pumpkin, carrots, onions, sweet potato so I can just reheat them as needed.

I used $30 worth of vouchers for the shopping this week but I’ve still spent too much this month. Will add it all up for the end of month tracking.

Overall it was a good weekend, feeling much better after being sick,  but I just have the Monday morning blahs I think….  anyway I’ll keep plodding along – only four more years to go 🙂

Chicken Soup & Mortgage Progress

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Well at the moment I’m off work sick, feeling pretty second hand at the moment but at least I can rest up at home. DD made a lovely big pot of chicken soup and we’ve been eating that – its the perfect comfort food when we’re all sick with the latest bug thats doing the rounds.

I love making soup and I love eating soup! This recipe had lemongrass and ginger in it which gave it a lovely warm feeling on my sore throat. Its a recipe we’ll make again.

Here is the recipe she used: Chicken Stock & Soup Recipe.

On the mortgage front today I made some extra payments to bring the balance down to $158,975.  Thats takes us to the end of Year 10 on the original amortisation schedule.  It means we’ve paid 5% off the mortgage since we started this blog.  The next goal balance is $155,123 which will take us to end of year 11 balance.

To reach my end of year goal of <$100,000 we will need to pay $1475/week. A big goal but I’m going to just keep believing I can get there somehow. My extra work starts next week which will help but I still need to work on reducing expenses further.

Tomorrow I’m off to see my doctor for an annual checkup and then back home for the day to curl up on the lounge and rest.

We have tenants!

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We put our unit back on the rental market last week. It only took a few days for us to have some enquiries and we’ve now got new tenants ready to move in. We’ve increased the rent as well so its working out nicely.

I need to renew our landlords insurance so I’ll get some quotes first. I do that for all our insurances and utilities each year -get quotes and compare policies. It amazing how much you can save just by taking the time to compare the details and ring about prices. Years ago loyal, long term customers got the best deals but that has all changed now. Companies offer better deals to new customers so if I have to change to save money I do.

Today is payday -can’t wait for the money to go in so I can send some to the mortgage! Its been really busy at work this week and really stressful. I’m certainly in a ‘ready to retire’ mood this week and seeing those numbers countdown in the sidebar is helping.

Do you chase the best prices on utilities & insurances when they come up for renewal?