Something new

Well, perhaps not new, but I bought myself a new mortgage today. We finally completed the process of refinancing our home. Interest rates were low enough that I went from a 30 year to a 15 year mortgage and it's costing me $60 more a month, which I was putting on the principle anyway. So the bottom line is we cut about 9 years off of our loan and the house will be paid for by the time we're 60. And both boys will be out of college by then. Not too shabby. One of the few disappointments I'd had in moving out of our old house and into the new one was that we'd done a similar thing with the last place and it would have been paid off 4 years from now. But now I'll still be free and clear of my loan well before retiring. Assuming Ellen and I can afford to retire.