Paul announced to me last night that we’re debt free.

Woo Hoo!

Well, except for the mortgage. But, well, you know. We only have one mortgage, and it’s small. And we’re on the 13-month plan, and we tuck a little extra in each check. So we’ll probably finish way early anyways.

And not to be one to rest on my laurels, I just went out today to look for a new-to-me car. I found one that’s an amazing deal, just plain amazing. I’ve already got a buyer lined up for my car, which means the transaction itself should be pretty small.

The car’s in that zone where everything is working really well, but the car is 14 years old. So — sell it while everything still works and get a decent amount for it, or wait until the transmission konks out or the steering gives out or the head gasket fails and I get stuck with the choice of paying a couple thousand in repairs or starting over from scratch. It’s a proactive move — I hate spending money on cars, but this is forestalling disaster of sorts.

But, like I said. We’re debt free. Wedding’s paid off, no more credit cards, and for the moment, we both own our cars. Wa – diddly – hoo.

Happy new year to you all, and I hope that 2005 is better for all of y’all than this year’s been.

Much love.