an update at last

[this is a ymoyl update.] well, i keep updating the graph each month, but never get around to saying anything anymore. let's catch up on a few things: first, some meta-information about this page itself. it was getting too long, so i've moved the news items from previous years onto their own pages. i revised…

happy new year!

[this is a ymoyl update.] the real estate tax came due last month, so expenses shot through the roof. the little blue line keeps chugging along. i hope you're on the slow but steady way to all your goals, too.

back to normal

[this is a ymoyl update.] in july, expenses were abnormally raised, and last month, they were abnormally lowered by the absence of a mortgage payment. this month should shift the lines back to their usual paths. the august treasury note was auctioned at 4.25%, so i'm using that as $i now. i didn't make a…

zoooom!

[this is a ymoyl update.] the expense line went through the roof last month, but it's all right. i refinanced my mortgage, exchanging the remaining 13 years of my 7% loan for a 10-year one at 4.375%. i decided to pay the closing costs in cash instead of rolling them into the loan, so $3,434.95…

change in how i record mortgage payments

[this is a ymoyl update.] gnucash gives me a very simple and accurate account of my expenses, and i'd like to be able to just plug the number it gives me into the graph each month. in order to be consistent with all the earlier months on the graph, i haven't been able to do…