If only, if only...Our mortgage alone is 2650.

• What is the cost of your living expenses? sm - Poll
  • Ours is about 2800/mo. - Wish it were less!
  • See the lonnnnggggg list: - Diane
  • My rent, alone, is $1400. Including sm - no, honey
  • Cost of living inquiry $1800/mo. (sm) - Not a speed typist
    • P.S. - Not a speed typist
  • Good grief!!! - Dano
    • For most the mortgage/rent is the most expensive. - Not everyone is so lucky to have theirs paid. nm
  • about $1,500 mo - average
  • $2500-2600 not counting entertainment, doc/dentist - bills, credit cards, health ins., etc. sm
  • $1900 a month for basics - nm - x
  • My cost of living expenses monthly is $2200/month - 'nother NYer
  • We're at about $2,200 with only 1 child left at home. - Nyer
  • $350 a month for my share of expenses. - I'm very lucky.
  • consider yourself fortunate - aa
  • wow, guess I'm luckier than I thought. - Sara
    • Of course, that's basic living *grin* ...... nm - Sara
  • We decided to simplify! We ditched - Keepin' It Simple
    • Good for you - DH and I are working on a similar - plan. no message
    • we did just the opposite, but now bills alone about 2,500..... - sis
    • That sounds so nice. I'd love to live the simple life again. nm - honey
  • It's probably not high, generally, but - In the same boat
    • Yes, I'm a single person - sm - Poll
  • If only, if only...Our mortgage alone is 2650. - You've got it cheap. nm
  • That is my mortgage payment alone - sm - Expenses
    • But our income for the year is a little over 200K. nm - Expenses
    • I got you beat - Snow Bunny
    • Oh - forgot where I live, etc. sm - Expenses
  • My mortgage payment is nearly that much. Ten year loan. - Not to me
  • you have a bargin cost of living! - MTness
    • Wow, kudos to you. sm - Poll
    • Wow, that's steep! - plains state
      • Oh, and $10 an hour is considered a "good" wage here. - plains state
  • It depends on what you include in that figure. - too many variables
    • That's for sure! I'm glad I don't live in Ventura :) sm - Mainer

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truly keeps me motivated....the mortgage is HUGE....*bites nails* 

*lol*

nm

A few years ago, I heard the story behind this great garden vegetable and did order some mortgage-lifter seeds from a catalog.

In the 1960s, a gentleman developed/raised mortgage-lifter tomatoes, selling them off for $1.00 each and sold enough to pay off his $6,000 mortgage.  Thus, he named them mortgage-lifters.

Granted, it's too late in the year to start this enterprise now, but selling seedlings to gardeners is one way to earn some extra money. 

I live in a rural area and do plant a small vegetable garden every year.  I start tomatoes from seeds, and usually end up with more plants than I need.  Most people I know do purchase seedlings; they don't start out with seeds.  My son and I have decided that we will sell seedlings (more than just tomatoes) next spring at a weekly yard sale in our front yard.

Mortgage-Lifter story is here:

http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.htm?programID=05-P13-00038&segmentID=8