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On the PostSecret post this week was one entry from a woman who wrote, "Some kinds of sit-ups make me orgasm!" My immediate thought was, "she must have incredible abs." That's one way to stay motivated about exercise.
I heard a story on NPR yesterday about a money manager who got caught up in the whole too big of a house, too much credit card debt thing. He was bringing in over 100k a year and still falling behind. Now he's 7 months behind on his mortgage payment and will be losing his house. Unlike most stories, he freely admitted he screwed up and he had to pay the price for screwing up. It was refreshing to hear someone with the attitude, "Man this sucks, but it's still my problem." It does suck. My brother lost his house a couple of months ago, but when it comes right down to it, it was self-inflicted. He and his wife had a mortgage, racked up other debt, refinanced the house to get cash out and pay off the other debt and got sucked into a mortgage they couldn't afford.
Speaking of debts and loans, with any luck at all, next week we will have debt for the first time since we paid off the car three years ago. The mortgage has gone to the underwriter for "final approval" and I expect we'll have a closing scheduled sometime next week. I'd really like to get closed before the Memorial Day weekend! This has been a heck of a process.
I heard a story on NPR yesterday about a money manager who got caught up in the whole too big of a house, too much credit card debt thing. He was bringing in over 100k a year and still falling behind. Now he's 7 months behind on his mortgage payment and will be losing his house. Unlike most stories, he freely admitted he screwed up and he had to pay the price for screwing up. It was refreshing to hear someone with the attitude, "Man this sucks, but it's still my problem." It does suck. My brother lost his house a couple of months ago, but when it comes right down to it, it was self-inflicted. He and his wife had a mortgage, racked up other debt, refinanced the house to get cash out and pay off the other debt and got sucked into a mortgage they couldn't afford.
Speaking of debts and loans, with any luck at all, next week we will have debt for the first time since we paid off the car three years ago. The mortgage has gone to the underwriter for "final approval" and I expect we'll have a closing scheduled sometime next week. I'd really like to get closed before the Memorial Day weekend! This has been a heck of a process.
